Data & Analytics Translator (Des Moines)

Principal Financial Group

Des Moines, IA

What You'll Do

We are looking for a person wo can partner with our business stakeholders to frame problems, guide analytics solutions, and translate insights into decisions. Drives analytics initiatives end to end with a focus on clarity, alignment, and measurable business value.

Core Responsibilities

Builds and maintains relationships with business stakeholders across the enterprise, developing an understanding of business goals, processes, and decision-making needs.
Facilitates discovery conversations to clarify business problems, success criteria, and data requirements for analytics initiatives.
Applies understanding of analytics and modeling approaches to recommend potential solutions and articulate trade-offs in business terms.
Translates analytical work and model outputs into stakeholder-relevant insights that connect clearly to business outcomes and actions.
Participates in analytics initiatives from ideation through delivery, ensuring scope, dependencies, and milestones are well defined and communicated.
Collaborates with data owners, technical teams, and governance partners to identify data gaps, understand data quality considerations, and manage project dependencies.
Communicates progress, risks, and changes clearly and consistently to all parties throughout the project lifecycle.
Documents project context, decisions, assumptions, data considerations, and communications to support continuity and reuse.
Supports stakeholder understanding of data sources, metrics, and insights; contributes to training, enablement, and adoption efforts as needed.

Who You Are

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Technology, or a related field.
1+ years of experience in analytics, consulting, marketing, project management, or equivalent experience preferred
Working knowledge of analytics and modeling techniques and their use cases; ability to explain analytical approaches and results to non-technical audiences.
Experience facilitating conversations to identify problems, clarify requirements, and align stakeholders on analytics opportunities.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to document decisions, assumptions, and insights clearly and effectively.
Familiarity with analytical tools such as SQL, Python, PowerBI, or similar, with emphasis on interpretation and application rather than model development.

Salary Range Information

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salary Range

$58000 - $88000 / year

Salary Details

The following salary ranges reflect market-specific compensation for this position across multiple job levels. Candidates will be evaluated to determine the appropriate job level based on their skills and experience.

Data & Analytics Translator: $58,000 – 71,000 / year
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Technology, or a related field.
- 1+ years of experience in analytics, consulting, marketing, project management, or equivalent experience preferred

Sr. Data & Analytics Translator: $73,000 - $88,000 / year
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Technology, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in analytics, consulting, marketing, project management, or equivalent experience preferred

Time Off Program

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Pension Eligible

Yes

Additional Information

Work Environment

This role is located in our Des Moines office. We offer a hybrid work arrangement with 3-days in the office and 2-days remotely.

Job Level

We’ll consider talent at the next level (Sr. Data & Analytics Translator) with the right experience and skills.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role. (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.)

Nonimmigrant WorkersandGreen Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Global Investors positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

Experience Principal

At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we’re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees. And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being. Check out ourcareers siteto learn more about our purpose, values and benefits.

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Posting Window

We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

Date First Posted (TTF)

4/2/2026