Principal Financial Group
Website:
principal.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/principalfinancialgroup
Seniority: Not Applicable
Industries: Financial Services
Job details:
Responsibilities
This is a
strategic leadership role responsible for
building and scaling the enterprise automation capability. The role combines
technology depth, advisory mindset, and delivery ownership to drive next-gen automation including
Agentic AI.
Key Role Expectations
- Lead end-to-end Automation CoE for the enterprise
- Transition from traditional RPA to Intelligent Agentic Automation and Orchestration
- Champion innovation, value realization, and transformation
- Act as a bridge between business, technology, and strategy
- Be a hands-on leader, not a supervisory manager
Key Responsibilities
- Enterprise Automation & Orchestration Leadership
- Define long-term automation & AI roadmap
- Scale adoption across business units
- Establish governance, standards, and best practices
- Drive enterprise-level value realization
- Improve / evolve the overall value proposition of the existing set up.
- Solutioning & Technology Leadership
- Provide end-to-end automation and orchestration solutioning
- Drive innovative problem solving by leveraging optimum tools / technologies (represented below but not limited to):
- RPA platforms (AA, UiPath)
- AI/ML, GenAI, Agentic frameworks
- Data engineering & visualization
- IDP and workflow automation
- Enable integration of automation with enterprise tech ecosystem
- Delivery & Value Realization
- Own program delivery across multiple initiatives
- Track KPIs, ROI, and business impact
- Drive continuous improvement and optimization
- Build a strong automation pipeline
- Stakeholder Management
- Partner with senior leaders across functions
- Influence decision-making with data and insights
- Drive change management and adoption
- Team Leadership
- Lead and develop 3 direct reports
- Build future-ready skills within the team
- Create a high-performance, non-supervisory culture
- Vendor & Commercial Management
- Manage vendor ecosystem and contracts
- Optimize cost, licensing, and platform investments
- Drive partner-led innovation where required
- Innovation & Future State
- Lead transition to Agentic Automation & Orchestration model
- Build automation capability as a strategic differentiator
- Proactively showcase innovation internally and externally
What Makes This Role Unique
- Enterprise-wide influence (not limited to one function)
- Opportunity to shape next-gen automation (Agentic AI)
- High visibility with senior leadership
- Strong culture with employee-centric approach
- Entrepreneurial environment with no supervisory layers
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