Senior Privacy Specialist (Broker-Dealer)

Principal Financial Group; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Financial Group's Principal Securities Broker Dealer team seeks a Senior Privacy Specialist to act as the primary privacy consultant and FLOD partner, guiding privacy requirements across the business in a highly regulated environment.

You will lead PIAs/DPIAs, data mapping, and privacy incident management, collaborating across legal, risk, information security, and business teams to advance privacy maturity and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience leading privacy programs, operations, or governance.
• Strong knowledge of privacy regulations, rights requests, consent management, data inventories, DPIAs/PIAs, and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary privacy contact and FLOD partner for Principal Securities.
• Advise on privacy requirements, risks, controls, and policy awareness across the business.
• Lead privacy program activities, governance, trainings, audits, and policy maintenance.
• Oversee PIAs/DPIAs, data mapping, records of processing, and rights requests.
• Monitor regulatory changes and drive privacy maturity within the organization.

Skills

Relationship-building

Stakeholder management

Communication

Independent work

Privacy expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

What You'll Do

We're seeking a Senior Privacy Specialist (Broker-Dealer) to join our Principal Securities Broker Dealer team. In this highly visible role, you'll serve as the primary privacy consultant and business partner for Principal Securities, helping ensure the responsible, ethical, and compliant use of personal information across the business.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced privacy professional who enjoys building relationships, influencing without authority, and driving privacy programs in a complex, highly regulated environment. The role will serve as a key first-line-of-defense privacy resource, partnering across legal, compliance, information security, risk, governance, operations, and business teams to advance privacy maturity and regulatory compliance. The hiring team emphasized the importance of relationship-building, enterprise partnership, and the ability to work independently to establish and grow privacy capabilities within the business.

What You'll Do

Privacy Leadership & Business Partnership

• Serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for business privacy matters.
• Represent privacy as a first-line-of-defense (FLOD) partner in business initiatives, working groups, and strategic conversations.
• Advise stakeholders on privacy requirements, risks, and controls.
• Promote awareness and understanding of privacy policies, standards, and resources across the business.

Privacy Program Management

• Lead ongoing privacy program activities and ensure adherence to organizational policies and procedures.
• Oversee privacy governance activities, reporting, training, awareness initiatives, audits, and compliance reviews.
• Support maintenance of privacy-related policies, procedures, and operational controls.
• Communicate privacy updates and emerging requirements to key business stakeholders.

Privacy by Design & Regulatory Compliance

• Lead privacy discussions and advise teams on Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).
• Maintain documentation demonstrating compliance with applicable privacy regulations and business requirements.
• Support privacy rights request processes, consent and preference management, privacy notice administration, data mapping, and records of processing activities.
• Monitor changes in privacy and security laws, regulations, and industry standards and help drive business adaptation.

Privacy Risk & Incident Management

• Oversee privacy incident reporting, escalation, documentation, investigation, and remediation activities.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure timely and effective incident response.
• Identify trends, root causes, and opportunities for proactive risk mitigation.
• Support vendor and supplier privacy assessments and inquiries.

Privacy Advocacy

• Champion Principal's commitment to the ethical use of personal information.
• Promote privacy-by-design principles throughout business processes and decision-making.
• Serve as a trusted advisor helping teams balance innovation, business objectives, and privacy obligations.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience leading privacy programs, privacy operations, or privacy governance activities.

• Strong knowledge of state and federal privacy and security regulations, privacy rights requests, consent management, privacy notice administration, data inventories, records of processing activities, and privacy incident management.
• Demonstrated experience conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong presentation, relationship-building, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams and business functions.

Highly Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within a broker-dealer, financial services, wealth management, banking, insurance, or other highly regulated environment.
• Existing FINRA registrations, including Series 7, Series 66, and/or Series 24.
• Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and/or Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) certification.

Licenses & Certifications

• FINRA Series 7
• FINRA Series 66
• FINRA Series 24
• Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) or Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)

Why You'll Be Successful

The ideal candidate is a relationship builder, trusted advisor, and self-starter who can operate independently while partnering across a complex organization. This role requires someone who can navigate ambiguity, influence without direct authority, and build strong connections across business, compliance, risk, legal, and privacy teams to advance Principal Securities' privacy program.

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 (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$104400 - $187200 / year

Salary Details

The following locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across different geographies.

• Grand Island, NE / Wichita, KS: $104,400 - $140,400 / year
• Des Moines, IA / Tampa, FL: $110,200 - $148,200 / year
• Charlotte, NC / Dallas, TX: $116,000 - $156,000/ year
• Chicago, IL / Denver, CO / Minneapolis, MN: $127,600 - $171,600 / year
• Los Angeles, CA / New York City, NY: $139,200 - $187,200 / year

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

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering applicants that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Asset Management 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 our careers site to 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.

Original Posting Date

10/6/2026

Most Recently Posted Date

10/7/2026

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