Job Description

What You'll Do:

The Executive Travel Consultant orchestrates and delivers domestic and international travel for the Executive Management Group and Board of Directors, ensuring seamless, efficient, and anticipatory service for all their travel needs. Acting as a trusted advisor, this role goes beyond booking arrangements and shapes travel strategies, recommend best practices, ensures alignment with corporate policies, and proactively manages logistics in partnership with the assistants, hangar staff, and pilots. With deep expertise in global travel coordination, visa and regulatory requirements, and vendor management, the Executive Travel Consultant delivers flawless end-to-end travel experiences that balance efficiency, safety, and cost-effectiveness while proactively monitoring emerging travel trends and executive preferences.

• Deliver on all aspects of domestic and international travel for executives, including commercial flights, ground transportation, and other accommodations. Navigate travel requirements such as passports, visas, vaccinations, ETAs, Global Entry, and TSA Pre-Check. Provide real-time support by anticipating and resolving travel disruptions, demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness beyond standard business hours. Ensure all travel complies with corporate policies while accommodating executive preferences and business needs. Collaborate closely with executive assistants and Global Security to ensure seamless coordination, safety, and risk management. Serve as the primary liaison between executives, assistants, and the travel management company to ensure a high-touch, anticipatory travel experience.
• Deliver on all aspects of executive and Board of Directors travel using the corporate aircrafts. Partner closely with the Principal Hangar team and pilots to confirm flight schedules, passenger manifests, catering, ground transportation, and special travel requests. Serve as the EMG/assistant’s primary point of contact for corporate jet travel logistics, providing real-time communication and problem-solving support. Maintain a consistent on-site presence at the hangar 1-2 days per week or as determined necessary to strengthen collaboration, ensure operational readiness, and deliver a seamless, high-touch travel experience aligned with executive expectations and company standards.
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging travel technologies, and best practices to continuously enhance the executive travel program. Support enterprise travel-related projects, including vendor evaluations, policy reviews, and risk assessments, as needed, to ensure travel operations remain efficient, safe, and aligned with corporate objectives for our executives. Provide insights and recommendations that improve processes, elevate service quality, and strengthen the overall executive travel experience.

Who You Are:

• 6+ years’ experience working in the travel business, hospitality, travel management or equivalent, such as a travel coordinator, travel specialist, travel agent or similar related role.
• Experience with high-level executive support.
• Experience with visa and passport application processing.
• Strong knowledge of domestic and international travel requirements, including routing, fares and pricing, multi-destination trips, available resources and travel documentation requirements.
• Understanding and expertise in international offerings, including airport lounges, day rooms, local currency, local customs, and other resources available.
• Excellent time management, problem solving, decision-making, planning, and organizational skills.
• Good relationship building and experience working with VIP travelers.
• Must have the ability to provide after-hours support to executive travelers, as needed.
• Knowledge and proficiency in travel booking platforms (e.g., Navan) and Microsoft Office Suite. Quickly master internal corporate jet scheduling system.
• Ability to manage multi-leg itineraries across multiple time zones.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently under pressure with shifting priorities and tight deadlines.

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: $34.25 - $46.13 / hour Time Off Program: Personal Time Off (PTO) is provided to hourly (non-exempt) employees and provides a set amount of accrued time earned each pay period. Employees can use their PTO for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Pension Eligible: Yes Additional Information:

Work Environments

This opportunity will be located at our Des Moines, IA office location, working in a more agile environment, offering some hybrid flexiblity. You’ll work with your leader to figure out the kind of schedule that will best align based on several factors.

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. Date First Posted (TTF): 11/19/2025 Latest Post Date: Careers - US: 11/19/2025

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Permanent employment, Full time, Temporary work, Work experience placement, H1b, Work at office, Local area, Shift work, 2 days per week, 1 day per week,

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