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Sales Internship - Group Benefits - Waltham, MA (Summer 2025)

What You'll Do

Come join Principal’s Group Benefits, Sales Internship Program (Summer 2025)As a sales intern, you’ll be teaming up with our Group Insurance sales and account management team members to provide sales support, account management assistance, and intermediary support. This role is given the opportunity to assist our regional sales offices, while learning how we distribute and support our retirement and/or group insurance customers. By partnering on these tasks, we anticipate you will be directly impacting territory sales and overall business unit success! In this role, you'll get a first-hand look at what it takes to be successful in a sales-minded career in the future.

 

This area partners with many areas within Principal which includes teams like underwriting, new business, marketing, administration, product, sales and compensation, and many more. Getting to know the many areas in our organization is a great way to learn and develop your skills and build lasting professional relationships!

 

The right candidate will be working in the following Principal office location:

  • Waltham, MA

This position is also a phenomenal way to start your career. As a growing company with over 16,000 employees around the world, Principal offers a lot of ways for you to learn more, earn more, and achieve more.


Who You Are

  • Currently pursuing or completed undergraduate or graduate level degree.
  • Involvement in extracurricular activities and/or involvement within the community
  • Interest in a career in sales
  • Preference will be given to students who have experience with sales either through a previous internship, involvement, or work experience.
  • Ability to build positive relationships with internal and external partners.
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Travel will be required.

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)

$18 - $20 / hour
Time Off Program

Paid company holidays and any time off required in your state.
Pension Eligible

No
Additional Information

See your future. And make it real.

Starting your career on the right track is important. That’s why we offer you a hands-on internship program full of focused activities and opportunities to gain experience, make connections, and learn the business from the inside out.

 

Through your experience, here's what you can expect:

  • Work alongside experienced professionals
  • Gain career direction to help you achieve your professional and personal goals.
  • Contribute to work that helps more people and businesses around the world save enough, have enough and protect enough.
  • Explore new perspectives in an inclusive, welcoming culture. 

Location

This internship will primarily be spent in our sales office in Waltham, MA.  There will be some travel to our beautiful headquarters in Des Moines, IA. 

 

This posting will come down at midnight EST on Sunday, April 13th.

 

 

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates 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 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

While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees – individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why we’re an exceptional place to grow your career.

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

4/10/2025
Most Recently Posted Date

4/10/2025
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