Director, Engineering - Enterprise Integration Services

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

6d•$177,984 - $240,803

About The Position

The Engineering Director of Enterprise Integration Services (EIS) within Client Products partners with the Product Director and peer teams to deliver enterprise API capabilities that support clients and advisors across Thrivent’s insurance and wealth management portfolios, including Life, Health and Annuities, Mutual Funds, Brokerage and Trust Accounts, Charitable, and Bank products. In this role, you will lead multiple teams, oversee engineering operations, align technical execution with business strategy, and drive innovation across EIS and all our partner teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
10+ years of progressively responsible positions in Information Technology including a 5+ years’ management/supervisory experience in specific IT functional area discipline.
Strong leader with a demonstrated track record recruiting and developing teams in current- and next-generation platforms and systems’ needs.
Demonstrated experience in creating, leading, and implementing large scale strategic projects.
Strong communication skills and excellence in negotiation with business partners
Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with executive leadership, lines of business stakeholders, and technology staff across the organization.
Background in information delivery including BI/analytic reporting, operational reporting, KPIs, using reporting services.
Experience in development of business strategies, Center of Expense strategies and delivery of enterprise data services.

Nice To Haves

MBA
Financial Services industry experience
Experience in IT planning and business relationship management
Experience working in a matrix management organization
Experience with product development and management

Responsibilities

Sets the vision for the teams and empowers the teams to design solutions
Review the overall / high level design and provide feedback to the team.
Helps the team to understand the architecture strategy for the given product groups and how it fits in the overall enterprise architecture.
Demonstrates critical thinking towards developing software.
Learning and applying new techniques
Influence the team to use modern techniques and share technical insights to the team
Continuously seek for innovative techniques and solutions to solve the business problems / initiatives.
Promotes collaboration and provides opportunities to recognize and celebrate successes
Regularly engages in product group sprint demos to understand capabilities delivered and outcomes achieved; Provides constructive feedback to foster continuous improvement
Encourages engagement across product groups to share learnings and leverage best practices
Understands the organizations broader technology ecosystem and how their product groups contribute to the organization’s outcomes
Breaks down product group barriers that impede team delivery and continuous improvement
Builds relationships across the organization and across business and technology disciplines
Brings teams together to partner in solving the most strategic and complex problems for the organization and deliver new capabilities collaboratively
Creates a common understanding and alignment on goals and strategies for the enterprise as well as for the technology organization
Provides senior leadership visibility to accomplishments of teams
Supports the organizational rollout of new DevOps capabilities and version updates across the teams.
Partner with product management to set the platform / product technology vision and outcome.
Provide mentorship and motivation to the team to select and execute on the technology strategy that supports the organization growth and sustainability
Promoting engineering practices and continuous improvement such as DevOps and observability
Supports the development lifecycle processes and operational model guidelines
Ensures that operational health for the area is well articulated and supports continuous improvement.
Creates and promotes cross learning opportunities for engineers to onboard new DevOps practices.
Be an advocate to the team to define criteria’s for selecting the right platform/technology
Owns the overall technology solutions, platforms for the product groups and associated vendor relationships
Provide directions and feedback to select the right technology vendors
Holding regular 1:1s with direct reports and periodic skip levels and team meetings.
Provides opportunities and develops framework for career growth.
Gives constructive feedback, providing guidance and coaching to help engineering managers grow their skills and experience
Planning in advance for future people needs for the product groups, collaborate with the other teams on the recruitment process
Drive the hiring process for engineering managers and engineers and participates in the recruitment process for the product area
Engage in the tech community to build the Thrivent technology brand and position as the employer of choice in the market
Recruits, develops, and sustains a high-performing team while promoting a culture of shared accountability, operational excellence, and partnership across the organization.
Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable.
Supports and/or develops an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients.
Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients.
Manage a team of direct and indirect staff