Mgr, Product - Engineering Productivity

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

23h•$161,072 - $217,920•Remote

About The Position

The Manager, Product is a product leader responsible for defining strategy, driving outcomes, and developing product talent for one or more complex engineering platforms. In this player-coach role, the manager applies product management expertise and people leadership to help teams build scalable, self-service capabilities that improve how engineers build, deliver, secure, and operate software across Thrivent. The role is accountable for the long-term vision, strategy, adoption, and measurable outcomes of its products. In Engineering Productivity, this includes creating platforms, practices, automation, insights, and developer experiences that help engineering teams deliver software faster, more safely, and with less friction. Success includes improving developer experience, reducing cognitive load, simplifying software delivery, and enabling independent operation through well-designed product experiences and paved-road solutions. The manager partners with Engineering Managers, Principal Engineers, Architects, and enterprise stakeholders to identify systemic challenges, understand customer needs, and translate insights into product strategy and execution plans. Product decisions balance customer feedback, business outcomes, data, engineering constraints, and organizational priorities. The position also recruits, develops, and sustains a high-performing team and promotes shared accountability, operational excellence, partnership, continuous improvement, employee engagement, and commitment to clients and Thrivent’s purpose, promise, and values.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
10+ years of relevant business experience, including experience in a product manager, product owner, or similar role.
Understanding of iterative development fundamentals and software development processes and procedures.
Expertise in Agile Product Management, stakeholder management, market and user research, technology management, and process design.
High level of organization and attention to detail.
Passion for and understanding of new technology and trends.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills across organizational levels, including strong facilitation and executive communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Certified Product Manager or similar certification.
Prior supervisory experience.
Ability to effectively manage and resolve conflicting priorities.
Experience developing and delivering product strategy expressed in terms of value, outcomes, and compelling metrics and measurements.
Expertise with foundational product management tools, techniques, and principles across the discovery, design, build, release, and measure cycle.
Proven experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated experience with user interface design and usability best practices.
Experience working on large, complex organizational initiatives.
Advanced skills in MS Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
Financial management skills to administer budgets across multiple products and ensure products meet return-on-investment requirements.

Responsibilities

Own the long-term product roadmap as part of a broader business strategy and develop product strategy based on personas, use cases, customer benefits, and solution value propositions.
Ensure business strategies are consistently and iteratively executed through product roadmaps.
Collaborate with teams to manage and prioritize roadmaps and releases across multiple products.
Resolve conflicts constructively.
Ensure product teams understand needed business outcomes and connect those outcomes to broader business goals or objectives.
Identify and track evergreen product-health KPIs and objectives for measurable improvements to customer experiences and outcomes.
Facilitate conversations and coach product teams and stakeholders to address gaps and deliver improvements.
Ensure KPIs deliver the necessary business value.
Ensure roadmap outcomes fit capacity constraints and are prioritized and sequenced to maximize customer value.
Engage regularly with customers and users to uncover needs, form product hypotheses, and test and refine solutions.
Collaborate across product teams to develop and roll out operational plans.
Research industry best practices and trends to improve effectiveness.
Acquire, maintain, and apply advanced knowledge of the business, its products and processes, and product management.
Recruit, develop, and sustain a high-performing team while promoting shared accountability, operational excellence, and organizational partnership.
Model Thrivent’s leadership competencies: Model the Way, Rally the Team, and Deliver Outcomes.
Support or develop an environment focused on continuous improvement, employee engagement, and commitment to clients.
Shape or support a culture that reflects Thrivent’s purpose, promise, and values and protects its trust and reputation.