Product Portfolio Consultant

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

3d•Remote

About The Position

This role will act as a change champion as we transform the way we work at Thrivent, driving adoption to our Product Operating Model. Teams working in a Product Operating Model rely on capacity constraints to drive prioritization and this team’s primary focus is to ensure we’re putting capacity in the right places to ensure Thrivent’s highest priority outcomes can be delivered. This role will provide support to leadership with regard to financial, capacity, and asset management. You will partner with Product teams, DD&T, Finance, and Human Resources to help leaders understand their capacity constraints. You will support leaders through planning and portfolio governance routines to ensure transparency to the investments being made towards business outcomes across the organization. This role will work on a team within the Op Model Enablement Team. You will need to operate effectively in a matrix environment, demonstrating strong relationship building skills and the ability to influence upwards and outwards. Your primary customers and partners are VPs, Directors, and Managers. You will also work closely with partners in Finance and Human Resources as well as our Product and Agile Coaches.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Finance, or related field
8+ years of professional experience working closely with, or in IT
Experience working in the product/agile operating model
Financial Management experience (understanding of basic functions of financial forecasting and budgeting).
Proficient in Microsoft Office products, especially Excel
Experience successfully communicating between technology, finance, and HR leaders
Ability to handle ambiguity and lead change
Intellectual curiosity - Desire to learn and improve.
Customer focus - strong sense of urgency, thrives on getting things done.
Teamwork and collaboration.
Ability to communicate clearly with executive level leadership
Critical thinker
Continuous improvement mindset.
Self-starter - thrives in an ambitious environment
Executive level influencer
Demonstrates courage

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain labor and expense plans for assigned products and portfolio(s)
Develop reporting as needed to help leaders understand their performance against current capacity constraints.
Maintain financial data to provide visibility to total investment being made in products and portfolios
Provide financial data to help product and portfolio leaders understand risks and opportunities within their portfolios.
Demonstrate expert knowledge of product and portfolio level financial management.
Interact with leaders up to COO level; build views and reporting appropriate for level of leadership to drive decision making.
Make recommendations to leadership regarding potential areas to invest or to constrain in order to optimize value realization for Thrivent.
Provide financial reporting as requested to drive decision making (i.e. run rate analysis, cost to run, etc).
Support leaders through governance routines as needed to ensure visibility to work and to drive a perpetual planning mindset.
Partner with Finance as needed to support financial forecasting and long range financial planning.
Lead efforts to improve existing processes in order to gain efficiencies and reduce complexity.
Serve as subject matter expert regarding processes related to capacity, financial, and asset management.
Partner with product coaches and portfolio leaders to identify opportunities to mature portfolio practices.
Provide guidance, support, and data to leaders, to enable decision making at all levels of governance.
Serves as a key partner to Product Portfolio leadership with regard to capacity and asset management.
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.