Manager, Product - Digital Advisor Experience Practice Development

About the role

The Manager, Product - DAX Practice Development is responsible for the long-term strategy and vision for Digital Advisor Experience Practice Development product as part of a broader Incentive and Practice Growth DAX portfolio. A player-coach role, the Manager, Product brings together the individual skillsets of a product manager with those of a leader of people.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the long-term product roadmap as part of a larger business strategy.
• Develops a compelling product strategy through analysis of personas, use cases, customer benefits, and solution value propositions.
• Accountable for ensuring business strategies are translated into and executed through product roadmaps by aligning product teams with clearly defined advisor outcomes that advance broader enterprise strategy.
• Led team collaboration to manage and prioritize product roadmap and releases across multiple products.
• Collaborates to resolve conflicts in a constructive manner when they arise.
• Identifies and tracks key performance indicators and objective-based metrics to measure product health, drive continuous improvement, and ensure business outcomes and value are achieved.
• Facilitates conversations and coaching with product teams and relevant stakeholders to address gaps and necessary improvements to delivering specific improvements.
• Pairs with engineering leaders to ensure outcomes on the roadmap fit within capacity constraints and are prioritized and sequenced in order to maximize value to the customer.
• Engages with advisors on a regular basis to uncover implicit and explicit needs and translate to product hypothesis which are tested and refined to deliver solutions.
• Partners with business stakeholders to develop an effective go-to-market strategy for pilots and broader field releases.
• Researches and identifies industry best practices and trends to increase effectiveness.
• 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 – Model the Way, Rally the Team, and Deliver Outcomes.
• 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.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Must have prior supervisory experience.
• 10+ years relevant business experience, including in product manager role, product owner role or similar.
• Expertise in the principles of Agile Product Management, stakeholder management, market and user research, and technology management.
• High-level of organization and attention to detail.
• Passion and understanding of new technology and trends.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and influence skills among all organizational levels; strong facilitation and executive communications skills.

Pay

The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $146,428.00 - $198,108.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge, business needs, market demand, and other factors Thrivent deems important.

Benefits

Various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives); medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings account; flexible spending account; 401k; pension; life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; disability insurance; supplemental protection insurance; 20 days of Paid Time Off each year; Sick and Safe Time; 10 paid company holidays; Volunteer Time Off; paid parental leave; EAP; well-being benefits, and other employee benefits.