Mgr, Design Systems and Operations

Vision & Strategy

Set the vision and strategy for the design system. Define the long-term direction for Thrivent's design system — including its visual language, governance model, and contribution - and align that vision with broader Thrivent product and brand strategy.

Design Operations

Lead Design Operations. Establish and continuously refine the operational frameworks, processes, and tooling that govern how the design team works - ensuring the team can deliver quality outcomes at scale without unnecessary friction.

Talent Management

Lead and develop design talent. Manage and grow a team of product designers, design operations experts and design system contributors. Foster a culture of craft excellence, shared accountability, and continuous improvement.

Standards & Quality

Own visual, interaction and systems standards. Set the quality and consistency bar within out Design System. Document decisions for how to use the elements to scale and push design excellence across a range of products. Establish decision-making frameworks for when components evolve, how new patterns get introduced, and how the system stays aligned with implementation.

Alignment & Investment

Align design systems investment to business priorities. Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to ensure design systems work is sequenced to support roadmap needs, reduce friction in delivery, and create long-term leverage across the organization.

Communication & Influence

Communicate design strategy with confidence. Represent the design systems practice to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders — articulating the value, tradeoffs, and direction of design investments in a way that builds trust and drives alignment.

Prioritization & Impact

Focus the team on highest-impact work. Make clear prioritization and resource decisions, cutting low-return activities and directing team capacity toward the work with the greatest impact on product quality and delivery efficiency.

Recruitment & Development

Recruit, develop, and sustain high performers. Build a team with complementary strengths in systems thinking and craft. Invest in career development, mentorship, and a team environment where people do their best work.

Pay & Benefits

Pay Transparency
Thrivent’s long-term growth depends on attracting, rewarding, and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of market competitive compensation programs to attract, reward, and retain top talent. The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $139,455.00 - $188,676.00 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.

Benefits

The following benefits may be offered: 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. Eligibility for receipt of these benefits is subject to the applicable plan/policy documents.