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Thrivent is seeking an enthusiastic Engineering Manager for our Digital Developer Experience and Security team. This team is tasked with development, oversight, and maintenance of a monorepo based platform containing multiple apps that constitute the client and advisor facing experiences of Thrivent on the web and mobile. Strong candidates for this position will:
Leverage their expertise in software delivery to lead a team of DevSecOps engineers.
Be able to articulate a vision of a developer experience that delights engineers while enabling ‘shift-left’ concerns of quality and security testing.
Influence teams to adopt changes that achieve ambitious Continuous Improvement and Continuous Delivery goals.
This manager accomplishes results primarily through management and/or experienced specialists who exercise significant latitude and independence. Provides strategic direction to one or more departments. They establish operating policies and procedures that affect departments and subordinate sections, disciplines and work units. An Engineering Manager will interpret company-wide policies and procedures while also developing budgets, schedules, and department objectives and metrics derived from organizational objectives. They will collaborate and interacts frequently with internal and external key stakeholders and senior-level business partners concerning projects, operational decisions, scheduling requirements, and/or contractual clarifications. Leads briefings and technical meetings to support IT objectives.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Designing Solutions
Review technical solution design and architecture and provide guidance and direction.
Take part in system design and architecture conversations with the team to land approaches to deliver solutions.
Review technical solution and supports the execution of the solution
Developing Software
Ensures high quality through timely and thorough code reviews.
Creative problem solving and analytical skills
can prescribe solutions to areas of Developer Experience; understands how to engineer solutions for use by other engineers that reduces cognitive load around CICD
Learning and applying new techniques
Promotes and empowers sharing ideas, best practices, etc. They need to make space so teams can take time for these activities.
Anticipates and analyzes trends in technology and assesses the impact of emerging technologies on the business
Collaborating within team
Supports the team agile practices and learning events / trainings
Helps break down barriers for the team
Engages in sprint demos; Understands the desired and actual outcomes as well as the technology delivered by the team
Creates a positive team environment where individuals have psychological safety and work collaboratively while understanding, respecting, challenging and appreciating each other’s ideas
Collaborating across teams
Supports and empowers teams to broker solutions across products
Understands how the platform provides discounts for other engineering taems building products and ensures consistency in approach to work towards a common goal / outcome
Builds strong working relationships with peers across teams
Proactively identifies cross team challenges and works to empower teams in solving them collaboratively
Collaborating across the organization
Setting product/platform technology strategy
Maintains and updates the platform technology vision, strategies, initiatives, roadmaps , objectives and alignments
Empowers the team to select the right tool and platforms for the given product area.
Defining Engineering standards/patterns
Promotes engineering practices and continuous improvement methods leveraging DevOps and observability
May assist in the creation of enterprise frameworks and patterns
Service Support and Operations
Supports the team and removes barriers to resolving production incidents/problems
Understands the health of technology products and promotes prioritization of work to maintain and continuously improve
Serve as an escalation point in product level support for ongoing maintenance and production issues
Selecting & Managing Technology Vendors
Be an advocate to the team to define criteria’s for selecting the right platform/technology
Guides the team to build consensus on an approach and driving a build vs buy decision with the team. In a buy decision, works with the team to decide on criteria and vendor selection.
Coaching Engineers
Holding regular 1:1s with team members and team meeting,
Provides constructive feedback, guidance and coaching to help engineers grow their skills and experience.
Provides career planning advice to engineers and creates development plans to help them achieve their career goals which leverages their skills and capabilities and provides them with learning opportunities.
Recruiting/building talent
Leads the process of selecting and engaging the right consulting partners
Planning in advance for future people needs for the product groups, collaborate with the other teams on the recruitment process
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
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Required:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
8+ years of progressively responsible positions in Information Technology including 5+ years’ experience in IT discipline, e.g., customer relationship management, portfolio strategy and roadmap development.
3+ years of leadership experience in all aspects of a specific IT discipline, e.g. IT/LOB customer relationship management, portfolio strategy and/or demand management.
3+ years’ management/supervisory experience in specific IT functional area discipline, e.g. applications development or equivalent skills leading major technical projects with accountability for enforcing talent management needs and performance standards.
Demonstrated leadership and experience managing multidiscipline, high-performance work teams.
Strong competency in project management and execution of multiple or large projects.
Experience working with customers to develop solutions to complex business problems.
Proven ability to communicate effectively with internal/external stakeholders to support business initiatives.
Proven ability to function in an environment which requires flexibility, good judgment and intelligent decision making, often based on limited information and/or extreme conditions.
Ability to formulate, implement and evaluate plans, programs and procedures applicable to customer relationship and demand management.
Preferred:
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
Thrivent provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color, sex , gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable local, state , or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.
Thrivent is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation , please let us know by sending an email to human.resources@thrivent.com or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.
At Thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goal. Driven by a higher purpose at our core, we are committed to providing financial advice, investments, insurance, banking and generosity programs to help people make the most of all they’ve been given. At our heart, we are a membership-owned fraternal organization, as well as a holistic financial services organization, dedicated to serving the unique needs of our customers. We focus on their goals and priorities, guiding them toward financial choices that will help them live the life they want today—and tomorrow.
For over 100 years, Thrivent has been helping people build their financial futures and live more generous lives. Today, it’s a Fortune 500 company that offers a full range of expert financial solutions, serving more than 2 million customers, as well as the communities in which they live and work.
Thrivent fosters a diverse workforce to serve our diverse clientele, reflecting a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. If you’re intrigued about our work and the possibility of becoming part of it, we invite you to visit Thrivent.com to learn more. You won’t just build a career; you’ll be part of an organization focused on growing, innovating, and serving.