MGR, Engineering – Workforce Identity & Access Management

* ** Lead and manage the Identity Engineering Integrations (IEI) team**, providing direction, mentorship, and support to ensure successful delivery of integration projects and automation initiatives.
* ** Drive the development and implementation of IAM integration solutions**, including automation for certificate lifecycle management, secrets health monitoring, and onboarding workflows for privileged access management tools.
* ** Champion the engineering community
** by empathizing with their needs and reducing friction in adopting IAM capabilities. Design and deliver integration patterns, tools, and guidance that make it simple for developers to embed authorization, secrets management, and privileged access controls into their applications and processes without compromising agility or security.
* ** Oversee the design and optimization of integration frameworks
** that connect IAM services with enterprise applications, cloud platforms, and security monitoring tools such as Data Dog.
* ** Collaborate with cross-functional teams**, including IT, cybersecurity, and business stakeholders, to align IEI initiatives with organizational objectives and improve identity security posture.
* ** Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable integration processes
** that adhere to compliance and audit requirements while reducing operational overhead.
* ** Manage project budgets, resource allocation, and deliverables
** to ensure integrations and automation projects are completed on time and within financial constraints.
* ** Foster strong, trust-based relationships with internal stakeholders and partners**, enabling collaboration and shared understanding of IAM integration priorities.
* ** Stay current with industry trends and best practices in IAM engineering, automation, and integration technologies
** to continuously enhance the organization’s identity and access management capabilities.
* Has Developed software.
Can read code and stays up to date on best practices.
* Ensure Code reviews are completed - Problem solving and analytical skills
* 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.
* 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
* 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…