Manager, Engineering, Digital Experience - Thrivent Asset Management

We exist to help people achieve financial clarity. 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 core, we are a membership-owned fraternal organization, as well as a holistic financial services organization, dedicated to serving the unique needs of our clients. We focus on their goals and priorities, guiding them toward financial choices that will help them live the life they want today—and tomorrow.

Job Summary The Manager. Engineering, Digital Experience – Thrivent Asset Management leads a cross-functional digital platform team responsible for the design, development, security, and operational excellence of Thrivent Asset Management digital experiences, primarily  as a hands-on technical leader, this role provides architectural guidance and establishes engineering standards. This role collaborates and interacts frequently with internal and external key stakeholders including marketing, sales and marketing technology to deliver experiences leveraging Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service and AWS.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Designing Solutions Review technical solution design and architecture and provide guidance and direction.

Actively participates in the design and architecture for Thrivent Asset Management web site and deliver solutions aligned with business objectives

Review technical solution and supports the execution of the solution

Developing Software Has Developed software. Can read code and stays up to date on best practices for Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Services and AWS.Ensure Code reviews are completed - Problem solving and analytical skills

Learning and applying new techniques

Promotes and empowers sharing ideas, best practices, etc. ensuring capacity is held for these activities.

Anticipates and analyzes trends in technology and assesses the impact of emerging technologies on the business

Ensures the team applies new techniques and learnings to support web infrastructure.

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 Partner with leads on Initiatives/ Features/ Epics and provides clarity on desired outcomes as well as technical expertise.

Collaborates cross functionally for strategies, operating plans, targets and measures for delivery teams.

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 delivery teams.

Understands how delivery team outcomes integrate with other delivery team outcomes 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 solve collaboratively

Collaborating across the organization

Align your team with the priorities of the company and the technology organization for Thrivent Asset Management Distribution.

Setting product/platform technology strategy

Participates in setting the distribution technology vision, strategies, initiatives, roadmaps , objectives and alignments

Represents the business value of technology upgrades, etc. and influences prioritization in the platform roadmap

Empowers the team to select the right tool and platforms for Thrivent Asset Management digital experiences.

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