[Remote] Mgr, Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thrivent is committed to helping people thrive with purpose, and they are seeking a Manager of Engineering to lead a hands-on practice-improvement team. This role involves setting strategic direction for engineering practices, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring continuous improvement in software delivery. Responsibilities • 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 • Has Developed software. Can read code and stays up to date on best practices • Ensure Code reviews are completed - Problem solving and analytical skills • 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 • 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 Product Manager on Initiatives/ Features/ Epics and provides clarity on desired outcomes as well as technical expertise • Collaborates with Product manager for strategies, operating plans, targets and measures for product groups • Creating a positive team environment where individuals have psychological safety and work collaboratively while understanding, respecting, challenging and appreciating each other’s ideas • Supports and empowers teams to broker solutions across products • Understands how the product integrates with other 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 solve collaboratively • Align your team with the priorities of the company and the technology organization for a given product area • Participates in setting the product and platform technology vision, strategies, initiatives, roadmaps , objectives and alignments • Represents the business value of technology upgrades, etc. and influences prioritization in the product roadmap • Empowers the team to select the right tool and platforms for the given product area • Collaborating with Engineers to ensure Engineering practices and be an advocate to bring the engineering disciplines • Promoting engineering practices and continuous improvement such as develops and observability • Contributes to the creation of enterprise frameworks and patterns • Define and supports the development Lifecyle processes • Supports the team and removes barriers to resolving production incidents/problems • DevOps continuously evaluated through observability, monitoring and alerting • 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 • 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 • Execute or manage the overall technology solutions, platforms for the product groups and associated vendor relationships • 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 • 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 • 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 Skills • 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 • 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 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 Company Overview • Thrivent is a financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously. It was founded in 1902, and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.thrivent.com. Company H1B Sponsorship • Thrivent has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 10 in 2025, 9 in 2024, 15 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 2 in 2021, 2 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply Now Apply Now