Manager, Product – Engineering Productivity

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Minnesota.

📋 Description

• Establish a long-term vision for products, including strategy, roadmap, user adoption, and measurable results for engineering productivity platforms.

• Create product strategies by analyzing user personas, use cases, customer advantages, and value propositions of solutions.

• Oversee and prioritize product roadmaps and releases across various offerings.

• Ensure that product teams grasp the necessary business outcomes and their alignment with broader organizational goals.

• Identify and monitor KPIs and performance metrics to evaluate product health and foster measurable enhancements.

• Mentor product teams and stakeholders to bridge gaps and facilitate improvements.

• Sequence and prioritize roadmap outcomes within capacity limits to maximize customer value.

• Engage with customers and users to identify needs, formulate product hypotheses, and refine solutions through testing.

• Collaborate with product teams to create and implement operational plans.

• Investigate industry best practices and trends.

• Recruit, nurture, and maintain a high-performing team.

• Foster shared accountability, operational excellence, continuous improvement, employee engagement, and partnerships.

• Exemplify Thrivent’s leadership competencies while upholding its purpose, promise, values, trust, and reputation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

• Over 10 years of relevant business experience, ideally in a product manager, product owner, or related role.

• Familiarity with iterative development principles and software development processes.

• Proficiency in Agile Product Management, stakeholder management, market and user research, technology management, and process design.

• High degree of organization and meticulous attention to detail.

• Enthusiasm for and knowledge of emerging technologies and trends.

• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and influence skills across all levels of the organization.

• Strong facilitation skills and expertise in executive communications.

• Certified Product Manager or a similar certification is preferred.

• Prior experience in a supervisory role is preferred.

• Ability to manage and resolve conflicting priorities is preferred.

• Experience in developing and implementing product strategies using value, outcomes, metrics, and measurements is preferred.

• Knowledge of product management tools, techniques, and principles across discovery, design, build, release, and measure cycles is preferred.

• Proven track record in leading and influencing cross-functional teams is preferred.

• Demonstrated experience in user interface design and usability best practices is preferred.

• Experience with large, complex organizational initiatives is preferred.

• Advanced skills in MS Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint, are preferred.

• Financial management skills to oversee budgets across multiple products and ensure return on investment are preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Various bonuses, including annual or long-term incentives.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Health savings account.

• Flexible spending account.

• 401(k) plan.

• Pension plan.

• 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.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Well-being benefits.

• Additional employee benefits.