Dir, Product Transformation
Company: Thrivent Financial
Location: Minneapolis
Posted on: August 7, 2022
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Job Description:
Summary The Director of Product Transformation is accountable
for shaping the behaviors, processes, and practices that enable
Thrivent to design, build and successfully launch new solutions for
our customers. This leader will define, establish, teach, and lead
product, agile, and dev ops techniques across Thrivent to help
teams realize their full potential by coaching and enabling the
organization to deliver outstanding product as fast as possible.
Job Description DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: Accountabilities of
Director role Responsible for the strategic product transformation
with sharp focus on increasing speed to value for the organization
Establish Product Transformation Roadmap incorporating Product
Operating Model, Agile, DevOps, Talent, and Culture. Timeline to
include pilot to full scale Attract talent to build product
transformation team and provide leadership to continuously improve
roadmap to successfully scale product practices. This will require
ability to respond to change in organizational priorities Own the
stakeholder and change management strategy for the product
transformation. This will require collaboration with leadership
across all Thrivent business units and functional areas Partner
with appropriate leaders to establish talent development journeys
from current state to future state roles Partner with appropriate
leaders and portfolio team to define and develop the transition for
project funding to product funding and corresponding product
portfolio practices Engage stakeholders and senior leadership to
ensure there is alignment between the organization's mission,
vision, goals and objectives of technology initiatives including
the appropriate level of communication, visibility, and
transparency of that alignment with the development teams Providing
ongoing updates to leadership on the progress of the product
transformation and establish avenues to provide ongoing
testimonials / showcase success stories generated by product teams
Embed methods that drive continuous improvement to Thrivent Product
Operating model 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.
More Specific Job Duties Establish and Continuously Improve Product
Transformation Roadmap and provide oversight / coordinate across
all related workstreams Establish and Maintain leader communication
toolkits Establish Thrivent Product Definitions, taxonomy and
define future state roles and responsibilities Refresh and maintain
Agile playbook - minimal standards and tools Establish and maintain
Product Management playbook - minimal standards and tools Establish
and maintain DevOps playbook - minimal standards and tools
(Accountable not Responsible) Establish and maintain Product Team
execution tenets - minimal standards related to resourcing, ways
for working Establish and support Communities of Practice to enable
the sharing of best practices and continuous improvement - Product
Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Engineering Managers /
DevOps Develop Training opportunities tailored to various target
stakeholder groups - ELT, Senior Management, Thrivent associates,
Product Teams Develop Talent Learning Paths to ready Thrivent
leadership and associates for future state - on-line learning
paths, micro-assignments, certifications Product Team formation
consulting and Product Team activation (from orientation through
sprint Zero) Product team coaching and health / maturity monitoring
resulting in removal of delivery friction points and increased
speed to value Make visible team successes / outcomes to Thrivent
leadership community Team specific problem solving QUALIFICATIONS &
SKILLS: Required Experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent
experience in Business, Finance or equivalent field 10+ years of
experience in Technology related field including 5+ years prior
leadership experience Experience deploying Product Management
practices in a medium to large organization Experience deploying
Agile methodologies involving in a medium to large organization
Experience deploying IT Governance tool and practices. Strong
communication, organizational, and thought leadership skills
Experience defining a strategy and then driving execution against
that strategy Preferred Experience: MBA, advanced degree or
equivalent in Business, Finance or related field Experience leading
software delivery and Continuous Improvement activities within a
team or organization Experience with product management Experience
leading work through Agile Delivery techniques Financial services
industry experience 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.
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