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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading cross-functional design teams, driving product design and user experience initiatives, and fostering collaboration across organizational levels. Possesses strong skills in strategic design thinking, talent management, and utilizing impact metrics to inform decision-making.
Highest-signal resume keywords
User Experience DesignProduct DesignTeam LeadershipDesign SystemsAgile Practices
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Interaction DesignUX ResearchProduct DevelopmentDesign Problem-SolvingImpact Metrics
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationPersuasion SkillsMotivational LeadershipCollaboration
Industry Keywords
Financial ServicesWealth ManagementOrganizational ChangeTalent Management
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead and manage a cross-functional design team of product designers, UX researchers and other design specialists
- Manage people and drive multiple related product areas
- Develop processes and approaches for tackling design problems and facilitate cross-functional teams
- Frame problems and lead solutions for undefined problem spaces using a holistic product-experience perspective
- Communicate design rationale through storytelling and build trust with partners and stakeholders
- Communicate confidently at all organizational levels
- Eliminate low-return activities and reprioritize work using impact and success metrics
- Collaborate with cross-functional peers and stakeholders to ensure alignment and foster long-term relationships
- Recruit, develop and sustain a high-performing team
- Promote shared accountability, operational excellence, partnership and continuous improvement
- Support employee engagement and uphold Thrivent’s purpose, promise, values, trust and reputation
- Collaborate with cross-functional design, product, organizational, engineering and executive teams through management, presentations and partnership
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Interaction Design, UI/UX Design, Product Design, UX Research, Software Development or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 8+ years of experience in a related field
- At least 5 years of experience in user experience, interaction design, product design and research in a product development team
- At least 3 years of managerial experience
- Experience collaborating with Engineering, Product and Business owners to prioritize work and identify high-impact opportunities
- Ability to motivate, inspire and organize a team of 5–8 designers and researchers
- Ability to make team allocation, tradeoff and prioritization decisions
- Excellent communication and persuasion skills
- Understanding of product impact and success metrics
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional peers and drive organizational change
- Experience in talent management, recruiting, hiring and professional development
- Strategic mindset and ability to develop design problem-solving processes
- Experience with design systems and agile practices within a product team model
- Preferred: Strategic design thinking and ability to contribute to organizational design strategy
- Preferred: Knowledge and experience in financial services, ideally wealth management
Benefits
Comp & perks- Various bonuses, including 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
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Well-being benefits