Staff Product Designer

The Staff Product Designer will lead design efforts across cross-functional teams, ensuring quality design and impactful solutions for users. They will mentor junior team members and influence digital experience strategy within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Apply human-centered design in meaningfully novel ways, while finding opportunities to support more design-driven decision making among digital product teams.
• Contribute to strategic design thinking, influencing not only execution but also the overall digital design strategy.
• Ensure design decisions are aligned to the business strategy and direction.
• Collaborate with other design leaders and staff (product management, design and engineering) to ensure a cohesive and innovative design approach.
• Communicate effectively at all levels of the organization, demonstrating confidence, charisma, and clarity in design discussions.
• Direct and mentor design teams.
• Influence digital experience strategy with product portfolio stakeholders and others within the organization.
• Mentor and collaborate with junior team members, providing guidance and support in best practices and methodologies.
• Utilize strong design facilitation skills to foster collaboration within cross-functional teams, and storytelling to build trust and establish long-term relationships.
• Guide and conduct design research, leveraging insights for informed decision-making.
• Integrate new design patterns and practices, enriching the design methodology toolkit.
• Model Thrivent’s leadership competencies – Model the Way, Rally the Team, and Deliver Outcomes.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Interaction Design, UI/UX Design, Web Product Design, Web Development or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.
• 7-10 years of experience in a related field, with at least 6 years of experience in user experience, interaction design, product innovation and research in a product development team.
• Proven experience in leading projects and contributing to the development of multiple shipped digital products.
• Ability to develop processes and approaches for tackling design problems, anticipating challenges, and uncovering innovative solutions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain rationale for design decisions and clarify success metrics.
• Demonstrated application of human-centered design with a keen understanding of business and technical impacts on digital design.
• Self-directed and proactive, with a passion for driving progress and making meaningful contributions.
• Able to turn research into action that solves the user definition of a problem.
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration roles, with a focus on delivering business value.
• Extensive knowledge of how to leverage a design system and how to push the boundaries of the design system to achieve product and user goals.
• Relevant agile experience.

Key Skills

• Interaction Design
• UI/UX Design
• Web Product Design
• Web Development
• Leading projects
• Developing processes and approaches
• Strong communication skills
• Human-centered design
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Design system
• Agile experience

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
• Other employee benefits