Teams at Thrivent Financial

Leads the Product Acquisition engineering team and drives technology strategy, architecture, software delivery, DevOps maturity, platform adoption, vendor management, and operational excellence. Partners with product managers on roadmaps and business outcomes, ensures engineering standards and production support, and coaches, recruits, and develops engineers and consultants. Requires strong software development, product operating model, project management, stakeholder communication, and technical leadership experience.

Leads and matures the information security assurance program across governance, control frameworks, audits, regulatory response, PCI DSS, third-party risk, policy governance, security awareness, automation, and executive reporting. Manages a multidisciplinary team, oversees GRC platform operations, improves control testing and evidence collection, and partners with business, technology, regulators, auditors, and senior leadership to strengthen security posture and compliance.

Leads digital product strategy, roadmap, discovery, acquisition, and conversion optimization for Thrivent.com. Owns growth metrics, funnel performance, experimentation, SEO/SEM insights, and customer journey improvements. Partners with design, engineering, analytics, marketing, content, and business teams to deliver measurable outcomes. Recruits, coaches, and supervises 1–4 product owners while managing priorities, budgets, stakeholder alignment, and long-term product vision.