Thrivent is looking to solve the business problem of unifying its banking capabilities with investments, insurance, and generosity into a seamless digital platform (DBX). This requires a seasoned Staff Product Designer to lead design efforts and elevate product experiences.
Requirements
- 6-8 years of experience in a related field, with at least 5 years of experience in user experience, interaction design, product innovation and research in a product development team required.
- 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.
- Able to turn research into action that solves the user definition of a problem.
- 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.
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.
- Collaborate with other design leaders and staff (product management, design and engineering) to ensure a cohesive and innovative design approach.
- 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.
Other
- 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.
- Self-directed and proactive, with a passion for driving progress and making meaningful contributions.
- Experience in cross-functional collaboration roles, with a focus on delivering business value.
- Models 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.
