Director, Product Management - Inforce Servicing
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The Product Director is accountable for a logical group of product teams, organized around a common value theme or capability set. They set the experience or capability strategy, vision, roadmap, and go-to-market strategy across the portfolio of product teams they manage. This position has accountability for team planning and management, prioritization and sequencing across the portfolio, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality work across multiple delivery teams. Product Directors take an entrepreneurial view of their role within the enterprise in order to deliver desired business outcomes and value, working closely with product teams that include design, product, business, and technology experts. POSITION SUMMARY Thrivent is seeking a Director, Product Management - Inforce Servicing to lead the strategy, modernization, and delivery of Inforce servicing capabilities across our Life, Health, and Annuity product portfolios. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Inforce servicing across one of the industry's largest and most diverse insurance portfolios. This leader will be responsible for defining and executing the vision for policyholder and advisor servicing capabilities throughout the customer lifecycle, driving transformation across digital experiences, operational workflows, servicing platforms, and AI-enabled automation. The role combines strategic product leadership with operational transformation and requires close partnership with Technology, Operations, Insurance Solutions, Actuarial, Advisor Experience, Customer Experience, Law/Compliance and Controllers. The successful candidate will build and lead a high-performing team of Product Managers and Product Owners while influencing cross-functional teams to deliver measurable improvements in customer outcomes, advisor experience, operational efficiency, and straight-through processing. This can be a remote position within the US. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Product Strategy & Portfolio Leadership Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for Inforce servicing capabilities across Thrivent's Life, Health, and Annuity businesses Lead a portfolio of products supporting policy servicing, policy maintenance, premium servicing, beneficiary management, policy value transactions, and related Inforce servicing capabilities Establish investment priorities aligned with enterprise objectives, customer needs, advisor expectations, and operational outcomes Drive modernization of legacy servicing platforms and supporting ecosystems through a product-led transformation approach Balance short-term business commitments with long-term platform modernization and strategic capability development Insurance Product Operationalization & Servicing Readiness Partner with Insurance Solutions, Actuarial, Underwriting, Distribution, Operations, and Technology teams to successfully deliver new Life, Health, and Annuity product capabilities Influence product design decisions to improve serviceability, operational efficiency, digital adoption, and straight-through processing Serve as the product leadership representative for Inforce servicing during product development and product enhancement initiatives Ensure servicing platforms, operational processes, digital experiences, and supporting ecosystems are prepared to support new product launches and enhancements Drive readiness planning and execution for new product introductions, ensuring alignment across business, operational, and technology stakeholders Identify opportunities to simplify product administration and servicing requirements while maintaining regulatory and business objectives Customer, Advisor & Servicing Transformation Champion customer-centric and advisor-centric product development practices Partner with business and operational leaders to redesign servicing journeys and eliminate friction across end-to-end experiences Identify opportunities to improve digital adoption, increase self-service utilization, and simplify servicing interactions Establish and monitor metrics that measure customer satisfaction, advisor satisfaction, operational efficiency, and business value realization AI, Automation & Operational Excellence Lead the identification, prioritization, and implementation of AI-enabled servicing capabilities and intelligent automation opportunities Partner with Operations leaders to improve straight-through processing, reduce manual intervention, and simplify servicing workflows Drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce servicing effort, improve cycle times, and increase operational scalability Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities that create competitive advantage Product Delivery & Cross-Functional Leadership Lead and develop a team of Product Managers and Product Owners responsible for product discovery, prioritization, roadmap development, and delivery execution Partner closely with En
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