Engineering Manager: Identity Governance & Access

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans seeks an Engineering Manager for Identity Governance and Administration to lead a team of engineers focused on secure, auditable IAM capabilities. You will shape strategy, drive product roadmaps, and partner with stakeholders across Technology, Cybersecurity, and Risk to deliver reliable IGA services.

The role emphasizes automation, infrastructure as code, observability, and a strong engineering culture to enable scalable identity governance across Thrivent's

Qualifications

• Strong engineering leadership experience.
• Interest in identity and access management.
• Experience applying modern engineering principles to IAM products.
• Ability to balance security, reliability, and product outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and coach a high-performing IGA engineering team with clear goals and growth opportunities.
• Own the health and evolution of Thrivent's IGA capabilities (Saviynt, data, access governance, integrations).
• Partner with Product Management to define strategy, roadmaps, measures, and outcomes.
• Advance automation, IaC, observability, and end-to-end product ownership across the team.
• Collaborate across Identity, Cybersecurity, Technology, Risk & Compliance and business units.

Skills

IAM

Identity Governance

Leadership

Strategy

Cross-functional

Tools

Saviynt

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans seeks an Engineering Manager for Identity Governance and Administration to lead a team of engineers focused on secure, auditable IAM capabilities. You will shape strategy, drive product roadmaps, and partner with stakeholders across Technology, Cybersecurity, and Risk to deliver reliable IGA services.

The role emphasizes automation, infrastructure as code, observability, and a strong engineering culture to enable scalable identity governance across Thrivent's