Director – Enterprise Strategy Analytics

The Director, Enterprise Strategy Analytics, leads a team responsible for transforming enterprise questions into decision-ready insights that enable strategic, client-centered business decisions. Reporting to the Vice President, Enterprise Analytics & Data Management, this role serves as a senior thought partner to executive, business, and functional leaders by connecting strategy, analytics, business acumen, and client insights to evaluate opportunities and solve complex enterprise challenges.

This leader is accountable for translating ambiguity into clarity, identifying opportunities for enterprise value creation, developing analytics and measurement frameworks, and ensuring leaders have the information, context, and recommendations necessary to make informed decisions.

The Director will lead a team focused on enterprise priorities and will partner closely with Enterprise Strategy, Finance, Data, and Divisional Leadership to establish shared measures, create common understanding, and enable enterprise performance.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and advise on large, complex strategy and analytics engagements, answering the enterprise’s most important strategic questions, spanning multiple business areas, functions, products, and channels, ensuring Thrivent's most important strategic decisions are informed by trusted insights, rigorous analysis, and a scalable enterprise analytics capability. 

• Partner with senior executive leaders and business stakeholders to frame difficult or undefined business questions, clarify decision needs, identify relevant hypotheses, and establish engagement scope, deliverables, and measures of success. 

• Lead team of dedicated analysts with specialized knowledge and business acumen working on the most important strategic and business questions for the Enterprise.  Establish engagement priorities and direct Enterprise Analytics resources toward the organization's highest-value strategic opportunities. 

• Facilitate hypothesis-driven problem solving to support business strategy, growth opportunities, operational effectiveness, and enterprise transformation initiatives. 

• Proactively identify emerging risks, opportunities, and strategic questions where analysis or decision support could improve growth, client or advisor outcomes, investment prioritization, operating effectiveness, or transformation results. 

• Identify new ongoing data needs and requirements and champion the establishment of new systems and data sources in partnership with Data Product Leadership and appropriate business areas. 

• Define and evolve the Enterprise Analytics methodologies, and consulting practices. 

• Recruit, develop, and sustain a high-performing team while promoting a culture of shared accountability, operational excellence, and partnership across the organization. 

• Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – Model the Way, Rally the Team, and Deliver Outcomes. ​ 

• Support and/or develop an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients.  Shape and/or support a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients.

Describe below the audience this role will interact with and level of influence they will have on those roles.  

The Director, Enterprise Analytics, serves as a senior enterprise advisor and strategic partner who influences decisions across the organization through analytics, business acumen, and consultative leadership. This role works closely with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) members, Enterprise Strategy Leaders, VP/SVP level audience across divisions to frame enterprise questions, , evaluate strategic opportunities, and deliver decision-ready recommendations. The role will require high levels of influencing, dealing with ambiguity, and strong communication skills to be effective. The role also provides direct leadership to a team of analytics professionals and plays a key role in shaping enterprise strategy execution, performance measurement, and analytics capability development. 

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

Required:   

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.  

• 8+ years of progressive experience in analytics, business strategy, management consulting, enterprise performance management, decision support, or related disciplines.  

• 5+ years of people leadership experience, including coaching and developing professional-level talent.  

• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives and influencing decisions across multiple business functions.  

• Experience partnering with Vice President, Senior Vice President, and executive-level leaders on strategic business challenges.  

• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate data and analysis into actionable business recommendations.  

• Experience leading teams responsible for strategic analysis, business performance insights, problem solving, and decision support.  

• Exceptional written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.  

• Proven ability to influence outcomes without direct authority.  

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and structure complex business problems. 

Preferred:   

• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Economics, Analytics, Data Science, Finance, or a related field.  

• 5+ years experience in relevant industries - banking, insurance, and wealth management 

• Experience supporting executive strategy development, annual planning, investment prioritization, or business case development.  

• Experience operating within a matrixed or hub-and-spoke organizational model.  

• Experience leading organizational change, analytics transformation, or operating model redesign initiatives.  

• Familiarity with modern analytics, data visualization, and data management platforms.  

Pay TransparencyThrivent’s long-term growth depends on attracting, rewarding, and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of market competitive compensation programs to attract, reward, and retain top talent. The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $169,508.00 - $229,336.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge, business needs, market demand, and other factors Thrivent deems important.Thrivent is unique in our commitment to helping people to be wise with money and live balanced and generous lives. That extends to our benefits.The following benefits may be offered: 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, and other employee benefits. Eligibility for receipt of these benefits is subject to the applicable plan/policy documents. Thrivent’s plans/policies are subject to change at any time at Thrivent’s discretion.

Thrivent provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any otherstatus protected by applicable local, state, or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.

Thrivent is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by sending an email to [email protected] or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.

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