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Remote Product Engineering Manager jobs are in active demand across the U.S., with remote-first firms and distributed engineering teams hiring for this role in software, fintech, and enterprise SaaS. Employers currently hiring remotely include Cisco, Dynata, and Caselle. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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At Thrivent, we are focused on a digital transformation that will deliver modern, innovative experiences for our clients, financial advisors, and employees. We are investing in data and technology, using DevOps practices, and building an engineering culture of empowered technical experts. Our technologists are involved in work that includes java, react, cloud native development, enterprise integration, automation, cloud data platforms, artificial intelligence, and machine learning as well as maximizing platforms such as Salesforce and AWS.
The Engineering Manager for Product Acquisition will help define and drive Thrivent’s Wealth Management and Insurance Product technology strategy and execution. We are looking for a manager with hands-on technical experience to drive the strategy along with helping coach and mentor a team of engineers. You will lead a team of engineers and will collaborate with other engineering teams within the organization regarding strategy, adoption of our product operating mode, operational excellence, DevOps/engineering maturity, and implementation of the platform. If you are excited and passionate about leading a team to set and drive the Thrivent Digital Advisor Experience forward, apply today!
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Designing Solutions
- Review technical solution design ensuring it aligns with our architecture. Provide guidance and direction to the team.
- Take part in system design and architecture conversations with the team to land approaches to deliver solutions.
Developing Software
- Has Developed software. Can read code and stays up to date on best practices.
- Ensure code reviews are completed - Problem solving and analytical skills.
Learning and applying new techniques
- Promotes and empowers sharing ideas, best practices, etc ensuring the team has space for these activities.
- Anticipates and analyzes trends in technology and assesses the impact of emerging technologies on the business.
Collaborating within and across teams
- Supports the team agile practices and learning events / trainings.
- Helps break down barriers for the team.
- Builds strong working relationships with peers across teams. Understands the desired and actual outcomes as well as the technology delivered by the team.
- Strong organizational and program management experience.
- Partner with Product Manager on Initiatives/ Epics/ Features and provides clarity on desired outcomes as well as technical expertise.
- Collaborates with Product manager for strategies, operating plans, targets and measures for product groups.
- Creates a positive team environment where individuals have psychological safety and work collaboratively while understanding, respecting, challenging and appreciating each other’s ideas.
Collaborating across the organization
- Align your team with the priorities of the company and the technology organization for a given product area.
Setting product/platform technology strategy
- Participates in setting the product and platform technology vision, strategies, initiatives, roadmaps, objectives and alignments.
- Represents the business value of technology upgrades, etc. and influences prioritization in the product roadmap.
- Empowers the team to select the right tool and platforms for the given product area.
Defining Engineering standards/patterns
- Collaborating with Engineers to ensure adoption of Engineering best practices and promote DevOps practices and automation.
- Contributes to the creation of enterprise frameworks and patterns.
DevOps
- Define and supports the development Lifecycle processes.
- Supports the team and removes barriers to resolving production incidents/problems.
- Ensure DevOps principles via observability, monitoring and alerting.
- Understands the health of technology products and promotes prioritization of work to maintain and continuously improve.
- Serve as an escalation point in product level support for ongoing maintenance and production issues.
Selecting & Managing Technology Vendors
- Be an advocate to the team to define criteria for selecting the right platform/technology.
- Guides the team to build consensus on an approach and driving a build vs buy decision with the team. In a buy decision, works with the team to decide on criteria and vendor selection.
- Execute or manage the overall technology solutions, platforms for the product groups and associated vendor relationships.
Coaching Engineers
- Holding regular 1:1s with team members and team meeting.
- Provides constructive feedback, guidance and coaching to help engineers grow their skills and experience.
- Provides career planning advice to engineers and creates development plans to help them achieve their career goals which leverages their skills and capabilities and provides them with learning opportunities.
Recruiting/building talent
- Leads the process of selecting and engaging the right consulting partners.
- Planning in advance for future people needs for the product groups, collaborate with the other teams on the recruitment process.
- Recruits, develops, and sustains a high-performing team while promoting a culture of shared accountability, operational excellence, and partnership across the organization.
- Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable.
- 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. Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients.
- Manage a team of direct employees and consultants.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience.
- 8+ years of progressively responsible positions in Information Technology including 5+ years’ experience in software development, portfolio strategy and roadmap development.
- 3+ years’ management/supervisory experience in specific IT functional area discipline, e.g. applications development or equivalent skills leading major technical projects with accountability for enforcing talent management needs and performance standards.
- Demonstrated experience and leadership introducing and growing a Product Operating Model (Agile/Scrum).
- Demonstrated leadership and experience managing multidiscipline, high-performance work teams.
- Strong competency in project management and execution of multiple or large projects.
- Experience working with customers to develop solutions to complex business problems.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with internal/external stakeholders to support business initiatives.
- Proven ability to function in an environment which requires flexibility, good judgment and intelligent decision making, often based on limited information and/or extreme conditions.
- Ability to formulate, implement and evaluate plans, programs and procedures applicable to customer relationship and demand management.
Preferred:
- Direct experience in Life, Health and Annuity insurance products, delivering technology for Financial Advisors.
- Series 99 license or above.
Pay Transparency
Thrivent’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 $139,455.00 - $188,676.00 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 other status 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 human.resources@thrivent.com or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.
LOCATION: Remote
At Thrivent, we are focused on a digital transformation that will deliver modern, innovative experiences for our clients, financial advisors, and employees. We are investing in data and technology, using DevOps practices, and building an engineering culture of empowered technical experts. Our technologists are involved in work that includes java, react, cloud native development, enterprise integration, automation, cloud data platforms, artificial intelligence, and machine learning as well as maximizing platforms such as Salesforce and AWS.
The Engineering Manager for Product Acquisition will help define and drive Thrivent’s Wealth Management and Insurance Product technology strategy and execution. We are looking for a manager with hands-on technical experience to drive the strategy along with helping coach and mentor a team of engineers. You will lead a team of engineers and will collaborate with other engineering teams within the organization regarding strategy, adoption of our product operating mode, operational excellence, DevOps/engineering maturity, and implementation of the platform. If you are excited and passionate about leading a team to set and drive the Thrivent Digital Advisor Experience forward, apply today!
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Designing Solutions
- Review technical solution design ensuring it aligns with our architecture. Provide guidance and direction to the team.
- Take part in system design and architecture conversations with the team to land approaches to deliver solutions.
Developing Software
- Has Developed software. Can read code and stays up to date on best practices.
- Ensure code reviews are completed - Problem solving and analytical skills.
Learning and applying new techniques
- Promotes and empowers sharing ideas, best practices, etc ensuring the team has space for these activities.
- Anticipates and analyzes trends in technology and assesses the impact of emerging technologies on the business.
Collaborating within and across teams
- Supports the team agile practices and learning events / trainings.
- Helps break down barriers for the team.
- Builds strong working relationships with peers across teams. Understands the desired and actual outcomes as well as the technology delivered by the team.
- Strong organizational and program management experience.
- Partner with Product Manager on Initiatives/ Epics/ Features and provides clarity on desired outcomes as well as technical expertise.
- Collaborates with Product manager for strategies, operating plans, targets and measures for product groups.
- Creates a positive team environment where individuals have psychological safety and work collaboratively while understanding, respecting, challenging and appreciating each other’s ideas.
Collaborating across the organization
- Align your team with the priorities of the company and the technology organization for a given product area.
Setting product/platform technology strategy
- Participates in setting the product and platform technology vision, strategies, initiatives, roadmaps, objectives and alignments.
- Represents the business value of technology upgrades, etc. and influences prioritization in the product roadmap.
- Empowers the team to select the right tool and platforms for the given product area.
Defining Engineering standards/patterns
- Collaborating with Engineers to ensure adoption of Engineering best practices and promote DevOps practices and automation.
- Contributes to the creation of enterprise frameworks and patterns.
DevOps
- Define and supports the development Lifecycle processes.
- Supports the team and removes barriers to resolving production incidents/problems.
- Ensure DevOps principles via observability, monitoring and alerting.
- Understands the health of technology products and promotes prioritization of work to maintain and continuously improve.
- Serve as an escalation point in product level support for ongoing maintenance and production issues.
Selecting & Managing Technology Vendors
- Be an advocate to the team to define criteria for selecting the right platform/technology.
- Guides the team to build consensus on an approach and driving a build vs buy decision with the team. In a buy decision, works with the team to decide on criteria and vendor selection.
- Execute or manage the overall technology solutions, platforms for the product groups and associated vendor relationships.
Coaching Engineers
- Holding regular 1:1s with team members and team meeting.
- Provides constructive feedback, guidance and coaching to help engineers grow their skills and experience.
- Provides career planning advice to engineers and creates development plans to help them achieve their career goals which leverages their skills and capabilities and provides them with learning opportunities.
Recruiting/building talent
- Leads the process of selecting and engaging the right consulting partners.
- Planning in advance for future people needs for the product groups, collaborate with the other teams on the recruitment process.
- Recruits, develops, and sustains a high-performing team while promoting a culture of shared accountability, operational excellence, and partnership across the organization.
- Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable.
- 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. Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients.
- Manage a team of direct employees and consultants.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience.
- 8+ years of progressively responsible positions in Information Technology including 5+ years’ experience in software development, portfolio strategy and roadmap development.
- 3+ years’ management/supervisory experience in specific IT functional area discipline, e.g. applications development or equivalent skills leading major technical projects with accountability for enforcing talent management needs and performance standards.
- Demonstrated experience and leadership introducing and growing a Product Operating Model (Agile/Scrum).
- Demonstrated leadership and experience managing multidiscipline, high-performance work teams.
- Strong competency in project management and execution of multiple or large projects.
- Experience working with customers to develop solutions to complex business problems.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with internal/external stakeholders to support business initiatives.
- Proven ability to function in an environment which requires flexibility, good judgment and intelligent decision making, often based on limited information and/or extreme conditions.
- Ability to formulate, implement and evaluate plans, programs and procedures applicable to customer relationship and demand management.
Preferred:
- Direct experience in Life, Health and Annuity insurance products, delivering technology for Financial Advisors.
- Series 99 license or above.
Pay Transparency
Thrivent’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 $139,455.00 - $188,676.00 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 other status 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 human.resources@thrivent.com or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.
LOCATION: Remote
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Electronics & Hardware
- Technology & Software
- Non-Profit & Social Services
- Investment & Asset Management
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote product engineering manager jobs.
- 5 or more years of engineering experience with at least 2 years in a people management role
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams across product, design, and engineering
- Proficiency with agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe
- Experience with cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and engineering metrics frameworks
Tips for Your Remote Product Engineering Manager Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote product engineering manager openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through mixed local and remote results.
Show async leadership in your application materials
Remote employers look for evidence you can drive alignment without a whiteboard. Reference specific artifacts you've owned: technical roadmaps, written decision docs, or async retrospectives that moved a distributed team forward without a meeting.
Target remote-first companies in your outreach
Remote-first firms hire product engineering managers into roles designed for distributed work, not retrofitted from an office model. Look for companies whose engineering blogs, job postings, and public handbooks treat remote as the default, not an accommodation.
Prepare for a written interview component
Many remote hiring processes include a written exercise, a take-home case, or a documented design review before any video call. Practice explaining a past product-engineering tradeoff in writing, with enough context that someone outside your last company can follow your reasoning.
Remote Product Engineering Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote product engineering manager job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed engineering teams, where this role is built into the org structure rather than treated as an exception. Remote employers screen heavily for async communication skills, the ability to drive cross-functional alignment without in-person meetings, and self-directed delivery. A portfolio of shipped features, documented engineering processes, or public writing on product-engineering tradeoffs gives you a concrete edge over candidates who list the same skills without proof.
Which companies hire remote product engineering managers?
Employers currently hiring remote product engineering managers include Cisco, Dynata, and Caselle, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Remote-first software companies and distributed SaaS teams make up the largest share of these openings, alongside fintech and enterprise technology firms that run fully distributed engineering organizations.
Can you get a remote product engineering manager job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles in this function are harder to land because employers expect early independence with minimal oversight. Your best paths are contributing to open-source projects with visible ownership, building and shipping a small product end-to-end, or stepping into a hybrid IC-and-lead role at a startup where the scope is real but the team is small. Demonstrating written clarity and async accountability matters more than a job title.
Do you need a degree for remote product engineering manager jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in software and SaaS weigh demonstrated product-engineering judgment, a history of shipped work, and the ability to lead distributed teams over formal credentials. A degree helps at larger companies with structured hiring, but many remote-first firms evaluate candidates on their portfolio, contributions, and how clearly they communicate technical and product decisions in writing.
Which industries hire the most remote product engineering managers?
The sectors hiring the most remote product engineering managers are Electronics & Hardware, Technology & Software, and Non-Profit & Social Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These industries rely on distributed engineering teams that need managers who can coordinate product and technical work asynchronously across time zones.
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