Horace Mann is a purpose-driven company that is passionate about educators. Step into a pivotal role as a Sr. Project Manager that will manage high-priority projects, ensuring they align with organizational goals and are completed on time and within budget. This role requires significant project management expertise, strong leadership skills, and the ability to navigate complex cross-functional dynamics.
Key Areas of Responsibility Include:
- Manage multiple medium to large projects
- Create and monitor project budgets and project plans
- Identify, document and escalate issues, risks and dependencies
- Responsible for stakeholder, steering committee and project sponsor reports and communications
- Communicate to project sponsors and senior level management
- Significant Product Experience across all lines of business
You’ll be a great fit if you excel in:
- Project Leadership: Lead and manage complex projects from initiation through closure, ensuring strategic alignment and achievement of goals.
- Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the main point of contact for stakeholders, providing transparent updates on project progress, key milestones, and potential challenges.
- Scope and Change Management: Define project scope and objectives; manage and document changes, ensuring impact assessments and approvals are in place.
- Risk & Issue Management: Identify, assess, and develop mitigation strategies for project risks; resolve issues efficiently to keep projects on track.
- Resource Management: Oversee resource allocation to ensure optimal use of team members and other resources; coordinate cross-functional teams.
- Budget Management: Track and manage project budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources and reporting on project financials.
- Performance Measurement: Utilize project management tools and methodologies to monitor performance and produce regular reports for executive stakeholders.
Minimum Requirements:
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- 4-8 years project management experience
- Certification or course work in project management (i.e. CAPM, PMP)
Pay Range:
- $79,300.00 - $124,500.00
Salary is commensurate to experience, location, etc.
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Horace Mann was founded in 1945 by two Springfield, Illinois, teachers who saw a need for quality, affordable auto insurance for teachers. Since then, we’ve broadened our mission to helping all educators protect what they have today and prepare for a successful tomorrow. And with our broadened mission has come corporate growth: We serve more than 4,100 school districts nationwide, we’re publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: HMN) and we have more than $12 billion in assets.
We’re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children’s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs. We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them. This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future. Our tailored offerings include special rates and benefits for educators.
EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status
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What We Do
Horace Mann was founded in 1945 by two educators in Springfield, Ill., who believed teachers deserved affordable auto insurance. Originally called the Illinois Education Association Mutual Insurance Company, our name was changed to honor the father of the American public education system, Horace Mann. We are proud to share his name.
At Horace Mann, the hard work, commitment and dedication of our employees are the foundation of our success. And today we are the largest, national multiline insurance company dedicated to serving America’s educators and their families.
Our purpose is to provide lifelong financial well-being for educators and their families through personalized service, advice, and a full range of tailored insurance and financial products. Through our professional agents and their staff, we offer insurance and financial products to the educational community across the United States.
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