IT Manager / Engagement Lead for Enterprise Data

IT Manager / Engagement Lead for Enterprise Data

Horace Mann is seeking an experienced and strategic IT manager / engagement lead for enterprise data to assist with coordinating across multiple teams. This leader will play a pivotal role in ensuring stability, efficiency, visibility, and continuous improvement of enterprise data capabilities, balancing evolving business priorities with a commitment to technical excellence and innovation. The ideal candidate will possess practical analytical expertise, deep understanding of business needs, and exceptional decision-making skills to evaluate and prioritize requests that maximize business value. The candidate will encourage partners to use generative AI to enhance productivity and creativity.

This role requires someone who is highly organized, equally effective communicator for both business and technical partners, and driven to make a meaningful and measurable impact across the enterprise. This engagement lead must be able to navigate competing demands, align technology work with strategic goals, and create a structured approach to data support, incremental enhancements, and strategic advancements.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Prioritization & Business Alignment

• Evaluate and prioritize incoming requests based on business impact, urgency, and technical feasibility.
• Set clear expectations with stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Communicate trade-offs transparently, advocating for business value over reactive task execution.
• Facilitate progression of effort from roadmap to project intake and project initiation, including prioritization, cost-benefit analysis, and other pre-project tasks.
• Develop a structured framework for prioritization that ensures mission-critical support needs are met while also advancing right-sized enhancements that drive continuous improvement.

Leadership & Team Management

Technical & Business Understanding

Stakeholder Communication & Expectation Management

Qualifications

Education

Experience

Skills & Competencies

Technical & Business Expertise

Leadership & Communication

Preferred Qualifications

Pay Rate : $99,100.00 - $146,050.00 Salary is commensurate to experience, location, etc.

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.

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