Senior Project Manager

Summary

Join Horace Mann as a Sr. Project Manager and manage high-priority projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and timely, budget-conscious completion. This pivotal role demands significant project management expertise, strong leadership, and cross-functional navigation skills. You will manage multiple projects, create and monitor budgets and plans, and communicate effectively with stakeholders and senior management. The ideal candidate excels in project leadership, stakeholder communication, scope and change management, risk and issue management, resource management, budget management, and performance measurement. A minimum of 4-8 years of project management experience and relevant certification are required.

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• 4-8 years project management experience
• Certification or course work in project management (i.e. CAPM, PMP)

Responsibilities

• 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
• Lead and manage complex projects from initiation through closure, ensuring strategic alignment and achievement of goals
• Serve as the main point of contact for stakeholders, providing transparent updates on project progress, key milestones, and potential challenges
• Define project scope and objectives; manage and document changes, ensuring impact assessments and approvals are in place
• Identify, assess, and develop mitigation strategies for project risks; resolve issues efficiently to keep projects on track
• Oversee resource allocation to ensure optimal use of team members and other resources; coordinate cross-functional teams
• Track and manage project budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources and reporting on project financials
• Utilize project management tools and methodologies to monitor performance and produce regular reports for executive stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

Significant Product Experience across all lines of business