Project Manager

<strong>We&rsquo;re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children&rsquo;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.</strong>

Springfield IL; Madison WI; Addison TX

Horace Mann

<h4>We&rsquo;re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children&rsquo;s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs.&nbsp; We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them.&nbsp; 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.</h4> https://boards.greenhouse.io/horacemannservicecorporation

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Insurance Product & Operations Admin

Overview: <p><strong>This position will be hybrid in Springfield, IL , Madison, WI or Addison, TX.</strong></p> <p>The<strong>&nbsp;Project Manager is a mid-level role that manages multiple small or medium size projects simultaneously and has product experience in one or more lines of business.</strong></p>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Creates and monitors project budgets and project plans</li> <li>Ability to develop resourcing plan</li> <li>Identify, document and escalate issues, risks and dependencies</li> <li>Assist with stakeholder, steering committee and project sponsor reports and communications</li> <li>Communicate to project sponsors and management.</li> <li>Carry out procedures to ensure that all information technology solutions and services meet company standards and user requirements</li> <li>Assist with the creation of the business case</li> <li>Define and clarify project scope</li> <li>Develop and monitor the project plan</li> <li>Develop and monitor the project schedule</li> <li>Develop and monitor budget</li> <li>Monitor project progress</li> <li>Determine the organizational structure of the project team</li> <li>Identify roles and responsibilities</li> <li>Set team direction</li> <li>Coordinating activities across different organizational functions</li> <li>Motivating team members</li> <li>Assigning work and deliver results consistent with plans</li> <li>Report and communicate effectively to project team, sponsors and management&nbsp;</li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience</li> <li>Ongoing education required in project/program management discipline required</li> <li>Effective written and verbal communications in a professional manner to management, business partners, associates, and external resources</li> <li>1-4 years project management experience</li> <li>Strongly preferred: Certification or course work in project management (i.e. CAPM, PMP, CSM)</li> <li>Preferred: Familiarity with multiple frameworks (waterfall, agile etc.)</li> </ul>