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Horace Mann is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Domain Managing Architect – Cloud to lead our cloud strategy and execution across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will be a thought leader and hands-on expert in modern cloud platforms, cloud technologies, enterprise architecture governance, AI technologies, and scalable architecture frameworks. This role partners closely with business and IT leadership, reports to the Director of Enterprise Architecture, and serves as a key advisor on enterprise cloud strategy.
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS SA).
Pay Range:
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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The Domain Managing Architect provides strategic architectural leadership across the Digital domains. This role leverages enterprise architecture disciplines, frameworks, and tools to ensure that technology solutions align with the long-term best interests of Horace Mann.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain current, future, and transitional state architectures.
• Create conceptual, logical, and physical architecture models and diagrams.
• Formulate and review high-level design documents.
• Define, document, and govern architectural decisions across programs and projects.
• Develop and enforce architecture policies, standards, and processes in partnership with the Chief Architect and CIO.
• Identify and establish new enterprise building blocks and reusable architectural patterns.
• Establish AI governance frameworks including model risk management, explainability, fairness, and compliance.
• Lead and approve Enterprise Architecture Assessments. including AI-enabled and cloud migration solutions.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, security, data, privacy, and responsible AI expectations.
• Provide best-practice guidance in evaluating and selecting vendor products and technology platforms.
• Partners with Solution Delivery teams, architects, and technical leads to maintain current, target, and transition architectures.
• Facilitate consensus across diverse technical and business teams.
• Lead modernization efforts including legacy rationalization, decommissioning, and adoption of cloud-native and AI-ready platforms.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive and non-technical audiences.
• Identify and mitigate architecture risks, and technical debt.
Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in architecture leadership roles
• Proven experience leading cloud transformation and legacy modernization programs at enterprise scale
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills in both technical and business contexts
• Brings broad cross-domain knowledge spanning enterprise and solution architecture, data platforms, integration, infrastructure, networking, and security to design scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise solutions.
• Experience working within an Enterprise Architecture framework (e.g., TOGAF).
• Fluency in modern architecture practices, including cloud-native, microservices, event-driven, and AI-enabled architectures.
• Proven experience leading legacy modernization and enterprise cloud transformation initiatives across complex technology landscapes.
• Ability to define and govern enterprise architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
• Expertise in creating architecture artifacts and diagrams (e.g., Visio, draw.io).
• Collaborate with business leaders, IT leadership, and engineering organizations to translate strategic objectives into scalable technology solutions.
• Experience in risk management and executive-level presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across organizational boundaries and drive consensus.
• Experience with digital transformation
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in the insurance industry is highly preferred.
• Experience in the Customer, Distribution and Producer/Agent business domains
• Experience implementing AI governance frameworks in regulated environments.
• Exposure to Agentic AI and Generative AI (LLMs, RAG, vector databases)
• Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS SA).
Pay Range:
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
For applicants that are California residents, please review our California Consumer Privacy Notice
All applicants should review our Horace Mann Privacy Policy
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Horace Mann is a purpose-driven company that is passionate about educators.
The Technical Architect provides strategic architectural leadership across the Life and Retirement domain. This role leverages enterprise architecture disciplines, frameworks, and tools to ensure technology solutions align with the long-term best interests of Horace Mann.
Key Responsibilities
Job Requirements
Experience in the insurance industry is preferred.
Pay Range:
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
For applicants that are California residents, please review our California Consumer Privacy Notice
All applicants should review our Horace Mann Privacy Policy
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The Software Engineer II is a mid-level engineering role responsible for the design, development, maintenance, and enhancement of software applications and systems. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy on development and maintenance activities while collaborating cross-functionally to deliver reliable, scalable, and high-quality solutions. The engineer contributes to innovation, process improvement, and technical excellence across the organization.
Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking
Collaboration & Communication
Ownership & Execution
Continuous Learning & Mentorship
Pay Range:
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
For applicants that are California residents, please review our California Consumer Privacy Notice
All applicants should review our Horace Mann Privacy Policy
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The IT Engagement Coordinator plays a critical role in connecting business demand with IT delivery execution. This role ensures that work flows efficiently from intake through delivery by coordinating across business partners and cross-functional IT teams. The coordinator promotes visibility, alignment, and operational efficiency across the IT/Digital portfolio while supporting consistent, high-quality engagement practices.
Relationship & Communication
Operational & Analytical Strength
Delivery Knowledge
Pay Range:
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
For applicants that are California residents, please review our California Consumer Privacy Notice
All applicants should review our Horace Mann Privacy Policy
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The Guidewire PolicyCenter Business Systems Analyst serves as a critical liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, driving the successful delivery of insurance policy administration solutions. This role is responsible for gathering, analyzing, and translating business requirements into functional specifications within the Guidewire PolicyCenter platform.
Key responsibilities include collaborating with underwriting, product, and operations teams to understand business needs; configuring and supporting PolicyCenter functionalities; facilitating workshops and backlog refinement; and ensuring solutions align with business objectives and regulatory requirements. The analyst partners closely with developers, QA teams, and product owners to support design, testing, and implementation activities across the software development lifecycle.
The ideal candidate brings strong knowledge of Property & Casualty insurance processes, hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter, and demonstrated skills in requirements elicitation, Agile delivery, and stakeholder communication. A focus on problem-solving, continuous improvement, and delivering high-quality, scalable solutions is essential for success in this role. Up to date Guidewire Analyst ACE certification is required.
Pay Range:
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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At Horace Mann, we are driven by a passion for supporting educators and helping them achieve lifelong financial success. As an Application Systems Analyst Programmer, you will play a critical role in supporting, configuring, and enhancing business applications across the organization.
In this role, you will analyze user issues and enhancement requests, identify root causes, and deliver effective, cost-efficient solutions aligned with business objectives. You will serve as a key liaison between business partners and IT, ensuring systems are reliable, efficient, and user-friendly.
Serve as the primary point of contact for application-related issues and user inquiries
Troubleshoot, analyze, and document system issues; recommend and implement solutions
Communicate issue status, timelines, and resolutions clearly to stakeholders
Provide technical support, user guidance, and training as needed
Assist with data access, reporting, and enabling user self-service capabilities
Collaborate with Business Analysts and Developers to design and implement system enhancements
Develop and execute test plans to validate system changes and ensure quality
Support help desk requests and resolve technical issues in a timely manner
Maintain a strong understanding of business processes and supported systems
Configure insurance products, workflows, and processing rules
Participate in an on-call rotation to monitor nightly production cycles
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
Working knowledge of enterprise applications and IT-supported systems
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences
Proven ability to collaborate effectively across teams
Experience with system testing and release validation
Familiarity with reporting tools and data analysis
Experience with policy administration or claims systems
Experience with LifePRO, Hyland Perceptive, and/or Online ToolWorks SmartBatch
Knowledge of insurance products (Annuities, Life, IUL, Supplemental Health, Group Health, Group Life)
Experience with SQL
Salary Range:
$57,500.00 - $79,100.00
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
For applicants that are California residents, please review our California Consumer Privacy Notice
All applicants should review our Horace Mann Privacy Policy
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Within the P&C domain, this role supports modernization of the data ecosystem including transition from DHIC (DataHub/InfoCenter) to a CDA (Cloud Data Access) architecture that enables access to Guidewire base tables. The role contributes to building consolidated data assets combining Guidewire with legacy P&C mainframe systems. Support the phased transition from DHIC reporting structures to CDA-based data access framework. Experience with Guidewire platforms (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter) and familiarity with Guidewire data models. Experience working with Guidewire DHIC and CDA (Cloud Data Access) frameworks required.
This position has a wide degree of autonomy, and the incumbent must have the ability to move projects forward based on experience and industry standards. The position is charged with:
• Anticipating IT industry future directions and relates it to (Horace Mann) evolving needs This includes evolving enterprise data architecture and Guidewire platform capabilities.
• Applying expertise for the development, specification and communication of the technology architecture that is applicable to their domain
• Conforms and contributes to standards and environment needs
• Flexibility to effectively provide leadership when called upon to provide some project management for single project involving their area of technical expertise
• Works on multiple projects that require in-depth knowledge across multiple technical areas and business segments. Projects will include Guidewire data integration, P&C reporting solutions, and legacy system data consolidation.
• Typically works on a defined set of solutions in all lifecycle stages for a particular business domain
This position is a seasoned subject matter expert in multiple technical roles. They must have the capacity to work on multiple projects as project leader or as the subject matter expert.
Challenges
• Establishing, contributions to and team level enforcement of standards and processes
• Interweaving technology enhancements into business initiatives
• Proactively exploiting opportunities to improve the operation’s effectiveness and reduce cost
• Keeping abreast of changes/innovations in the IT field and applying that knowledge in an effective and timely manner to Horace Mann IT practices
• Establishing and communicating a cohesive technology direction in partnership with the business initiatives
• Understanding and communicating how their portfolio cooperates and meets the needs of their business domain
• Helping establish and communicate the changes needed to modernize the IT systems and business processes while maintaining operations and legacy support
Principle Accountabilities
• Team conformance and contribution to standards
• Technical solution planning to meet the needs of their business domain
• Incorporating technology advancements into existing solutions
• Communication
• Team’s delivery of the technical portions of projects
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Information Systems, or other related field, Or equivalent work experience. 4-6 years of IT work experience in multiple IT areas 1-2 years of project management experience. Must have a commitment to continuing education. Appropriate industry certification (s) a plus.
Required Competencies
• Excellent oral and written communication with a strong sense of professionalism and tact. Must be able to communicate effectively to IT and Business.
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented individual. Demonstrated record of initiative, record of initiative, adaptability and decision making.
• Proven ability to seek out and solve problems; go beyond the obvious to gain performance
• Strong project management skills and solid team-player
Technology Competencies
• Experience required with Guidewire CDA and DHIC
• Experience preferred with Snowflake data platform and cloud data warehousing.
• Experience preferred with dbt (data build tool) for data transformations, testing, and documentation.
• Strong experience with Guidewire platforms with an understanding of the data model.
• Strong working knowledge of dependencies between software development and infrastructure design.
• Specific to targeted platform – Expert level working knowledge of development and debugging tools
• Strong working knowledge of database design and query including advanced SQL development for large insurance datasets.
• Strong working knowledge of SDLC and Project Life Cycle principles
• Expert level working knowledge of platform specific code repository products
• Specific to targeted platform – strong working knowledge of client-side and server-side scripting
• Strong design and documentation skills using tools and techniques such as pipeline design patterns, DB design, and infrastructure diagrams.
Pay Range:
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
For applicants that are California residents, please review our California Consumer Privacy Notice
All applicants should review our Horace Mann Privacy Policy
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