Horace Mann is a company that helps educators protect their financial futures. The Senior Project Manager will lead a multi-phase program focused on strengthening enterprise security and cybersecurity initiatives, overseeing strategic projects and coordinating technical and business teams.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a large-scale, three-year IAM program consisting of multiple project phases
- Manage multiple cybersecurity and security-related initiatives simultaneously
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and resource plans
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
- Monitor project progress and proactively address risks, issues, and dependencies
- Coordinate projects related to: Identity & Access Management (IAM), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Access security and governance, Compliance and data protection initiatives
- Support cybersecurity projects focused on improving and securing the enterprise environment
- Partner with infrastructure, security, and data warehouse teams to ensure alignment and successful implementation
- Act as liaison between technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership
- Facilitate discussions to gather requirements and clarify business needs
- Ask probing questions to uncover risks, gaps, and dependencies
- Document technical and business information clearly for project teams and stakeholders
- Prepare and present project updates, steering committee materials, and executive reports
- Identify and escalate project risks, issues, and blockers
- Ensure alignment with security and compliance standards including: PCI, PII/Data Privacy requirements, Internal security policies and governance standards
- Maintain project governance and documentation standards
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and business units
- Define project roles and responsibilities
- Motivate and guide project team members toward successful outcomes
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field
- 8–15 years of project management experience
- Proven experience managing enterprise-level or large-scale initiatives
- Experience working with cross-functional technical and business teams
- Strong senior-level project management capabilities
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and documentation skills
- Ability to translate technical discussions into clear business communication
- Strong organizational and leadership skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines
- Strong risk management and problem-solving abilities
- Comfortable working with technical teams without needing deep technical expertise
- Ability to influence stakeholders and drive accountability
- Experience leading cybersecurity or security-related projects
- Familiarity with IAM, MFA, DLP, compliance, and access security concepts
- PMP (Project Management Professional)
- CAPM, Agile, Scrum, or other project management certifications
- Security-related certifications