AVP Information Technology

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."> AVP Information Technology-Horace Mann-Remote

AVP Information Technology

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.

Remote

Horace Mann

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.

https://boards.greenhouse.io/horacemannservicecorporation

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Solutions Delivery

Overview:

• Senior leadership role within a multi-line insurance company, reporting directly to me 
• Directly manages the Guidewire and P&C legacy application development team 
• Additionally leads through managers who support the following business lines and functions:  
• Life and Retirement 
• BCG 
• Supplemental and Group 
• Distribution and Corporate Back Office 
• Responsible for a large, complex development organization (30+ developers) consisting of both individual contributors and development managers across all of these areas 
• Expected to operate as a bold change agent who is unafraid to challenge the status quo and drive meaningful transformation across a diverse, multi-line portfolio 

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Responsibilities:

Technical & Architecture Skills 

• Deep expertise in modern application architecture, cloud platforms, and software engineering best practices 
• Proven track record of leading large-scale legacy modernization initiatives and reducing technical debt in complex, regulated environments 
• Hands-on experience with Guidewire or comparable P&C insurance platforms is strongly preferred 
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering AI-powered applications - not just AI awareness, but actual build experience 
• Familiarity with insurance systems and data (policy, claims, billing) across both P&C and Life lines is a strong plus 
• Experience with finance and commissions systems and processes is a nice-to-have, given the breadth of business lines supported 

Team Leadership & People Management 

• Demonstrated experience leading 30+ person development organizations with a mix of ICs and engineering managers 
• Skilled at developing managers - coaching, holding accountable, and elevating leadership capability across the team 
• Able to attract, retain, and grow top technical talent in a competitive market 
• Comfortable navigating organizational complexity and managing through ambiguity across multiple business lines with distinct priorities 

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Requirements:

Strategic Thinking & Roadmap Ownership 

• Ability to translate business goals into a clear, prioritized application development roadmap across a multi-line portfolio 
• Experience leading multi-year modernization programs with measurable outcomes 
• Balances long-term platform thinking with near-term delivery commitments 
• Has a point of view on where AI fits into the development strategy and can build a credible path to adoption 

Stakeholder & Executive Communication 

• Credible and confident communicator with senior business and technology stakeholders across multiple business units 
• Able to make the case for investment in modernization and AI in business value terms, not just technical terms 
• Builds trust across the organization by delivering on commitments and communicating transparently when things change 
• Skilled at managing competing priorities and expectations across diverse business line partners 

AI, Modern Tooling & Low-Code Platforms 

• Has hands-on experience building and shipping AI-powered applications - not just theoretical knowledge 
• Understands AI tooling, frameworks, and integration patterns relevant to enterprise development, including generative AI, large language models, and AI-assisted development tools 
• Familiar with and able to evaluate modern low-code/no-code platforms (such as Microsoft Power Platform, OutSystems, Mendix, or similar) and knows when they are the right fit vs. custom development 
• Actively leverages modern developer productivity tools - including AI coding assistants, CI/CD automation, and cloud-native development platforms - to accelerate delivery and reduce toil 
• Can lead a team toward responsible, practical AI and low-code adoption that delivers real business outcomes without creating new technical debt 
• Able to assess vendor solutions and build vs. buy vs. configure tradeoffs across traditional, AI, and low-code options 

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