Senior Project Manager Annuities

Senior Project Manager – Life & Annuities

Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.

Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.

Do good. Be good. Make good.

Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.

The Senior Project Manager plays a pivotal role in driving enterprise-wide initiatives that shape business strategy and enable organizational transformation. This role provides strategic leadership and oversight of complex, high-impact projects and programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and long-term value creation. The Senior Project Manager is accountable for orchestrating resources, scope, schedules, and financials across multiple initiatives while championing quality, governance, and cross‑functional collaboration.

This position currently offers an onsite work schedule, with the expectation that you are in the office four (4) days per week during onsite core days. Our current onsite core days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The work schedule type and core days are subject to change with advance notification and manager discretion.

• Manage all aspects of strategic, large‑scale transformation projects/programs to ensure timely and effective project execution, including:
  • Create Project/Program scope statements in collaboration with IT and business stakeholders.
  • Establish scope, schedule, and cost baselines.
  • Ensure a clear understanding of the scope and expectations of business owners, including success and acceptance criteria.
  • Ensure confirmation of requirements, scope prioritization where appropriate, and establish requirements traceability through project/program delivery.
  • Work with Business Analysts/others to translate business input into actionable value‑creating ideas and project/program requirements. Help to identify and evaluate solution options and develop recommendations based on business requirements.
  • Facilitate the delivery and implementation of project/program scope.
  • Collaborate with project/program team to identify and manage all dependencies between functional areas involved in the project/program.
  • Work with the team to establish and track project/program progress.
  • Monitor progress against baselines; recommend schedule, cost, or resource adjustments as appropriate; and effectively manage project change per established PMO Process.
  • Establish and provide timely updates to the management team for each project/program following established status reporting guidelines, escalating issues, and managing risks/issues.
  • Ensure that the business and IT project/program resources are following established processes.
  • Lead process improvements and find new ways of operating, with a focus on simplification across the PMO.
  • Develop a plan for identifying, engaging, and communicating with stakeholders to set consistent expectations.
  • Escalate risks/issues to appropriate stakeholders and drive resolution.
  • Assemble, mobilize, and motivate project/program teams to set direction, identify skill gaps, and resolve conflict.
  • Help to balance workload across large projects and programs to synchronize team efforts.
  • Manage resources against approved hours and scope.
  • Develop, champion, and comply with project/program management, repository, and quality assurance/control processes.
  • Expertise in multiple development methodologies such as waterfall, iterative, and agile (scrum, kanban) to support project/program teams. Deep awareness of agile techniques such as backlog management, user stories, test‑driven development, automated testing, etc.
  • Consistently establishes strong working relationships with executive…