AVP Information Technology

Responsibilities

• 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 acrossall ofthese 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

• 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 andLife linesis a strong plus
• Experience with finance and commissions systems and processes is a nice-to-have, given the breadth of business lines supported
• Demonstrated experience leading 30+ person development organizations with a mix of ICs and engineering managers
• Skilledat 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
• Comfortablenavigating organizational complexity and managing through ambiguity across multiple business lines with distinct priorities

• 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

• 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
• Buildstrust 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

• 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,Out Systems,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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Salary is commensurate to experience, location, etc.

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…