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Horace Mann · 1 month ago

AVP Life & Retirement Strategic Analytics

Springfield IL, Plano TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$139K/yr - $205K/yr

8+ years exp

Horace Mann is a purpose-driven company that is passionate about educators. The AVP, Life & Retirement (L&R) Strategic Analytics is responsible for developing and executing the analytics strategy that supports key business objectives across the L&R organization, ensuring alignment between data priorities and operational goals while fostering data-driven insights.

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Responsibilities

Oversee the development and delivery of the L&R analytics strategy, ensuring data priorities align with operational and financial targets

Maintain a portfolio of business initiatives that are informed and enhanced by analytical insights

Serve as a strategic advisor to L&R leadership by translating complex analytics into actionable recommendations

Lead the creation and maintenance of analytical infrastructure—including models, dashboards, databases, and analytical tools—that enables data-driven insights

Integrate internal and external data sources to enhance the accuracy, relevance, and scalability of analytical capabilities

Ensure tools and models support business forecasting, performance assessment, and strategic decision-making

Partner with cross-functional teams to elevate data insights and support the implementation of resulting initiatives

Prepare and communicate key findings to L&R leadership and stakeholders, ensuring clarity, insight, and strategic relevance

Represent L&R analytics in enterprise-level initiatives, including Corporate Data Strategy and GenAI efforts

Act as the L&R subject matter expert on data architecture, flows, governance, and industry best practices

Provide effective leadership to analytical staff, including mentoring, performance management, and professional development

Foster a culture of high performance, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement

Champion analytic best practices and support the growth of analytical capability across the organization

Support the successful implementation, integration, and execution of organizational strategic and tactical initiatives

Identify opportunities where analytics can accelerate progress toward enterprise goals

Qualification

Actuarial ScienceData AnalysisPredictive ModelingFinancial ForecastingExecutive ReportingLeadership ExperiencePrioritization SkillsCommunication SkillsCollaboration SkillsOrganizational Skills