Manager, Workplace Solutions Enablement

About the role

Horace Mann is seeking a strategic, highly collaborative Manager, Workplace Solutions Enablement, to help turn our Supplemental & Group priorities into action and measurable business results. In this role, you'll translate strategic direction into structured plans, lead complex initiatives across the business, and develop a team responsible for helping move priorities from concept through execution. You'll work at the intersection of Product, Distribution, Marketing, Operations, Technology, Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Customer Experience, bringing the right people together to solve challenges and advance business objectives. This is an opportunity for an experienced insurance professional who thrives in ambiguity, knows how to create structure around complex problems, and can independently move work forward while keeping leaders informed of the decisions, risks, and tradeoffs that matter most. This role is based in a remote work environment, with periodic travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Strategy to Execution: Translate Supplemental & Group strategic priorities into actionable plans, workstreams, deliverables, and enablement activities. Take broad or ambiguous strategic direction and determine the structure, resources, stakeholders, and next steps required to advance the work. Establish clear ownership, milestones, dependencies, and measures of success for key initiatives. Develop recommendations and proposed solutions within established strategic direction, escalating significant strategic decisions, investments, or business tradeoffs when appropriate. Provide leadership with clear visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and business outcomes.
• Cross-Functional Initiative Leadership: Independently lead multiple complex initiatives spanning product, distribution, go-to-market, digital, operations, and integration. Partner across Product, Distribution, Marketing, Operations, Technology, Compliance, Legal, Finance, and other functions to drive alignment and remove barriers. Represent Worksite Development and Supplemental & Group business priorities in cross-functional discussions and initiatives. Influence stakeholders and drive progress without relying on direct reporting relationships. Create structure and accountability while remaining adaptable as business priorities, regulatory requirements, organizational needs, and market conditions evolve.
• People Leadership & Development: Directly lead an initial team of two employees, with accountability for team performance, development, workload allocation, prioritization, and quality. Coach and develop team members while establishing clear expectations and accountability. Delegate effectively and align team resources to the highest-value business priorities. Foster an environment of collaboration, ownership, sound judgment, and continuous development.
• Business Solutions & Recommendations: Develop recommendations using market, customer, distribution, competitive, operational, and performance insights. Maintain strong knowledge of Supplemental & Group products, distribution channels, operations, and business processes. Structure complex or undefined business challenges, synthesize information from multiple sources, and develop clear paths forward. Apply sound business judgment to determine which decisions can move forward independently and which require leadership escalation.
• Business Readiness & Enablement: Support product commercialization, distribution enablement, go-to-market execution, and organizational readiness. Ensure business teams and partners