Sr. Project Manager

About the role

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. We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values: Do good. Be good. Make good.

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

Responsibilities

The Senior Project Manager is accountable for orchestrating the successful delivery of large, complex, and highly interdependent initiatives across technology, business, suppliers, and delivery partners. The role owns the integrated project plan and ensures business objectives, technical execution, operational readiness, supplier activities, and organizational change remain aligned to deliver measurable business value.

• Own integrated project plans across complex initiatives, aligning business objectives, technical execution, supplier activities, operational readiness, and implementation plans.
• Establish and maintain integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, assumptions, issues, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate delivery across business, technology, suppliers, operational teams, and shared services.
• Lead project planning, governance, implementation, operational readiness, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Partner with Portfolio, Technology Delivery, Business Analysis, Solution Architecture, and Quality Engineering to ensure coordinated execution.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and cross-functional impacts.
• Facilitate tradeoff discussions and executive decision-making regarding scope, schedule, resources, sequencing, and implementation.
• Provide governance reporting, executive communications, and stakeholder updates.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise governance, regulatory requirements, delivery standards, and financial controls.
• Promote continuous improvement, AI-enabled delivery practices, and modern delivery methodologies.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is an experienced delivery leader with deep Life & Annuity expertise, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and the ability to lead through influence in complex cross-functional environments.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 10 or more years leading complex cross-functional technology and business initiatives.
• Minimum of 8 years of Life & Annuity industry experience.
• Demonstrated success leading highly interdependent initiatives across business, technology, operations, and suppliers.
• Experience managing Agile, hybrid, and predictive delivery models.
• Advanced project management, governance, risk management, and executive communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.
• Experience with modern delivery practices and AI-enabled project delivery.

AI Proficiency Expectations

All Applicants Are Expected To Leverage approved AI tools, where appropriate, to improve the efficiency, quality, and impact of their work. Stay curious and open to new AI-enabled ways of working. Exercise sound judgment by reviewing and validating AI-generated content. Maintain accountability for the accuracy, quality, fairness, and integrity of work products by adhering to National Life's AI guiding principles. Use AI responsibly and in accordance with company policies related to confidentiality, data privacy, security, compliance, retention, and intellectual property.

Benefits

Your benefits start day one and are flexible and customizable to your and your family’s specific needs.

Pay

The base pay range for this position is $101,250 - $148,500 USD. The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.

Schedule

This position currently offers an onsite work schedule, with the expectation that you will be 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.