[Hiring] Director of Analytics Engineering @Horace Mann

Role Description

Horace Mann is seeking a strategic, innovative, and results-driven Director, Life & Retirement Analytical Engineering to lead the evolution of our analytical engineering capabilities and transform how data supports business decisions across our Life & Retirement organization.

In this highly influential leadership role, you'll own the strategy, delivery, and continuous improvement of analytical engineering capabilities, ensuring our business has access to trusted, scalable, and high-quality data solutions. You'll also play a key leadership role in the development of Horace Mann's enterprise data warehouse, joining this exciting initiative from the ground up and helping shape the architecture, capabilities, and foundation for future data innovation.

You'll lead and develop a team of technical professionals, establish engineering standards, and oversee a portfolio of data products that improve operational efficiency, strengthen business intelligence, and accelerate access to actionable insights.

The ideal candidate combines deep analytical engineering expertise, modern cloud-based data technologies, strong business acumen, and proven people leadership. You'll partner closely with business leaders, Analytics, Enterprise Data, Architecture, Security, and Technology teams to align technical capabilities with business priorities and drive meaningful, measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, business intelligence, data modeling, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams, technical leads, or a significant technical delivery portfolio.
• Demonstrated success building trusted, reusable analytical data products, governed metric and semantic layers, and scalable cloud-based data solutions.
• Advanced expertise in analytical engineering, data architecture, data modeling, and enterprise data product development.
• Proven ability to establish technical direction and oversee complex analytical engineering initiatives.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, security, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Experience translating business priorities into technical roadmaps and measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change, implement scalable engineering practices, and drive adoption of new capabilities.
• Strong strategic thinking, communication, collaboration, and decision-making skills.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with modern analytical engineering technologies, including:
• Snowflake – Cloud-based data warehousing and analytical data solutions
• dbt or comparable transformation tools – Data transformation, modeling, testing, and documentation
• Power BI semantic models – Governed metrics, data modeling, and business intelligence
• SQL – Data querying, transformation, and analytical development
• Python – Data processing, automation, and engineering workflows
• CI/CD practices – Automated testing, deployment, and release management
• Experience in insurance, retirement, financial services, or another regulated industry.
• Master's degree, MBA, or advanced quantitative degree.

Benefits

• Remote position.
• Periodic travel may be required.
• Pay Range: $124,200.00 - $175,800.00 annually + bonus
• Salary is commensurate to experience, location, etc.

Company Description

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 traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: HMN) and we have more than $12 billion in assets.

We’re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children’s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs. We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them. This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future. Our tailored offerings include special rates and benefits for educators.