Role Description

The Domain Managing Architect provides strategic architectural leadership across the Individual Supplemental & Group Benefits domain. This role leverages enterprise architecture disciplines, frameworks, and tools to ensure technology solutions align with the long-term best interests of Horace Mann.

• Develop and maintain current, future, and transitional state architectures.
• Create conceptual, logical, and physical architecture models and diagrams.
• Formulate and review high-level design documents.
• Define, document, and govern architectural decisions across programs and projects.
• Develop and enforce architecture policies, standards, and processes in partnership with the Chief Architect and CIO.
• Identify and establish new enterprise building blocks and reusable architectural patterns.
• Set direction for integration services and enterprise-wide reusable design patterns.
• Guide architects and technical leads in aligning application development with architectural best practices.
• Provide best-practice guidance in evaluating and selecting vendor products and technology platforms.
• Lead risk identification and mitigation related to architecture decisions.
• Collaborate with Solution Delivery Partners, architects, and technical leads to maintain current, target, and transition architectures.
• Facilitate consensus across diverse technical and business teams.
• Serve as a key contributor to strategic planning, roadmap development, and major program implementation.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive and non-technical audiences.
• Prepare and present executive-level recommendations.
• Establish best practices for architecture diagram development, governance, and repository management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 6–9 years of relevant experience in architecture or related technical leadership roles.
• Brings broad cross-domain knowledge spanning enterprise and solution architecture, data platforms, integration, infrastructure, networking, and security to design scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise solutions.
• Experience working within an Enterprise Architecture framework (e.g., TOGAF).
• Fluency in modern architecture practices, including cloud-native, microservices, event-driven, and AI-enabled architectures.
• Proven experience leading legacy modernization and enterprise cloud transformation initiatives across complex technology landscapes.
• Ability to define and govern enterprise architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
• Expertise in creating architecture artifacts and diagrams (e.g., Visio, draw.io).
• Collaborate with business leaders, IT leadership, and engineering organizations to translate strategic objectives into scalable technology solutions.
• Experience in risk management and executive-level presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across organizational boundaries and drive consensus.
• Experience in the Insurance sector (Property & Casualty (P&C) and Life & Retirement (L&R) domains, including underwriting, policy administration, claims and billing) is strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Pay Range: $124,200.00 - $175,800.00
• 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.

• We serve more than 4,100 school districts nationwide.
• Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: HMN).
• More than $12 billion in assets.
• We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them.
• Our tailored offerings include special rates and benefits for educators.