$86,625 — $127,050 USD/yr

Project Manager

United StatesUnited States·Montpelier,Addisonmid
OperationsProject Manager
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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.

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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.

The Project Manager is accountable for orchestrating end-to-end delivery across teams, ensuring work is aligned to outcomes and flows efficiently through the system. This role facilitates decision-making, manages dependencies, and adapts plans in response to changing conditions. The Project Manager operates as a connector across stakeholders, enabling clarity, coordination, and progress toward business value.

This position currently offers an onsite work schedule, with the expectation that you are in the office four 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.

This role requires a minimum of 5 years of Life and Annuity industry experience.

Responsibilities

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  • Ensure initiatives are aligned to clearly defined outcomes and success criteria
  • Translate business objectives into actionable delivery plans
  • Continuously validate that execution aligns to intended value
  • Orchestrate sequencing of work across teams and functions
  • Manage dependencies, capacity constraints, and bottlenecks proactively
  • Adapt plans and priorities based on evolving conditions and insights
  • Surface tradeoffs and options (scope, time, cost, value) clearly
  • Facilitate team-level decision-making and escalation paths
  • Balance governance with flow to enable timely decisions
  • Align stakeholders across business and technology functions
  • Manage expectations through transparency of progress and risks
  • Facilitate communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution

Requirements

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  • 5–9 years of experience managing cross-functional projects end-to-end
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience within the Life and Annuity industry
  • Proven ability to deliver outcomes (not just outputs) in a dynamic environment
  • Strong capability in dependency management, sequencing, and flow optimization
  • Demonstrated experience facilitating decisions and managing tradeoffs
  • Experience operating across multiple delivery approaches (Agile, hybrid, predictive)
  • Ability to influence without authority and align diverse stakeholders
  • Strong communication skills translating complex topics into actionable insights
  • PMP or equivalent experience preferred; evidence of delivering measurable outcomes required

What We Offer

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✓Your benefits start day one and are flexible and customizable to your and your family’s specific needs. Check out the BENEFITS of a Career at National Life!

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
Addison, United States
On-site at the office
Who can apply
US

About this job

Pay per year
$86,625–$127,050 a year
22% below the $137,500 median for Project Manager jobs on Jobera (2,327 salaries).
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United States
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October 16, 2026
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Project Manager$86,625 — $127,050 USD