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**Salary Range** : $96,100 - $144,100 Annual

Job Details

The stated pay range is based on a national-average location. Actual salary is determined by factors including relevant work experience, skills, and location. This position is bonus eligible.

The Strategic Planning Manager is a key part of a subfunction (e.g. Direct to Consumer or “D2C”) and will be responsible for planning, management, and development and execution of key initiatives - including new products, technologies, partnerships, and omnichannel activities.

As a Strategic Planning Manager your responsibilities will include:

+ Manage, evaluate, and execute key business objectives for Colonial Penn and Washington National, including sales partner expansion, the adoption of new technologies, and business development initiatives

+ Lead a team of Sales Operations Coordinators, overseeing and optimizing their day-to-day business and ownership for the delivery of partner communication, onboarding, licensing, sales platform administration, tech support, and sales data integrity

+ Serve as a project manager for key sales projects, initiatives, and go to market opportunities across the Colonial Penn, Washington National, and Bankers Life brands

+ Work closely with Customer Engagement, Training, and Quality Assurance teams to design and implement impactful sales support programs

+ Act as a key stakeholder for sales platform enhancements by contributing to business requirements, user acceptance testing, and production validation

+ Collaborate with Licensing, IT, Marketing, and Legal to ensure seamless execution of business deliverables

+ Support the management of Inbound call center activities and lead distribution

+ Establish scalable and measurable processes to support the long-term success of new programs

+ Drive business process optimization to enhance sales growth and efficiency for internal and external sales teams

+ Perform comprehensive sales data integrity checks, identify potential issues or anomalies, conduct root cause analysis, develop and implement effective solutions to address and prevent recurrence of sales process errors

+ Utilize Microsoft 365 tools to design workflows, automate tasks, and enhance collaboration for critical initiatives.

The** **Strategic Planning Manager position is well suited for you:

+ Ability to excel with new, complex, and evolving tasks in a fast-paced environment.

+ Ability to make critical decisions based on sound analysis and past experiences while understanding risks, opportunities, and managing the broader implications of those decisions.

+ Possess excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, capable of developing and delivering a message appropriately for a given audience including experience presenting recommendations to senior management.

+ Strong capability to succinctly summarize complex problems and deliver clear solutions.

+ Excellent organization and methods of tracking tasksAbility to influence teams and stakeholders without direct authority.Advanced Excel & PowerPoint skills.

What you’ll need:

+ Bachelor’s degree in business or related discipline or equivalent 8 year work experience required. Relevant Graduate degree/Certifications, a plus.

+ At least 7 years of progressive business management, consulting, or strategic research and planning.

+ Proven experience managing multiple, complex and time-sensitive cross-functional projects simultaneously with high quality results.

What will set you apart:

+ Relevant Graduate degree/Certifications, a plus.

+ Microsoft certifications

+ 5 years of related sales support experience.

+ Financial service or insurance experience, a plus.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

+ medical insurance

+ dental insurance

+ vision insurance

+ 401(k) retirement plan with company match

+ short-term & long-term disability insurance

+ Paid time-off and corporate holidays,

+ paid parental leave.

+ company paid life insurance.

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CNO embraces flexibility and encourages you to work where you’re most productive. Associates who live within a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee) have access to come into that office. Associates who live outside of a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee) may perform this role full-time work from home (WFH) from any US based location, as long as you are willing to work central or eastern time zone hours. All associates may be asked to travel varying corporate offices periodically. Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.

CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands and supported by our associates and agents. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and more than $35 billion in total assets. Our 3,400 associates, 8,600 exclusive agents and independent partner agents guide individuals, families, and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions.

We are financially strong and well positioned for continued growth, and we are grounded in our core values of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I); Integrity, Customer Focus, Excellence, and Teamwork. We have offices in more than 260 communities in the U.S., including our headquarters in Carmel, Indiana, and corporate offices in Birmingham, Chicago, Philadelphia, Orlando and Milwaukee.

At CNO Financial Group, we’re always looking forward—to the security and stability we help create for our insurance brands’ customers, and the growth we create within our own company. We're looking for ambitious people who want to do more. We'll provide you with opportunities to grow your skills through challenging professional experiences.

If you're looking for a culture that encourages development, helps you reach your potential, and rewards you for your contribution, then CNO Financial Group is right for you. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Compensation

Pay Range: $96,100.00 - $144,100.00 Annual

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

**ReqID** : JR169599

**Job Type** : Full time