IT Engagement Lead Manager

Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.; Illinois; On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

LRS Consulting Services is seeking an experienced IT Engagement Lead for security & infrastructure to partner with Horace Mann's teams in Central Illinois. This 6-month contract to hire role focuses on intake governance, prioritization, and financial stewardship to ensure predictable technology delivery.

You will drive capacity planning, KPI reporting, and executive-ready summaries while coordinating across Security, Infrastructure, PMO, Finance, and business units.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a standardized intake process aligned to Technology governance practices.
• Facilitate prioritization discussions based on business value, risk, resource availability, and financial impact.
• Ensure all incoming work is properly scoped, documented, and communicated.
• Workload, Capacity & Resource Planning
• Maintain visibility into workload, resource allocation, and team capacity across Security & Infrastructure.
• Partner with leaders to forecast staffing needs and identify resource gaps.
• Provide analytical insights to support vendor strategies and contract decisions.
• Financial & Budget Management
• Support annual budget planning, quarterly forecasts, and long-term financial strategy.
• Track actual spend versus budget for labor, tools, vendors, and capital initiatives.
• Conduct variance analysis and recommend corrective actions or optimization opportunities.
• Integrate financial implications into prioritization and planning decisions.
• Reporting & Performance Insights
• Develop dashboards and reporting that reflect intake status, KPIs, team performance, and financial progress.
• Prepare executive-ready summaries for leadership communication.
• Automate ongoing reporting to improve operational efficiency.
• KPI & Operational Performance Management
• Collaborate with leadership to define and track KPIs that reflect operational effectiveness and financial stewardship.
• Identify performance trends and recommend improvements.
• Promote adoption of metrics that improve transparency and accountability.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
• Serve as a liaison across Security, Infrastructure, PMO, Finance, and Business Units.
• Translate complex technical issues into business and financial context.
• Facilitate roadmap updates, quarterly business reviews, and intake discussions.

Job description

Time to get to work! LRS Consulting Services is seeking an experienced IT Engagement Lead security & Infrastructure for our client in Central Illinois. This is 6-month contract to hire opportunity for the right person. If you're that person and if you have the IT Engagement Lead Management expertise that we need, submit your resume now!

LRS Consulting Services has been delivering IT excellence for over four decades. Our reputation for quality, flexibility, and strong relationships with our clients keeps them turning to us to meet their IT consulting needs. Our contacts, combined with your technical expertise, equals career possibilities for you. So let's get to work!

The IT/Business Engagement Lead - Security & Infrastructure serves as a strategic and operational partner to Horace Mann's Security & Infrastructure technology teams. This role ensures effective work intake, prioritization, capacity planning, financial management, and performance reporting to support consistent, predictable technology delivery.

Key Duties

• Develop and manage a standardized intake process aligned to Technology governance practices.


• Facilitate prioritization discussions based on business value, risk, resource availability, and financial impact.


• Ensure all incoming work is properly scoped, documented, and communicated.


• Workload, Capacity & Resource Planning


• Maintain visibility into workload, resource allocation, and team capacity across Security & Infrastructure.


• Partner with leaders to forecast staffing needs and identify resource gaps.


• Provide analytical insights to support vendor strategies and contract decisions.


• Financial & Budget Management


• Support annual budget planning, quarterly forecasts, and long-term financial strategy.


• Track actual spend versus budget for labor, tools, vendors, and capital initiatives.


• Conduct variance analysis and recommend corrective actions or optimization opportunities.


• Integrate financial implications into prioritization and planning decisions.


• Reporting & Performance Insights


• Develop dashboards and reporting that reflect intake status, KPIs, team performance, and financial progress.


• Prepare executive-ready summaries for leadership communication.


• Automate ongoing reporting to improve operational efficiency.


• KPI & Operational Performance Management


• Collaborate with leadership to define and track KPIs that reflect operational effectiveness and financial stewardship.


• Identify performance trends and recommend improvements.


• Promote adoption of metrics that improve transparency and accountability.


• Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration


• Serve as a liaison across Security, Infrastructure, PMO, Finance, and Business Units.


• Translate complex technical issues into business and financial context.


• Facilitate roadmap updates, quarterly business reviews, and intake discussions.