Program Director, Strategy & Planning

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Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide: 

• Award-winning culture 

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority 

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability 

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) 

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution 

• Mental health support 

• Career advancement opportunities 

• Student loan repayment options 

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments 

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

And that’s just the beginning…  

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today! 

General Summary:

Program Director, Strategy & Planning

We are seeking a Program Director, Strategy & Planning at Unum! This position will serve in a leadership role to support the functional area’s Senior Leadership Team and provide executive-level support to the SVP or EVP leader. This position will plan and manage key strategic activities and programs to align the functional culture to the business strategy, organize and recommend executive participation, lead projects and provide timely advice or key updates on critical programs or issues requiring the executive leader’s attention. This position is expected to lead, execute, and implement change and shares ownership with senior leadership for achieving goals and objectives for these projects.

Job Specifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 5 years work experience required, ideally in business strategy, consulting, operations or communications
• Strong business acumen, with understanding of the Financial Services industry
• Exhibits strong leadership skills, including the ability to effectively partner, problem-solve and influence at the C-Suite level
• Exceptional critical thinking and analytical skills with an ability to make connections, synthesize information and develop action plans
• Strong project management skills with an execution and results orientation
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills
• Demonstrated ability to proactively prioritize, adapt to change and execute in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency to form solid business relationships at all levels, internally and externally
• Expert skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, etc.)

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Understand the organization’s core business goals and establish processes to help drive and prioritize key projects to advance the talent strategy aligned to the business strategy, manage critical issues to ensure attention and focus of the executive team; ensures executive leader is fully prepared for upcoming commitments/events.
• Manage targeted projects or initiatives and coordinate and execute the agenda and strategy. Conduct research and create background material for the leadership team.  Facilitate communication among various work streams, organizations and/or stakeholders.
• Consistently evaluate and manage project/program initiative results by monitoring progress towards meeting goals and achieving implementation/performance benchmarks, ensuring follow-through on the part of key players, and sustaining momentum needed to drive these initiatives 
• Establish and manage strong working partnership with key business leaders, stakeholders, including internal and external partners, and Board of Directors; ensuring timely updates and objectives are being attained.
• Provides leadership, direction and integration of activities across multiple teams to ensure successful execution.