Director, LTC Client Engagement

Unum Ireland; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 90,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Vision

Dental

Short & Long-Term Disability

PTO & volunteer time

Job summary

Unum is seeking a Director, Client Engagement to lead the LTC Client Engagement team and drive strategic engagement initiatives aligned with Unum’s LTC strategy. The role partners with Home Office, Field leadership, and brokers to prioritize engagement and deliver proactive, education-focused client support across policyholders.

The director will guide the team, ensure accountability, and drive enterprise-aligned outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 5+ years’ experience managing in a related complex customer service environment required.
• 5+ years management experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of the insurance business and Unum's operating structure.
• Ability to manage remotely and lead change.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, manage, develop and motivate a team responsible for supporting all levels of the Field Office, brokers and clients as needed.
• Ownership for servicing of in-force customers, with collaboration across field and partners.
• Create, test and refine new approaches to improve strategy and performance.
• Lead workflow improvements to reduce costs and enhance service.
• Provide strategic direction to team and partners for new processes, products, or platforms.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Strategic planning

Communication

Remote management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Posting End Date: November 26

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive. 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.

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

The Director, Client Engagement leads the Long Term Care (LTC) Client Engagement team that supports our group and/or individual policyholders, with a primary focus on developing and executing strategic engagement initiatives in line with Unum’s closed block LTC strategy. This role acts as a strategic partner across the Home Office, Field leadership, and broker organizations, ensuring alignment on engagement priorities and advancing a proactive, education-focused approach to managing client needs. The Director identifies emerging trends, shapes & implements scalable engagement strategies, and influences cross-functional decisions to drive appropriate risk-based outcomes. The Director also oversees the evolution of the Client Engagement model and leads a team of professionals, ensuring strong capability, accountability, and alignment to business priorities. Through cross-functional collaboration and leadership of strategic initiatives, this role ensures the function delivers consistent, high-quality outcomes that support enterprise goals.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Efficiently recruit, manage, develop and motivate a team responsible for supporting all levels of the Field Office, brokers and clients as needed
• Ownership for certain aspects of servicing of in-force customers, with appropriate collaboration with field and partners outside of own business area
• Creating, testing and refining new approaches to our strategy to improve overall performance and sharing best practices
• Embrace and lead change to improve workflow, enhance customer service and reduce operating costs
• Leverage strong internal partnerships to find service resolutions and make it easy for our clients to do business with Unum
• Instill a sense of urgency in others and ensure that field partners, brokers and clients are getting the level of responsiveness and service they expect
• Provide strategic direction to team and partners as new processes, products, systems or platforms are developed
• Ensure collective ownership of talent effectiveness across the teams with accountability for candid exchange of feedback that motivates and rewards high performers and ensures calibration of assessment
• Identification of trends within teams and oversee the consistent implementation of creative strategies (e.g. training) to ensure team is knowledgeable and customer focused
• Proactively identify and research problems or trends and develop and implement resolutions independently or partnering with internal connects as needed
• Participate in a strategic leadership capacity in the analysis, design, development and delivery of Home Office driven projects
• Initiate and drive continuous improvement efforts around key business processes
• Keep abreast of Business and workflow changes in all supported organizations and implement workflow changes accordingly
• Ensure that the highest level of quality is maintained
• Perform other duties as assigned

Job Specifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• 5+ years’ experience managing in a related complex customer service environment required
• 5+ years management experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of the insurance business, the company's operating structure, product offerings, external drivers and corresponding workflow processes
• Strong understanding of market dynamics with ability to favorably position and represent Unum to external constituents preferred
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service and quality improvement methods
• Ability to alter style or approach according to different situations and individual needs
• Technical and Project management experience strongly desired
• Develop and implement solutions by influencing and negotiating with partners across multiple functions and at various levels
• Strong collaboration skills; demonstrated ability to partner at all levels with cross-functional business areas on both strategic and tactical levels to achieve results with multiple and diverse priorities
• Critical thinking; ability to problem solve complex issues
• Ability to manage and develop people remotely
• Proven leadership and people management skills, including coaching and development of other managers
• Ability to effectively work in a team environment with solid team building skills
• Effective communication with field, brokers and customers
• Versatility/adaptability with proven ability to lead change
• May require occasional travel #LI-AF1 ~IN1

Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below.

$89,900.00-$169,900.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company: Unum

Unum Group is a Fortune 500 company and leading international provider of workplace benefits and services, helping workers and their families thrive for more than 175 years. Through our Unum and Colonial Life brands, our company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision insurance; leave and absence management support; and behavioral health services. Our 10,000+ employees work across operations in the US, UK and Poland, as well as our dedicated Technology Centre in Ireland.

Unum Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for any applicant with a disability. If you are disabled and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or hiring process, please contact us by submitting a request here.