Program Director, Strategy & Planning

Unum

Portland (ME)

On-site

USD 89,900 - 169,900

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Generous PTO

401(k) employer contribution

Job summary

A leading benefits provider is seeking a Program Director, Strategy & Planning in Portland, ME. This role involves leading strategic initiatives, managing executive communications, and fostering partnerships across various teams. Candidates should possess strong business acumen, leadership skills, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for career advancement.

Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years work experience in business strategy or consulting.
Ability to influence at the C-Suite level.
Demonstrated ability to prioritize and execute in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Manage key strategic activities and programs.
Lead projects and provide timely advice on critical programs.
Facilitate communication among various stakeholders.

Skills

Strong business acumen

Exceptional critical thinking

Strong leadership skills

Project management skills

Outstanding communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

Program Director, Strategy & Planning — Unum

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

Benefits

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. 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

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.
Acts as a role model for project management and program management professionalism, critical thinking, and setting productivity pace. Promotes a financial focus and emphasizes business value metrics.
Participate in meetings and regular updates to the executive leadership team regarding the progress, objectives, and key deliverables of the strategic projects/workstreams.
Oversee development of executive communications, including presentations, speeches, blogs and other communications (e.g. Offsite Meetings and other business presentations)
Represents the senior leadership team through experienced, knowledgeable and polished interaction leaving an elevated professional image with internal and external stakeholders
Regularly travels with the executive leader to major campuses and offsite meetings
May perform other duties as assigned

Company

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, and Baton Rouge, LA - 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. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

$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.

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