Manager, IT Delivery, US

Unum Group • Columbia, SC

7d

About The Position

Our Fortune 500 company is driving a digital transformation and looking for forward-thinking innovators to disrupt how our industry thinks about and uses technology. As one of the world's leading employee benefits providers, we help millions of people gain affordable access to benefits that help them protect their families, their finances and their futures. Are you an asker of questions, a solver of problems, and a challenger of the status quo? Our mission is to provide a differentiated customer experience and exceed the expectations people have of technology at any company — not just insurers. We are seeking individuals to join our team of talented IT professionals who share never-ending passion and an unwavering focus on our customer experience. Team members comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced, and delivery-focused environment thrive in our environment where we value an entrepreneurial spirit and those who challenge the status-quo. Unum is changing, and we’re excited about what’s next. Join us. General Summary: Unum is looking for an entry level IT Delivery Manager to lead a small team of IT professionals in agile, infrastructure, or operations environments. In this leadership role, you will ensure the successful delivery of software, solutions, and services while driving team effectiveness and performance. You’ll mentor and develop team members, foster professional growth, and implement strategies to elevate results. Partnering with product owners, IT leadership, and other stakeholders, you’ll maintain a steady flow of high-value solutions that meet business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in computer science preferred, or relevant technical experience
• Has 5+ years experience in an IT field, or equivalent relevant work experience
• Software development or technology background with strong knowledge of relevant technical disciplines
• Demonstrates understanding of Agile/Lean leadership principles; proficient in agile team development as well as awareness of team training opportunities
• Exhibits courage by taking smart risks and encouraging others to do so; empowers innovative approaches by motivating others to be proactive and resourceful
• Able to effectively coach and mentor, and identify and address skills needs and gaps
• Proficient in methods and techniques for running effective meetings and for understanding and influencing the roles played by participants
• Displays good interpersonal skills at all levels of contact in a wide variety of situations, demonstrating the ability to listen and influence, and to relate to customers in their own language
• Demonstrates the ability to champion change and support teams through change
• Demonstrates the ability to think critically, challenge conventional thinking, and generate and apply unique business insight to create a competitive advantage for the organization.
• Has been a proven people manager for 3-5 years.

Responsibilities

• Is responsible for, oversees and evaluates the overall delivery of the team and acts to address issues when necessary.
• Ensures the team has a well-defined backlog of valuable work.
• Has been a proven people manager for 3-5 years.
• For Agile teams, helps the product owner and team members to prioritize initiatives and sprint releases.
• Removes obstacles and roadblocks that impact the performance of the team.
• For Agile teams, works with business partners and team to translate the business strategy or roadmap into backlog items.
• For Agile teams, ensures that the team(s) apply the best software engineering practices including, but not limited to: test driven development, peer reviews, continuous integration and deployment practices, unit and regression test automation, comprehensive approach to addressing NFR, adherence to standards, comprehensive ‘definition of done,’ team retrospectives, etc.
• For Infrastructure and Operations teams, ensures that we benchmark against associated services to keep service delivery and support at an appropriate cost.
• Demonstrates creativity and innovation in applying solutions for the benefit of the customer/stakeholder; promotes same within team.
• Uses metrics and tools to understand team performance and efficiency; takes actions to improve the efficiency of the team.
• Works with their manager to ensure strong and diverse talent is in place to meet business needs and goals.
• Mentors, coaches, and inspires team members to higher levels of performance.
• Ensures development plans are focused on enhancing skills and expertise needed within the team. This includes 1-on-1 situational coaching towards results, experimentation and learning.
• Identifies and addresses skills gaps in the team that may impact its ability to meet business needs.
• Identifies and promotes pairing/cross training opportunities to enrich the expertise of the team and limit constraints or deficits of specific skills across the organization.
• Develops a self-organizing team (cross-functioning, partners with the business, collaborative, works quickly and unencumbered, be empowered and autonomous, be able to focus on self-improvement) and supports the management activities that make self-organization successful.
• Conducts regular reviews of each team member’s plan and ensures the team member is progressing and addressing skill development needs.
• Works with colleagues to review the operation and effectiveness of resourcing programs within the organization and contributes ideas for changes and improvements as appropriate.
• May serve in a Scrum or Kanban Master role.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of a broad range of emerging technology trends and identifies opportunities where technology might be deployed to deliver business improvements and competitive advantage.
• Reinforces agile values by focusing on the highest business value items
• Will lead real-time response to production issues, coordinating triage, driving resolution, and communicating updates to stakeholders.
• Will maintain the on-call rotation, ensuring 24/7 support coverage, and managing escalation paths for critical incidents.
• Owns dashboards, alert thresholds, log monitoring, and system health checks to proactively identify and prevent disruptions.
• Manages daily operational tickets (break/fix, access requests, routine tasks), ensuring SLAs are met and workloads are balanced.
• Will drive post-mortem meetings, documenting findings, identifying permanent fixes, and tracking follow-through on corrective actions.
• Responsible for planning, coordinating, and approving routine maintenance windows, patches, upgrades, and environment stabilization activities.
• Must track utilization, performance trends, and capacity planning to prevent performance degradation or resource shortages.
• Maintaining runbooks, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and supporting knowledge transfer to other support teams.

Benefits

• onsite fitness facilities
• generous paid time off
• employee professional development programs
• healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental)
• insurance benefits (short & long-term disability)
• performance-based incentive plans
• paid time off
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees