People Engagement Sr. Program Mgr

Unum•Portland, ME

About The Position

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive by providing employee benefits and service solutions. Unum ensures team members have opportunities to succeed professionally and personally, offering an award-winning culture, inclusion and diversity as a priority, performance-based incentive plans, and a competitive benefits package. With 10,000 employees helping over 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful. This position is accountable for delivering end-to-end program planning for P&C’s global key initiatives, including assisting in implementing strategies, creation of roadmaps, implementation plans, change/adoption plans, success metrics, and communications plans. The incumbent will manage end-to-end programs and virtual teams, using best practices to resolve complex issues.

Requirements

Any combination of education or experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree with 7 years of project management experience
Experience with large scale organizational transformations and or implementations, preferably in HR (e.g., M&A, OD restructures)
Demonstrated leadership experience
Outstanding attention to detail
Strong verbal and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate to all levels of management and create strong working relationships
Demonstrated strength in influencing others and delivering functional results
Excellent organizational, time management and planning skills; Proficiency in project planning methodologies and tools with the ability to adapt and solve problems proactively and creatively
Strategic and systems thinking capabilities; Continuous improvement mindset to recommend and implement changes
Proven experience leading adoption/change rollout of HCM systems, software for workforce end users and/or driving size-able cross-functional organizational redesign efforts in a mid- to large-size corporate setting
Strong collaboration and facilitation skills
Ability to manage in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Innovative thinker, comfortable with change and trying new approaches

Nice To Haves

Six-Sigma, TQM, process engineering certification or training, added plus
ADKAR Certification or Practitioner added plus

Responsibilities

Responsible for leading teams to implement strategy, roadmaps, change/adoption management plans, success metrics, and implementation plans for multiple large multi-disciplinary cross-functional initiatives for the Global Enterprise that enhance how Unum supports our employees/managers, clients, and evolving business models
Leads more than one large program to deliver these initiatives with responsibility for coaching and directing the work of those assigned from P&C
Drives large process and operational improvements, thinking creatively to deliver innovations to improve the Unum employee and manager experiences, influences implementation in functional areas within P&C
Partners with Strategy and Planning Team colleagues, HRBPs, P&C SLT to drive the end-to-end change adoption plan for key initiatives that impact the Global Unum workforce
Effectively presents data and analysis for key performance indicators, recommendations, and trends; responsible for regular program reporting
Builds strong partnership across P&C to ensure consistency and operating effectiveness
May oversee a small team of program managers
May perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

Award-winning culture
Inclusion and diversity as a priority
Performance Based Incentive Plans
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
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