Vice President, Real Estate & Workplace Services
About The Position
Unum is a leading international provider of workplace benefits and services, helping workers and their families thrive for more than 175 years. With more than 10,000 employees across the U.S. and abroad, we are driven by innovation, integrity, customer focus, and a commitment to creating a workplace where people can grow, contribute, and do meaningful work. We are seeking a strategic, enterprise-minded Vice President of Real Estate & Workplace Services to lead the evolution of Unum’s physical workplace, real estate portfolio, facilities operations, workplace services, corporate security, environmental health and safety, hospitality, and related workplace technology platforms. This is a highly visible leadership role for a modern real estate and workplace executive who can connect business strategy, employee experience, operational resiliency, financial performance, and long-term portfolio value. This leader will shape how Unum’s workplaces enable business performance, collaboration, productivity, safety, and belonging. The role oversees a diverse portfolio that includes offices, campuses, data centers, leased spaces, tenant-occupied spaces, and specialized environments, with primary focus on the U.S. portfolio and selected support for the global portfolio. The VP will partner closely with senior leaders across People, Finance, Legal, Technology, Operations, Risk, Sustainability, and business leadership to build workplace and real estate solutions that are practical, data-informed, financially disciplined, and future-ready.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, real estate, facilities management, business, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant certification preferred.
- 12+ years of progressive leadership experience across corporate real estate, facilities, workplace services, construction, portfolio management, security, or related operational functions.
- Experience leading complex teams and partner ecosystems, including service providers, brokers, landlords, contractors, consultants, security partners, and regulatory stakeholders.
- Demonstrated financial leadership, including capital and operating budgets, business cases, P&L accountability, vendor economics, and portfolio cost optimization.
- Strong executive presence, communication, influence, and change leadership skills.
- Comfort using data, analytics, workplace technology, occupancy insights, and service metrics to drive better decisions and measurable outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree or relevant certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead a multi-year real estate and workplace services strategy aligned to enterprise priorities, talent needs, employee experience, and financial objectives.
- Oversee portfolio strategy and optimization across owned, leased, tenant-occupied, and specialized environments, including site strategy, leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, consolidations, and capital investments.
- Manage facilities and workplace operations to deliver safe, reliable, compliant, efficient, and employee-centered environments.
- Direct workplace planning, design, construction, renovation, relocation, and capital project delivery grounded in business requirements and user experience.
- Lead corporate security, emergency preparedness, critical event monitoring, incident response, access control, and duty of care programs.
- Oversee environmental health and safety programs, regulatory compliance, sustainability initiatives, energy and utilities management, and building performance reporting.
- Manage hospitality and workplace experience services that support productivity, connection, wellbeing, and service excellence.
- Develop and manage technology, data, analytics, and reporting capabilities that improve occupancy insights, asset management, service delivery, cost transparency, resiliency, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- 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
- Healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental)
- Insurance benefits (short & long-term disability)
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
