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≈ $102k – $204k per year (Estimated)
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In office (Portland)
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Architect · 7+ years exp
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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 28, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 14, 2026. Unum Group scores A on the Alion truth index.

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Unum Group is a Fortune 500 financial protection provider headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with operations primarily across the United States and the United Kingdom. As a market leader in employer-sponsored benefits, the company specializes in group disability, life, accident, critical illness insurance, and leave management services. Its primary mission is to help protect employees' income and support families during challenging personal health or life events.

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.

And that’s just the beginning…

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 Dir, Compensation Programs is responsible for the design, development, and management of our global compensation structure to include base, incentive, and recognition elements. This position will lead the transformation of our global compensation framework to enable career growth for employees, workforce management efficiency and our strategic business initiatives. They will use advanced analytics and predictive modeling to create compelling strategic insights that fuel the work. This role will require a candidate that has deep subject matter expertise, a strong ability to partner and build relationships, strong analytical capabilities, and creativity to drive successful and effective programs.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Develop, design, and administer compensation programs that are internally equitable, market competitive, and compliant while supporting overall business objectives.
  • Manage the global career framework, aligning and supporting career enablement for employees and workforce planning for leaders.
  • Complete complex analytics and predictive modeling to formulate clear and insightful strategic compensation program recommendations that are market aligned and position Unum as an employer of choice.
  • Partner closely with HR Business Partners and Senior Leadership Team to develop compensation initiatives that align, drive, and amplify Unum group’s strategic business and workforce goals.
  • Design and oversee our annual compensation review process, including our annual incentive programs.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a collaborative compensation team using a consultative approach
  • Partner with our People Delivery Group to automate processes, dashboards and digitally enabled compensation processes that help drive decision making for leaders
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, external consultants, and vendors to improve programs, ensure competitiveness and optimize our portfolio.
  • Partner with internal teams to develop and manage meaningful dashboards that help leaders manage and execute on their workforce management strategies.
  • Maintain current knowledge of external compensation practices and trends including applicable legal regulations

Job Specifications

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Minimum of 7-10 years’ experience in the development and management of global compensation programs preferred
  • Certified Compensation Consultant (CCP) designation is desired
  • Demonstrated ability to translate global business strategies directly into actionable compensation work
  • Demonstrated ability to assess business issues and develop effective solutions
  • Ability to create strong partnerships and work effectively at all levels
  • Strong influencing skills; Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Flexibility to work well under pressure while managing multiple priorities and tight deadlines
  • Strong math and statistical ability

Proficient with technology including HRIS, excel, PowerPoint and external vendor compensation solutions

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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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