Senior Vice President, Technology Strategy & Enablement

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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 Senior Vice President, Technology Strategy & Enablement serves as the strategic operating executive for the Chief Information & Data Officer and is accountable for the overall effectiveness, governance, and strategic direction of the technology organization.

This executive is responsible for ensuring technology investments, operating practices, vendor partnerships, delivery performance, organizational capabilities, and governance processes are aligned to enterprise priorities and measurable business outcomes. The role acts as the connective tissue across Product Engineering, Infrastructure & Operations, Data & AI, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise Architecture, providing the governance, planning discipline, executive engagement, and organizational enablement necessary to operate a modern technology organization hnology Strategy & Enablement functions as the operating system of the technology organization is inclusive of setting direction, establishing governance, enabling execution, and driving continuous improvement without directly owning delivery teams or day-to-day operational execution.

The organization includes responsibility for technology strategy and roadmap development, enterprise portfolio and investment governance, vendor and partner strategy, technology finance and Fin Ops, delivery excellence, Agile Center of Excellence, technology change management, executive stakeholder engagement, CIO communications, and Chief of Staff functions.

Enterprise Technology Strategy & Roadmap Develop and maintain the enterprise technology strategy and multi-year technology roadmap aligned to business strategy and enterprise priorities.

Assess emerging technology trends, competitive developments, and industry innovations to inform strategic direction.

Partner with Enterprise Architecture to define future-state technology capabilities, modernization priorities, and technology investment opportunities.

Lead the annual technology planning process and support investment prioritization decisions.

Ensure technology strategy supports long-term growth, customer experience, risk management, and operational objectives.

Technology Governance & Operating Model Establish enterprise governance frameworks that guide technology investment, prioritization, resource allocation, and decision-making.

Maintain technology operating rhythms, executive forums, governance councils, and leadership review processes.

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