Manager, Data Engineering

Job Posting End Date:
September 03

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.

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.

Our Finance Data Modernization team is seeking a Manager, Data Engineering. The Manager, Data Engineering leads a team responsible for designing and delivering scalable data pipelines, warehouse solutions, and governed data assets that support Finance analytics, operational reporting, and strategic business decision-making. This role partners closely with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into practical data solutions, drive consistency across a large portfolio of initiatives, and ensure smooth coordination from intake through implementation and operational support.

The position provides technical leadership, advances modern data engineering practices, and champions the adoption of AI and agentic development processes to accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards for quality, governance, and business value. As a newly created leadership role, this position is critical to building consistency, scalability, and operational excellence across the Data Engineering function.

We are looking for Candidates in Chattanooga, TN or Portland, ME.

• Lead execution of the team’s data strategy, providing direction on tools, methodologies, delivery practices, and engineering standards that support consistent and scalable outcomes.
• Oversee the planning, estimation, prioritization, and on‑time delivery of data engineering initiatives, including setting clear expectations with business and technical stakeholders.
• Guide the design, development, and implementation of data pipelines, analytical databases, and analytics workflows that support operational reporting, Finance analytics, and business performance objectives.
• Partner with business areas to translate needs into technical plans, identify required data sources, communicate findings, and develop practical implementation approaches aligned to corporate policies, procedures, controls, and compliance requirements.
• Advance the team’s use of AI and agentic development practices to accelerate developer throughput, improve delivery efficiency, and establish appropriate standards for prompt engineering, responsible usage, and team upskilling.
• Evaluate current and emerging data engineering, analytics, and AI methods to recommend continuous improvement opportunities and strengthen the team’s technical capabilities.
• Recruit, train, coach, develop, and retain staff, including performance management and mentoring to build technical depth, delivery discipline, and effective use of modern data tools.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Minimum of 5 years of hands‑on experience in data engineering, business intelligence, data science, or a closely related discipline, with demonstrated ability to deliver scalable data and analytics solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information…