Unum Group

Director, Data Analytics

Unum Group$109K — $224K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred in IT, Mathematics, or Statistics.
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering, BI Analysis, or Data Science.
  • Proven experience in leading and coaching technical teams.
  • Deep knowledge of analytics programming languages (SQL, R, Python).
  • Expertise in modern BI tools (Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI).
  • Strong understanding of data profiling, statistical analysis, and modeling.
  • Familiarity with data architecture principles across cloud and on-premise platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Define analytics strategy in partnership with leadership across the organization.
  • Implement best practices for data and analytics projects.
  • Drive business stakeholder buy-in for data usage and analytics.
  • Oversee recruiting, training, and performance management of staff.
  • Manage the construction of predictive models and analytics workflows.
  • Translate business needs into technical plans with partners.
  • Provide consulting support for compliance and corporate policies.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits including health, vision, and dental.
  • Short and long-term disability insurance.
  • Performance-based incentive plans.
  • Generous paid time off.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution.
Full Job Description
General Summary:
General Summary
This position requires a unique balance of technical, data and analytical expertise and a business strategist mindset. This role is responsible for overseeing multi-disciplinary teams in the building of data sources, data pipelines and the application of a broad array of analytics tools and predictive models to deliver data driven insights; and, then translating these insights into business value.

This is a leadership position that requires strong partnerships across key business areas to advance the use of analytics. This position is expected to provide strategic analytical input using new data assets and tools to improve, and transform as needed, existing business processes, customer experience, and business results.

This position requires the ability to lead a data and analytics team in real business applications; the individual will be a critical bridge between data and analytics development and business partners to help optimize business performance.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
  • Responsible for defining their team's analytics strategy in partnership with Leadership across the organization. Define the tools, methodologies and staff mix utilized by the team as well as project priorities for the department.
  • Define, develop and implement best practices in support of data & analytics projects to drive consistency and standardization of data usage and analytics practices
  • Drive business stakeholder buy-in for data consumption, operationally and analytically.
  • Responsible for recruiting, training, performance management, coaching, development and retention of staff is at its highest level. Builds bench strength, retaining and motivating high performers.
  • Oversees the construction of predictive models, data pipelines and analytics workflows in the support of operational and analytics objectives. Will also meaningfully contribute to the development of these assets as necessary.
  • Work with partners to translate business needs into a technical plan, identify available data, communicate findings and results, and develop implementation strategies.
  • Provides consulting support to business areas around conformance to corporate policies/procedures and controls, compliance as needed.
  • Understand theory and application of current and emerging analysis methods and data tooling to drive and recommend continuous improvement opportunities.
  • Identify internal and external data sources, construct analytical databases and develop data pipelines that enhance business performance.
  • Discuss data transformation, integration, and reporting requirements with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Will oversee the mentoring and training of team members on the usage of statistical methods, tools and development of data assets.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.


Job Specifications
  • Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree in Information Technology, Mathematics, or Statistics preferred.
  • A minimum of 8+ years hands-on experience acting as a Data Engineer, BI Analyst or Data Scientist. Based on specific team composition and goals one discipline may carry more weight than the others.
  • Proven ability to develop, coach and lead technical staff
  • Deep experience with analytics programming languages (SQL/R/Python)
  • Deep experience with modern BI toolsets (Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, or equivalent)
  • In-depth understanding of data profiling, statistical analysis and data modeling concepts
  • Adept in extracting, loading and leveraging data in data warehouse, transactional databases, object stores & API based environments
  • Data Architecture and Infrastructure: Good understanding of data architecture principles and related infrastructure requirements, covering on-prem and Cloud platforms.
  • Strong problem solving, programming and project management skills.
  • Excellent ability to interpret or correlate an extensive variety of information and decompose complex analytical and technical problems and translate them into simple business solutions to be presented to key stakeholders.
  • Ability to think conceptually, handle ambiguity, solve complex problems and make thoughtful recommendations.
  • Excellent communications skills and abilities working with all corporate levels including senior management and external contacts.


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.
$109,100.00-$224,000.00

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.

Company:
Unum

About Unum Group

Since their founding in 1848, Unum has been known for breaking new ground in the business of benefits. Integrity, determination, innovation and leadership were at the core of their company 165 years ago, and they are just as relevant to their business today. Just as long-lasting has been their commitment to being there when people need us most, a simple but compelling philosophy that began before the Civil War during a time when investing in insurance to protect yourself from the financial effects of illness and injury was a radical idea. They persevered during the fledgling insurance landscape then, and we're equally committed today to educating consumers about the value of financial protection benefits. Take a look below at Unum and its predecessor companies throughout the years.

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Our hiring process is designed to identify and attract the best talent. From the initial resume submission to the final interview, each step is an opportunity to showcase your unique abilities and learn more about the Unum culture. We value straightforward communication and transparency, ensuring that all candidates understand what it takes to be a part of our team.

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10,100 employees
Market Cap
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Net Income
$793 million
Founded
1848
5 Year Trend
+1.6%
Revenue
$13.1 billion
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