Vice President, Real Estate & Workplace Services

About the role

Unum is 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.

What You'll Lead

• A multi-year real estate and workplace services strategy aligned to enterprise priorities, talent needs, employee experience, and financial objectives.
• Portfolio strategy and optimization across owned, leased, tenant-occupied, and specialized environments, including site strategy, leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, consolidations, and capital investments.
• Facilities and workplace operations that deliver safe, reliable, compliant, efficient, and employee-centered environments.
• Workplace planning, design, construction, renovation, relocation, and capital project delivery grounded in business requirements and user experience.
• Corporate security, emergency preparedness, critical event monitoring, incident response, access control, and duty of care programs.
• Environmental health and safety programs, regulatory compliance, sustainability initiatives, energy and utilities management, and building performance reporting.
• Hospitality and workplace experience services that support productivity, connection, wellbeing, and service excellence.
• Technology, data, analytics, and reporting capabilities that improve occupancy insights, asset management, service delivery, cost transparency, resiliency, and continuous improvement.

What Success Looks Like

• A forward-looking workplace and real estate strategy that supports business priorities and enhances the employee experience.
• Clear governance, service standards, metrics, and reporting across the portfolio.
• Improved portfolio utilization, cost discipline, operational reliability, and capital planning.
• Strong vendor partnerships and service delivery models that are scalable, accountable, and cost-effective.
• A high-performing, customer-centric team known for collaboration, operational excellence, and trusted partnership with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 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.

Why Join Unum

At Unum, you'll join a collaborative and inclusive workplace with a strong sense of purpose: helping the working world thrive. We invest in our people through development opportunities, competitive rewards, wellbeing programs, flexible benefits, paid time away, volunteer opportunities, and a culture that values innovation, accountability, integrity, and care for one another. This is an opportunity to lead a function that directly shapes how employees experience work every day—and to build workplaces that are safe, resilient, efficient, welcoming, and ready for the future.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $184,100.00-$348,000.00. Actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

Benefits

• Award-winning culture
• Inclusion and diversity as a priority
• Performance Based Incentive Plans
• Health, Vision, Dental
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution (5% employer match plus an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not)
• Mental health support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Student loan repayment options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environments