AVP, Legal Counsel - Business Operations Law Team

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 

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! 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Enforces and defends Company’s interests in litigation and disputed matters; selects, assists and supervises outside counsel.
• Assists with legal aspects of insurance regulatory matters pertaining to such diverse areas as market conduct examinations, rate and form filings and approvals, acquisitions and divestitures.
• Provides legal support to designated business units, manages workflow from and relationships with all levels of management of each unit.
• Prepares legally binding documents; drafts, negotiates and develops complex contracts and forms; may be responsible to assist with state filings, approvals of contracts, rates and marketing materials, and systems implementation.
• Works across team and law department to help assure that excellent, timely and business sensitive legal support is provided to the corporation and to business clients, in furtherance of business goals and priorities.
• Monitors and keeps legal management team apprised of and solicits their input as appropriate on significant legal issues.
• Analyzes and assists with formulating company’s position on legislation/regulations.
• Serves as a legal advisor to Enterprise wide business units.
• Incorporates and applies ERISA, federal and state tax laws and regulations, insurance laws and regulations, and employee benefit laws and regulations affecting insurance products and services, including new and emerging areas of the law like e-commerce and privacy, to business plans and objectives.
• Identifies trends and issues across Enterprise and loops in the right level of support within the business and law department in furtherance of Enterprise-wide priorities and objectives.
• Identifies law-related training needs of business clients; develops and delivers targeted training through various mechanisms including written materials, video conference, EGC, webcasts, classroom and staff presentations.
• Complies with and ensures that all business clients adhere to the Code of Conduct and We Are Unum values.
• Ensures development and maintenance of support staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

• J.D. (law degree) plus admission to practice law in at least one jurisdiction, In good standing.
• A minimum 8 years of relevant experience in the business, corporate or other legal environment with at least three years of experience in the applicable specialized area.
• Knowledge of the state and federal regulatory environment, including state filing and compliance requirements and processes.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities including ability to build effective working relationships with key constituents across the Enterprise.
• Insurance product knowledge preferred, especially with regards to disability, life, dental, vision and workplace offerings.
• Strong people and change management skills preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate complex problem-solving skills as well as agility to support proof of concept and other innovative business opportunities.
• Results-oriented with ability to handle a multitude of tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to engage effectively with external customers and brokers.
• Ability to understand multiple technology applications.
• Excellent oral and written communication and negotiation skills.

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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.

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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