Vice President, Real Estate & Workplace Services

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 . 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: Unum is a leading international provider of workplace benefits and services, helping workers and their families thrive for more than 175 years. With more than 10,000 employees across the U.S. and abroad, we are driven by innovation, integrity, customer focus, and a commitment to creating a workplace where people can grow, contribute, and do meaningful work. We are 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,