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:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Partners with leadership to critically examine and design the long-term provider recruitment strategy and options for strategic relationships to maintain and provide a comprehensive dental and vision network solution for our customers.
• Partners with the distribution team to position the strength of the dental and vision networks to brokers and customers, and to recruit behind disruption reports and identified critical needs.
• Partner with the DHMO team to recruit providers into the California DHMO network, sharing best practices, training and strategy.
• Maintains and understands competitive data on the top national dental and vision networks, as well as at the market specific level in partnership with the distribution team.
• Stay abreast of and implement Federal and State regulatory and legislative changes impacting network providers, the recruitment process, and strategic relationships.
• Recommend areas for improvement in the recruitment process, workflows, and overall provider experience.
• Identifies gaps in network composition and work with leadership to close the gap through recruitment or strategic partnership, or a combination.
• Analyze provider contracts and the provider manual periodically to ensure compliance with state regulations and requirements and improve the provider experience.
• Collaborate with compliance to monitor and maintain compliance with applicable network adequacy standards.
• Assist leadership with provider related committees.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in network management and recruitment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to listen effectively, persuasive negotiation skills, and the ability to communicate strategic and technical issues to individuals and in presentations to groups.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, analytical skills
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, with strong Excel skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and meet assigned deadlines

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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.

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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