Unum
Director, Sales Comp Design and Sales Planning
Columbia, South Carolina, USA · Director · Contract
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$13,892 more — $103,792 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $103,792 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Sales Managers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Sales Managers (11-2022) · Columbia, SC. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally.
- Help us help others, and join Team Unum today!
- In addition, provide distribution strategy analysis and recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, implement and manage sales compensation plans that align corporate and field sales force objectives.
- Develop and deliver effective sales compensation tools for the sales organization such as: compensation plans and income projection models and provide training on the use of these tools.
- Develop and manage cost effective financing programs that help attract and retain successful sales managers.
- Ownership of Colonial Life's sales projection process which drives significant enterprise wide financial decisions.
- Support the AVP Comp Design, Sales Planning & Analysis, and Head of Sales with distribution strategy, performance management, and other related topics.
- Provide analytical support and make recommendations for Colonial's Incentive & Awards programs.
- Provide liaison support and guidance to other Colonial Life departments such as product marketing and broker marketing that either impact or are impacted by sales force compensation.
- Leads strategic work associated with compensation and data analysis tied to the enterprises initiatives such as Cross Brand Sales (CBS), Gathr, etc.
- 200 + employee sales management and sales support positions with 10+ compensation plans
- Performs other duties as assigned
Compensation
- Annual 1099 compensation of $350M+
- Annual W2 compensation of $25M+
Benefits
- Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
- Mental health support
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible work environments
- Ability to negotiate and interact with all levels of the sales force and home office employees including senior management.
Company info
- Colonial Life
- Career advancement opportunities
This listing is sourced directly from Unum's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.