Jobs at Protective Life

Coordinates IT change, release, deployment, and production control activities across mainframe, distributed, and application environments. Manages change schedules, prepares production jobs, standardizes version-control and deployment practices, supports outage resolution, monitors system performance and availability, and participates in disaster recovery planning and exercises. Serves as a liaison among development, infrastructure, project management, and leadership teams while ensuring compliance with quality, governance, security, and change-management procedures.

Designs, builds, and operates production data pipelines on Databricks and Azure using Python, SQL, Spark, Delta Lake, dbt, and Dagster. Responsibilities include ingestion, medallion-layer transformations, dimensional modeling, ML datasets, data contracts, quality testing, governance, CI/CD, observability, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and on-call support. The role partners with architects, analysts, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, reusable data products.

Supports HRIS administration, configuration, data maintenance, reporting, troubleshooting, integrations, security roles, and end-user needs. Develops reports using SQL and Excel, validates employee data, investigates system issues, and supports testing, upgrades, implementations, and documentation. Partners with HR, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders to improve HR technology and reporting solutions while maintaining privacy, security, governance, and change-management standards.

Leads user experience and interface design for complex digital products across web and mobile. Responsibilities include user journeys, information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, interaction design, design systems, accessibility, usability improvements, documentation, stakeholder presentations, developer collaboration, visual QA, and mentoring. The role uses research, analytics, and customer feedback to create intuitive, scalable, and cohesive digital experiences.

Owns accounting, reconciliations, payout calculations, financial reporting, variance analysis, forecasting, and internal controls for profit-sharing retrospective programs. Partners with Finance, Accounting, and Program Management to resolve discrepancies, interpret contractual terms, support audits, and improve or automate reporting processes. Provides insights to leadership and mentors junior team members.

Leads new-account acquisition across California by prospecting dealerships, qualifying complex opportunities, conducting consultative discovery, developing proposals, negotiating commercial terms, and coordinating cross-functional contracting and onboarding. Builds executive relationships with dealership stakeholders, manages pipeline forecasts, aligns vehicle protection and F&I solutions to customer needs, and transitions newly acquired accounts to sales leads. Provides market intelligence and subject-matter guidance while ensuring compliance with insurance sales requirements.

Manages regional automotive dealership Finance and Insurance performance across Nevada. Travels regularly to dealer partners, provides F&I training, analyzes production and profitability, develops sales strategies, supports compliance, resolves client issues, recommends incentive plans, negotiates product pricing, and reports competitive and production insights to executive management.

Manages regional dealership Finance and Insurance performance by training dealership personnel, analyzing production, improving profitability and product penetration, ensuring regulatory compliance, and developing sales strategies. Supports established dealership accounts, resolves client issues, provides product and pricing guidance, monitors production goals, conducts meetings, and reports competitive and performance insights to executive management. Requires regular travel throughout Arizona.

Designs, develops, and maintains instructor-led, virtual, digital, and blended learning solutions. Partners with business leaders and subject matter experts to assess learning needs, create curricula and digital content, manage multiple learning projects, support learning platforms, and evaluate effectiveness. The role also advises stakeholders, maintains learning content, administers assignments and reporting, and uses AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve learning design and operational efficiency.

Provides internal sales support for retirement products by handling inbound and outbound advisor calls, scheduling appointments for wholesalers, educating advisors on product features, fulfilling illustration and marketing material requests, maintaining CRM records, and supporting territory marketing campaigns and event follow-up.

Prepare and analyze GAAP and JGAAP financial reports, coordinate quarterly parent-company reporting, own segment close processes, investigate variances, prepare earnings analyses, maintain financial controls, support audits, and present results to stakeholders. The role also handles Stable Value contract accounting, journal entries, payout wires, process improvements, special projects, and collaboration across Finance, Tax, Investments, Legal, and Investor Relations.

Leads annuity distribution across North Carolina and East Tennessee by developing financial institution relationships, executing regional business plans, supporting internal wholesalers, growing advisor relationships, and achieving sales goals. Requires annuity wholesale distribution experience, territory sales success, relevant financial services licenses, and FINRA Series 63 certification.

Provides legal, compliance, and regulatory guidance for statutory PFML, disability, and group employee benefits insurance products. Monitors laws and regulations, reviews product materials and business processes, supports filings, examinations, complaints, and regulatory matters, and partners with cross-functional stakeholders on product development and risk management. Develops compliance policies, controls, training, and impact assessments while translating complex requirements into practical business guidance.

Leads enterprise underwriting strategy, portfolio risk management, profitability oversight, and governance across products and distribution channels. Uses analytics, forecasting, modeling, and market insights to guide pricing, reserving, product strategy, and risk mitigation. Partners with Product, Actuarial, Finance, Sales, and Operations leaders while developing scalable processes and a high-performing underwriting organization. Provides executive-level reporting, strategic advice, talent development, and cross-functional leadership.

Leads the DataOps and MLOps platform for Databricks on Azure, establishing CI/CD, orchestration, observability, governance, infrastructure automation, and reliable production deployment of data pipelines and machine-learning models. Owns Dagster, dlt, dbt, MLflow, Unity Catalog, Terraform, security, cost optimization, incident practices, compliance automation, and model monitoring. Provides technical leadership, mentors engineers, and ensures data and ML systems are reliable, auditable, secure, and cost-effective in a regulated insurance environment.

Lead the technical design and operation of consumer-facing data products on a Databricks lakehouse. Own medallion architecture, dimensional modeling, ODCS data contracts, data quality, observability, CI/CD, incident response, and production standards. Write and review Python and SQL, guide code reviews, mentor engineers, collaborate with product, platform, governance, and ML teams, and ensure compliant, reliable delivery in a regulated insurance environment.

Eight-week summer IT internship for undergraduate and graduate students. Interns will contribute to software development lifecycle activities, implement automation for manual business processes, test and troubleshoot software, document solutions, and participate in Agile ceremonies. The program includes mentoring, collaboration with business leaders, professional development, and work on real business projects at Protective’s Birmingham, Alabama corporate office.

Eight-week summer sales internship supporting broker outreach, prospecting, meeting coordination, follow-up communications, pipeline management, market research, and sales strategy projects. Interns collaborate with sales leaders, analyze market opportunities, present recommendations, and gain exposure to sales operations, business development, and client relationship management.

Supports Client Relations operations by managing dealer agreements, submissions, checklists, documentation, system updates, supply orders, and follow-ups. Responds to agency inquiries, resolves issues, coordinates with account executives and clients, and ensures licensing and insurance paperwork is complete. Maintains accurate agreement trackers, supports dispatch functions, documents processes, and meets service KPIs while providing professional assistance to internal teams and external partners.

Develop and support Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions across the enterprise. Design web components, applications, automations, integrations, and Azure cloud services using C#, .NET, JavaScript, Dataverse, SQL, Power Apps, and related technologies. Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to define requirements, architecture, standards, and delivery plans. Work within Agile practices, document solutions, ensure quality and acceptance criteria, and provide innovative technical solutions for insurance business needs.