Remote DC Strategy Director

Censeo Consulting; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation and sick leave

Flexible and remote work opportunities

Tuition and training reimbursement

Hybrid work schedule

Competitive compensation package

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Censeo Consulting Group is seeking a Director of Defined Contribution Strategy to lead modernization and recompete efforts for federal retirement recordkeeping services. You will guide strategy, analyze current state processes, and coordinate with executives, industry experts, and cross-functional teams to deliver actionable recommendations.

The ideal candidate will have deep retirement plan knowledge, strong leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of complex program

Qualifications

• Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, finance, economics, information technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in research, analysis, consulting, or leadership within the defined contribution retirement plan industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading or advising large, complex plan administration and recordkeeping transition initiatives.
• Extensive knowledge of defined contribution plan administration, recordkeeping operations, business processes, technology, and participant or customer services.
• Experience conducting current state assessments, process reviews, requirements development, gap analyses, market research, and future-state planning.
• Demonstrated ability to advise plan sponsors, plan administrators, recordkeepers, or comparable financial institutions and deliver actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for evaluation and modernization of large, complex defined contribution recordkeeping and plan administration services.
• Serve as a senior subject matter expert on defined contribution plan administration, recordkeeping operations, participant services, technology, customer service, and industry practices.
• Lead or support current state assessments, discovery activities, process reviews, gap analyses, and development of future state recommendations.
• Define business requirements, desired outcomes, performance expectations, and strategic priorities for the future recordkeeping environment.
• Advise agency executives and project stakeholders on recordkeeping industry trends, leading practices, service delivery models, and transition considerations.
• Conduct or oversee market research, industry benchmarking, analysis of alternatives, and development of business cases for major recordkeeping decisions.
• Evaluate plan features, operational processes, service costs, customer service models, technologies, and other considerations affecting plan participants and beneficiaries.
• Lead the development of process models, requirements documentation, executive summaries, presentations, strategic recommendations, and other major deliverables.
• Plan and facilitate meetings and working sessions with agency executives, industry experts, project teams, and other stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Analytical

Written communication

Presentation skills

Stakeholder engagement

Research

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, finance, economics, information technology, or related field

Job description

Censeo Consulting Group is seeking a Director of Defined Contribution Strategy to lead modernization and recompete efforts for federal retirement recordkeeping services. You will guide strategy, analyze current state processes, and coordinate with executives, industry experts, and cross-functional teams to deliver actionable recommendations.

The ideal candidate will have deep retirement plan knowledge, strong leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of complex program