Remote Retirement Benefits Leader

Newell Brands; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Newell Brands seeks a Lead, Retirement Benefits to steer our defined contribution program and financial wellbeing strategy. You will own governance, vendor relationships, compliance, and communications, enabling strong retirement readiness across a diverse workforce.

This role requires cross-functional collaboration with Total Rewards and executives, driving measurable outcomes. Based remotely in the United States, the candidate will leverage dashboards and workforce insights to inform

Qualifications

• 4+ years of progressively responsible experience in retirement benefits, employee benefits, retirement plan administration, or a related field; experience leading complex programs, projects, or workstreams.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data validation, reconciliation, analysis, and reporting; experience with HRIS, payroll interfaces, retirement recordkeeping platforms, business intelligence, or dashboard tools.

Responsibilities

• Execute strategic direction and operating priorities for the company’s defined contribution benefit plan, balancing employee needs, fiduciary responsibilities, financial stewardship, operational excellence, and alignment with Total Rewards strategy.
• Lead end-to-end retirement plan administration and governance; establish annual objectives, operating standards, decision frameworks, risk controls, and performance expectations to ensure accurate, compliant, and efficient program delivery.
• Own relationships with recordkeepers, trustees, actuaries, consultants, and other partners; direct governance routines, evaluate performance and fees, enforce SLAs, resolve escalated issues, and drive improvement.
• Manage annual compliance, fiduciary, and governance activities, including nondiscrimination testing, contribution limit monitoring, filings, notices, audits, materials, and data collection; elevate risks and remediation.
• Execute a comprehensive employee financial wellbeing and security strategy that improves retirement readiness across key financial life stages; integrate budgeting, debt management, investing, and education.
• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing management of financial wellbeing programs, tools, resources, and vendor solutions; establish roadmap and sponsor change.
• Define and monitor success measures; use workforce insights to direct targeted interventions and investments.
• Act as SME for employee communications and education; set strategy, approve content, and collaborate with stakeholders and vendors.
• Own quarterly retirement plan dashboard and scorecard; present trends, risks, and actions to leadership.
• Analyze plan, participant, payroll, and vendor data to identify trends and opportunities; translate findings into actions.
• Maintain oversight of reconciliations, controls, and audit-ready documentation; drive preventive improvements.
• Monitor regulatory developments; brief leadership and lead required changes.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Dashboard tools

Business intelligence

HRIS

Payroll interfaces

Tools

HRIS

Payroll interfaces

Retirement recordkeeping platforms

Dashboard tools

Business intelligence tools

Job description

Newell Brands seeks a Lead, Retirement Benefits to steer our defined contribution program and financial wellbeing strategy. You will own governance, vendor relationships, compliance, and communications, enabling strong retirement readiness across a diverse workforce.

This role requires cross-functional collaboration with Total Rewards and executives, driving measurable outcomes. Based remotely in the United States, the candidate will leverage dashboards and workforce insights to inform