Remote Senior Consultant, Retirement & Pension

Cognizant; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Employee stock plan

Employee assistance

Holidays + PTO

Parental leave

Learning & development

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Senior Consultant – Insurance Consulting (Retirement & Pension) to help retirement and pension clients transform their businesses across strategy, operating model, processes, and technology.

As a key member of the Cognizant Consulting Insurance Practice, you will lead engagements, partner with client and Cognizant leadership, and mentor delivery teams while pursuing business development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or a related field.
• Approximately 5 years of experience in the retirement and pension industry.
• Hands‑on experience across retirement and pension offerings such as defined contribution (DC), defined benefit (DB), annuities, NQDC, COLI, or pension risk transfer.
• Strong ethics and work ethic, with a proven track record of building trusted client relationships.
• Ability to translate client objectives into clear scope and executable tasks.
• Proven people leadership skills with the ability to coach, mentor, and develop teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver retirement and pension consulting engagements by assessing client maturity and helping transform business and operating models.
• Partner with client and Cognizant leadership to plan, scope, and execute value‑additive consulting projects while managing engagement economics.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to retirement and pension clients, building strong, ethical, and long‑standing working relationships.
• Support business development activities including upsell opportunities and management of RFI/RFP responses.
• Coach, develop, and inspire consulting teams while ensuring quality, relevance, and consistency of client deliverables.

Skills

People leadership

Client relationship management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Business development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or a related field

Advanced degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Senior Consultant – Insurance Consulting (Retirement & Pension) to help retirement and pension clients transform their businesses across strategy, operating model, processes, and technology.

As a key member of the Cognizant Consulting Insurance Practice, you will lead engagements, partner with client and Cognizant leadership, and mentor delivery teams while pursuing business development opportunities.