Retirement & Pension Strategy Lead (Remote)

Cognizant; New York (NY); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays plus PTO

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Principal – Insurance Consulting (Retirement & Pension) to lead retirement and pension engagements, shaping strategy, operating models, processes, and technology for clients in the insurance sector across the US.

You will work with client leaders, project stakeholders, and internal teams to deliver value-driven engagements and build long-term trusted relationships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or a related field.
• Approximately 15+ 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

Leadership

Ethics

Client relationship management

People leadership

Business development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Principal – Insurance Consulting (Retirement & Pension) to lead retirement and pension engagements, shaping strategy, operating models, processes, and technology for clients in the insurance sector across the US.

You will work with client leaders, project stakeholders, and internal teams to deliver value-driven engagements and build long-term trusted relationships.