Senior Retirement & Pension Consulting Lead (Remote)

Cognizant; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 87,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision and life ins.

401(k) plan and contributions

Employee stock purchase plan

Employee assistance program

10 paid holidays plus PTO

Paid parental leave and fertility help

Learning and development programs

Job summary

Cognizant 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. You will join Cognizant Consulting Insurance Practice and work with client leaders and project teams to deliver value‑adding engagements.

This remote US-based role offers opportunities to lead engagements, shape delivery, and develop lasting client relationships with Cognizant’s global

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 building

Scope definition & task planning

Retirement & pension domain knowledge

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 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. You will join Cognizant Consulting Insurance Practice and work with client leaders and project teams to deliver value‑adding engagements.

This remote US-based role offers opportunities to lead engagements, shape delivery, and develop lasting client relationships with Cognizant’s global