Senior Consultant, Retirement & Pension Insurance

About the role

Cognizant Consulting is a global community of 5,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. As a Senior Consultant – Insurance Consulting (Retirement & Pension), you will help retirement and pension clients transform their businesses across strategy, operating model, processes, and technology. You will be a valued member of the Cognizant Consulting Insurance Practice and work collaboratively with client leaders, project stakeholders, and internal consulting teams to deliver value-additive consulting engagements and build long-term trusted relationships.

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

Requirements

• 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

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience creating consulting mindshare such as white papers, points-of-view, and case studies
• Experience building reusable consulting assets and practice capabilities
• Strong presence as a people leader who motivates teams and supports career development

Skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficiency in relevant software tools and technologies

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Employee assistance program
• 10 paid holidays plus PTO
• Paid parental leave and fertility assistance
• Learning and development certifications and programs