Corporate Vice President, Pension Risk Transfer

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Jersey City, NJ, USA
Hybrid
140K-170K Annually
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The Role
Lead expansion of New York Life's Pension Risk Transfer capabilities, from product design and market positioning to cross-functional launches. Build business cases, monitor market trends, drive strategy, and present recommendations to senior leadership while collaborating with actuarial, investments, legal, operations, and distribution teams.
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Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week
Business Unit Overview:
Institutional Annuities is New York Life's growing specialized annuity business, helping millions of Americans build financial security for retirement. We partner with leading asset managers to deliver innovative retirement and investment solutions to corporations, government organizations, and educational institutions. Backed by New York Life's financial strength, we help organizations manage risk and provide retirement security through solutions including stable value investments and pension risk transfer.
Role Overview:
As a Corporate Vice President within New York Life's Institutional Retirement Income Solutions team, you'll drive the expansion of our Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) capabilities, one of the company's most important strategic growth areas. This is a unique opportunity to shape the products, structures, and positioning that will power the next phase of our growth in the PRT market. You'll drive new capabilities from concept through launch, inform how New York Life competes, and work across the organization to turn strategic priorities into results. Your product mindset and ability to lead through influence will directly support the team's mission to establish NYL as a leader in the institutional retirement market.
What You'll Do:
  • Capability expansion: deliver the expansion of New York Life's PRT capabilities, including new product structures, market segments, and transaction types
  • Business building: develop business cases and secure cross-functional alignment to bring new capabilities from concept through launch
  • Product strategy and positioning: define product strategy and competitive positioning for the PRT business
  • Market intelligence: monitor market trends, competitive dynamics, and industry developments to inform strategic priorities
  • Cross-functional leadership: collaborate across actuarial, investments, legal, operations, and distribution to advance business initiatives
  • Senior visibility: present business performance, strategy, and recommendations to senior leadership
  • Cross-business contribution: support Defined Contribution Retirement Income initiatives as needed

What You Bring:
  • 8+ years of experience in Pension Risk Transfer, the defined benefit system, or institutional retirement markets
  • Experience building or expanding products, capabilities, or businesses in financial services
  • Strong command of PRT transaction structures and deal economics
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without formal authority
  • Strong analytical, communication, and executive presentation skills
  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business discipline; actuarial credentials, CFA, or MBA a plus
  • Candidates must be eligible and willing to obtain Life/Accident/Health insurance licensing credentials as required

Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $140,000-$170,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
Job Requisition ID: 94472
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Skills Required

  • 8+ years of experience in Pension Risk Transfer, the defined benefit system, or institutional retirement markets
  • Experience building or expanding products, capabilities, or businesses in financial services
  • Strong command of PRT transaction structures and deal economics
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without formal authority
  • Strong analytical, communication, and executive presentation skills
  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business discipline
  • Actuarial credentials, CFA, or MBA
  • Eligible and willing to obtain Life/Accident/Health insurance licensing credentials as required

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New York Life Insurance Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Retirement Support The package includes both a 401(k) with company match and, for many roles, a defined‑benefit pension, with day‑one vesting on the match highlighted for corporate employees. Financial professionals who qualify may also access a defined‑benefit plan and a 401(k).
  • Parental & Family Support Fertility support, adoption assistance, backup childcare, and free 24/7 online tutoring complement expanded Paid New Parent benefits that provide time off for all parents, with additional paid weeks typically available for birthing parents via short‑term disability. EAP resources and paid time off (including bereavement and volunteer time) further reinforce family support.
  • Healthcare Strength Medical, dental, and vision plans are augmented by a company‑funded HRA option with wellness earn‑ups and FSAs for health and dependent care. Wellness resources and commuter benefits add practical support to everyday wellbeing.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
12,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1845

What We Do

At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of integrity, mutuality, and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation. As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S., we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view, investing in people, purpose, and innovation that endures. Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology-, data-, and AI-powered company, we’re modernizing our platforms, rearchitecting experiences, and embedding intelligence across our products and services. Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today, technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients, advisors, and communities in more personalized, proactive ways. With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance, investments, retirement, group benefits, and direct-to-consumer offerings, New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving. We’re powered by a values-led culture, inclusive teams, and a shared belief that when our people thrive, so does our company. Here, tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas, energy, and growth power what’s next.

Why Work With Us

New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity, humanity, and shared success—values that show up in how we work, lead, and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.

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