The Role
The Project Manager will oversee governance initiatives for a state public pension board, lead evaluations, prepare materials, and collaborate with key stakeholders.
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Project Manager – Pension
Location: Remote
Salary: $130-170k
Sabot Consulting is seeking a highly experienced consultant to support governance and strategic planning initiatives for a state public pension board. The consultant will report to senior management and work closely with board committees, executive staff, and legal counsel to advance fiduciary oversight and strategic objectives.
Responsibilities:
Must Have:
Nice To Have:
About Us: Sabot Consulting is a management consulting company focused on providing technical and management consulting to IT executives and managers in strategic, operational, and project-based practice areas. Our focus on providing expert staff that have the knowledge, experience, and professionalism to engage the client at all levels is the key to our success.
Location: Remote
Salary: $130-170k
Sabot Consulting is seeking a highly experienced consultant to support governance and strategic planning initiatives for a state public pension board. The consultant will report to senior management and work closely with board committees, executive staff, and legal counsel to advance fiduciary oversight and strategic objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and facilitate board self-evaluations, performance appraisals, succession planning, and consultant evaluations during annual board offsite meetings.
- Collaborate with business analysts and technical teams to define high-level technical Guide the strategic planning process in collaboration with senior executives and the Enterprise Strategic Management Division.
- Attend and contribute to Board Governance Committee meetings and other board-related sessions as requested.
- Prepare written materials including agenda items, policy analyses, and benchmarking research for board and committee review.
- Collaborate with the Office of General Counsel to support governance planning and compliance
Must Have:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in governance and strategic planning roles with public pension system boards and senior management.
- Proven ability to work independently with boards in a transparent and public-facing environment, adhering to open meeting laws
- Demonstrated experience preparing strategic plans, governance materials, and policy recommendations.
- Strong understanding of fiduciary responsibilities and governance structures in public pension systems.
- 2 years experience managing large pension projects.
- Successful delivery of at least 2 large complex projects as lead PM
- PMP from Project Management Institute.
Nice To Have:
- Experience with California-based pension systems such as CalSTRS or CalPERS.
- Experience implementing Sagitech Neospin.
- Familiarity with benchmarking practices across global pension funds.
- Advanced degree in Public Administration, Law, Finance, or related field.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex governance topics to diverse audiences.
About Us: Sabot Consulting is a management consulting company focused on providing technical and management consulting to IT executives and managers in strategic, operational, and project-based practice areas. Our focus on providing expert staff that have the knowledge, experience, and professionalism to engage the client at all levels is the key to our success.
Top Skills
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Sagitech Neospin
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The Company
What We Do
Sabot is the IT executive’s trusted advisor. We provide independent analysis, advisory, and management consulting. We increase IT’s value to the business through risk reduction, efficiency, and improved business alignment. Sabot specializes in IT strategy, enterprise architecture, IT operational effectiveness, requirements analysis, and project management. We are true client advocates with no preset technology or vendor biases. Sabot has a 20 year track record providing independent thinking and honest advice to CIOs of some of the largest and most complex organizations.








