ICMA Retirement Corporation

Manager Operations, Plan Administration

ICMA Retirement Corporation • $84K — $127K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in contract administration and negotiation support
  • Strong understanding of pricing, SLAs, and contractual terms
  • Knowledge of legal, regulatory, insurance, and cybersecurity requirements
  • Familiarity with Salesforce and DocuSign for contract workflows
  • Experience with cross-functional stakeholder management
  • Track record in process improvement and systems implementation
  • Effective training and communication skills across teams

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the entire contract lifecycle from creation to maintenance
  • Review contractual redlines and coordinate with legal and business experts
  • Validate pricing structures and service commitments for compliance
  • Ensure oversight on contractual compliance and internal audits
  • Manage contract-related workflows utilizing Salesforce and DocuSign
  • Support onboarding and RFP processes by coordinating operational requirements
  • Track SLA performance metrics for contract efficiency

Benefits

  • Competitive Total Rewards package including base pay and incentives
  • Flexible and hybrid work schedules for work-life balance
  • Tuition reimbursement for continuous education
  • Opportunities for professional and career development
  • Comprehensive wellness programs supporting health
  • Volunteerism initiatives for community engagement
Full Job Description
$84,880.00 - $127,330.00

Reporting to the Senior Director, Relationship Manager, the Manager Operations, Plan Administration leads the end-to-end administration, review, execution, and governance of client contracts and related operations processes. The role ensures that agreements, pricing, service commitments, insurance provisions, cybersecurity requirements, and product terms are accurate, compliant, operationally feasible, and aligned with organizational standards. This position serves as a central liaison among Sales, Legal, Finance, Technology, Operations, Product, Corporate Affairs, Human Resources, Onboarding, and other business partners.

This position protects revenue and reduces organizational risk by ensuring that agreements are accurate, timely, compliant, and operationally supportable. The role also improves contract quality, accelerates execution, strengthens pricing integrity, supports sales forecasting, enhances the onboarding and client experience, and provides leadership with actionable sales insights.

Essential Functions for this role include:

  • Contract lifecycle management: Oversee the creation, revision, processing, routing, execution, and maintenance of administrative service agreements, renewals, new-plan agreements, acquisitions, amendments, managed-account agreements, brokerage agreements, and other client-required documents.
  • Contract review and risk coordination: Review contractual redlines and coordinate proposed revisions with Legal, Finance, Technology, Corporate Affairs, Human Resources, Operations, and other subject-matter experts. Facilitate client attorney discussions and manage agreements requiring notarization, witnesses, or multiple signatures.
  • Pricing and service commitment validation: Confirm that pricing structures, financial terms, service-level agreements, guarantees, and other client commitments satisfy internal requirements and can be delivered operationally.
  • Compliance and control oversight: Coordinate reviews of insurance, cybersecurity, employment-related, and operational contract requirements. Support internal audits by assembling contract, SLA, sales administration, and sales representative documentation.
  • Contract systems and workflow management: Administer contract-related workflows, including DocuSign routing and SellNow monitoring. Submit system enhancement requests, perform testing, and partner with Salesforce Technology on an integrated contract solution connecting BidPro and DocuSign.
  • Cross-functional RFP/Onboarding support: Coordinate contract and operational requirements supporting new-plan onboarding, product updates, RFP documentation, service-level templates, and Administrative Service Agreement samples.
  • SLA Tracking and Reporting: Track and monitor SLA performance across all contracts.
  • Strategic initiatives and continuous improvement: Lead or participate in sales excellence initiatives, including SLA development, Improve workflow integration, clarify ownership, strengthen cross-department communication, and reduce reliance on disconnected tools and manual follow-up.
  • Sales Final Support: Participate in Sales finals and support the sales organization in finals preparation.
  • Performs other duties as assigned


If you have the following skills, we encourage you to apply:

  • Contract administration and negotiation support
  • Pricing, SLA, and contractual-term validation
  • Legal, regulatory, insurance, and cybersecurity coordination
  • Salesforce, DocuSign, and contract-workflow administration
  • SLA and executive reporting
  • Cross-functional stakeholder management
  • Process improvement and systems implementation
  • Training, communication, and workflow governance
  • Strong attention to detail, judgment, accountability, and follow-through


To benefit your career and support your wellbeing, we offer:
  • Competitive Total Rewards package, including base pay, incentive programs, benefits, and a 401(k) plan with matching contributions
  • Flexible and hybrid work schedules to support work-life balance
  • Tuition reimbursement to support continued education
  • Professional and career development opportunities, including courses and certifications
  • Comprehensive wellness programs promoting physical, mental, and emotional health
  • Volunteerism initiatives to encourage community engagement


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About ICMA Retirement Corporation

ICMA Retirement Corporation is a non-profit financial services corporation that provides retirement plans and related services for local government employees in the United States. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. ICMA Retirement Corporation offers a range of retirement plans, including 401(k) and 457 plans, as well as investment advisory services and educational resources to help employees plan for retirement. The company is committed to helping public sector employees achieve financial security in retirement.
Learn more about ICMA Retirement Corporation
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$50 million
Founded
1972
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$1 billion

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