Director, Strategic Business Planning; Retirement Products

Job Family Corporate Development, Strategy and Sustainability

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests. Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment - one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.

Who We Are

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life. Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include
1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors,
2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and
3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs. Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.
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We are hiring for a Director, Strategic Business Planning leader to drive enterprise initiatives, organizational change, and process improvement across multiple business functions in our Retirement product line. This role partners closely with business, PMO, and IT teams to support execution of prioritized projects, manage complex dependencies, oversee governance frameworks, and ensure successful execution of high-impact programs. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in strategic planning, cross-functional leadership, stakeholder communication, and large-scale project delivery, with a proven ability to influence outcomes, solve complex challenges, and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

• Champion organizational change and promote a culture of accountability, collaboration and customer service excellence.
• Resource team members to strategic business initiatives.
• Facilitate the project portfolio management execution in partnership with cross functional teams, including resource alignment to project prioritization, business case development, and resource planning.
• Manage interdependencies and critical path business requirements and User Acceptance Testing across initiatives, supporting risk management, issue escalation/resolution, scope change and implementation planning.
• Manage the Business…