Vice President, Head of ERISA Compliance & PEP Governance

Vice President / Head of ERISA Compliance & PEP Governance

GNPPG and its family of companies are leaders in the retirement plan administration industry, with a strong focus on Pooled Employer Plans (PEPs). NPPG Plan Professionals LLC is a DOL and SEC-registered Pooled Plan Provider (PPP) overseeing approximately 50+ Multiple and Pooled Employer Plans and delivering comprehensive retirement plan administration and fiduciary services to plan sponsors nationwide.

The Opportunity:

NPPG is seeking a senior fiduciary executive with exceptional experience with managing retirement plan compliance and plan administration at scale to serve as its internal authority on ERISA compliance and PEP governance. This is not a compliance administrator role. It is a strategic governance leadership role for an experienced ERISA professional who can build, enforce, document, and continuously improve the fiduciary and administrative infrastructure of a growing PEP/PPP platform.

• Lead and own the annual compliance and administration calendar across MEPs, PEPs and fiduciary engagements, including testing, filings, disclosures, IPS reviews, provider benchmarking, audits, and governance committee …
• Lead and continuously improve governance frameworks, committee charters, meeting protocols, voting procedures, escalation processes, fiduciary decision logs, minutes, resolutions, and documentation standards.
• Establish clear performance expectations, KPIs, productivity metrics, and accountability standards at every level of the organization.
• Oversee service provider performance of recordkeepers, TPAs, 3(38) investment managers, auditors, legal counsel, and other providers; ensure service quality, fee reasonableness, contractual performance, and remediation where needed.
• Ensure fiduciary decisions, investment changes, provider replacements, corrective actions, policy updates, and governance decisions are properly deliberated, documented, retained, and defensible.
• Oversee IPS governance, fee and service benchmarking, ERISA §408(b)(2) processes, service agreement review, conflict monitoring, EPCRS corrections, audits, and regulatory-exam readiness.
• Train relationship managers and internal stakeholders on fiduciary responsibilities, documentation standards, compliance calendar execution, and PPP governance expectations.
• Partner closely with senior Retirement Plan Administration and Investment and Administrative Fiduciary Service managers, ERISA counsel, senior leadership, relationship management, implementation, and client‑facing teams.

• 10+ years of senior‑level experience in ERISA compliance, fiduciary governance, retirement plan administration, ERISA law, or related qualified‑plan oversight.
• 5+ years responsible for or leading multi‑discipline, multi‑level retirement plan administration teams from census through completed Form 5500 filings.
• Experience at a large TPA, bundled recordkeeper, ERISA‑focused law firm, RIA, or fiduciary governance platform; candidates must understand how these organizations operate in order to hold them accountable.
• Demonstrated expertise overseeing the service provider ecosystem, including recordkeepers, TPAs, 3(38), 3(16), auditors, and legal counsel.
• Deep knowledge of ERISA fiduciary standards, prohibited transaction rules, reporting and disclosure requirements, IRS/DOL correction programs, PPP responsibilities under the SECURE Act, and PEP operating models.
• Experience with Investment Policy Statements, committee governance, fiduciary documentation, fee/service benchmarking, RFPs, service agreement review, and audit/regulatory readiness.
• Ability to translate complex ERISA and regulatory requirements into practical guidance for internal teams, relationship managers, adopting employers, and senior leadership.
• Experience with SEC Registered Investment Advisors in the retirement plan context, given NPPG’s unique SEC‑Registered PPP status.
• Experience as, or directly advising, a named fiduciary, PPP, or 3(16) plan administrator.

An ERISA attorney/J.D. with an employee benefits concentration is strongly preferred. Exceptional non‑attorney candidates with ERPA and/or QPA…