The Defined Contribution Plans Manager is responsible for oversight of the Retirement Savings Plan (401a) and SURS Deferred Compensation Plan (457b), including establishing and implementing policies and procedures, compliance, and leadership. Recordkeeping and many administrative functions are outsourced to a third party. This position will serve as the primary SURS contact and liaison between the recordkeeper and SURS investment, legal, accounting, counseling, employer services, and communication staff, as well as other RSP/DCP service providers who collectively administer the two defined contribution plans.

The Deputy Chief Technology Officer at SURS is a senior leadership position responsible for supporting the daily operations of SURS and contributing to the strategic direction, planning, and management of SURS Information Technology (IT) initiatives. The Deputy CTO will work closely with the SURS CTO to develop and implement technology strategies that align with the organization’s goals and objectives while fostering innovation and promoting a culture of technological excellence. This role requires a deep understanding of support operations, strong technical acumen, exceptional leadership, and communication skills. This position will oversee the operational units of infrastructure and operations, application support, office services and facilities.

The Analyst assists other Investment staff in the selection, evaluation and ongoing monitoring of external investment managers.  Developing the knowledge and skill necessary for investment decision making and manager selection.  The Analyst focus on fixed income and equities.

The Investment Analyst Intern assists other Investment staff in the selection, evaluation and ongoing monitoring of external investment managers. Developing the knowledge and skill necessary for investment decision making and manager selection. The Investment Analyst Intern will likely focus on public market fixed income and equity mandates but could also be introduced to private market mandates depending on projects during the internship and interest/skills of the candidate.

The Analyst assists other Investment staff in the selection, evaluation and ongoing monitoring of external private real assets managers.  Developing the knowledge and skill necessary for investment decision making and manager selection. This position supports the Senior Investment Officer for real assets.

SURS’ Member Service roles rely heavily on strong customer service, communications, critical thinking, and mathematical skills. Certain departments are more customer service-focused while others focus more on claims processing and analysis. Openings are available in multiple departments.

SURS is looking for a Member Service Representative to join the Employer Services team. This position will serve as an employer payroll specialist. The main duties include assisting employers with requests and providing training to employers on SURS related procedures, statues, and Administrative Rules. This position will be cross trained in accounting in areas involving employer payroll and data.

This position calls for a detail-oriented, highly organized, outgoing professional who has strong communications/public speaking skills and can work independently to be a retirement counselor/educator. Proficient math skills with the ability to calculate complex retirement estimates is a must.

SURS is searching for an experienced investment professional to help manage the system’s portfolio of external public equity and fixed income investment managers.  Duties will include evaluating and monitoring current managers, recommending to the CIO and the Board when investment managers should be retained or replaced, and leading the RFP/search process to find suitable new portfolios.

The Velocity Product Manager takes prioritized SURS’ requirements and defines how those should be implemented in Velocity. To do that, the Product Manager writes and provides detailed user stories and acceptance criteria to Development, then reviews, tests and ultimately approves the new features. The Velocity Product Manager will also coordinate the socialization & testing of new product releases with the vendor and internal stakeholders. This will be a critical and visible role in the SURS IT organization.