Pension Specialist

Pension Specialist

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Senior UK Pensions Implementation Expert

We are establishing a dedicated UK product team to bring Festina Life and Pension to new clients across the UK pensions market. As a core member of a small, agile team, you will help shape our presence in the UK market while partnering closely with colleagues in Denmark. This role combines client‑facing solutions work with hands‑on configuration and modelling, making it ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of product, pensions domain expertise, technology and delivery.

Job Description

In this role, you’ll work end‑to‑end on international implementation projects, with a strong focus on configuring Festina Life and Pension to meet complex client requirements. You’ll start by contributing to projects in Denmark and the Netherlands to gain hands‑on product experience, then help drive new UK implementations. Your responsibilities will include translating business needs into robust configurations and models, ensuring each setup is optimized for long‑term success.

Alongside implementation work, you’ll also support presales activities—participating in Proofs of Concept (PoC), Requests for Consultation/Change (RFC), and early‑stage design discussions with prospective clients. You’ll collaborate closely with client stakeholders and our Denmark‑based teams while our Manchester office is being established. This position offers flexibility to begin remotely and transition to a hybrid setup, as well as autonomy to own your workstream, coordinate with the UK Country Head and Danish HQ, and refine our approach to winning and starting projects in the UK.

What you will work on

• Configuring and implementing life events and benefit structures in the system
• Taking part in design discussions with clients and internal teams to shape solution architecture
• Analyzing and modelling UK pension schemes to meet complex regulatory requirements
• Participating PoC and RFC processes, ensuring accurate translation of client needs into system configuration

Candidate requirements

• Solid knowledge of the UK pensions market and regulatory landscape
• Extensive hands‑on experience with UK pension products and scheme design
• Structured, self‑driven, and collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Relevant academic background

What we offer

• Close collaboration with experienced colleagues in Denmark and across Europe
• A supportive, product‑focused environment with clear goals and autonomy

Location & Work Setup

• Office: Manchester City Centre (currently being established)
• Work Model: Hybrid working (remote to start depending on joining date)
• Travel: Occasional trips to our headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark

About Festina Finance

Festina Finance is a leading Danish fintech company, developing advanced financial software systems for pension administrators, pension funds, insurance companies and banks across Europe.

Festina’s flagship platform, ‘FF Life and Pension’, is a modular, fully configurable system built to support the full spectrum of pension and life insurance products—including Defined Benefit (DB), Defined Contribution (DC), Collective Defined Contribution (CDC), and life insurance. The platform enables pension providers to choose only what they need, innovate products, streamline operations, respond swiftly to regulatory changes enabling them to deliver optimal outcomes for their members.

With an established strong track record in Denmark and the Netherlands, Festina Finance already supports Europe’s largest pension provider, managing over £500 billion in assets. The company is now scaling rapidly and is on track to support more than £700 billion in assets and 9 million savers, cementing its position as Europe’s premier life and pensions software platform.

Festina Finance launched in the UK in 2025.

You are welcome to read more about Festina Finance on our website, www.festinafinance.co.uk

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Finance and Sales

Industries

Software Development

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