Deployment Strategist
Our AI-native wealth and retirement operating system platform client is searching for a Deployment Strategist to join them (remotely in UK or EU or in the UAE ) to play a key role in driving strategic implementations, shaping products with clients, and turning vision into working systems. You’ll partner with some of the world’s most complex financial institutions to reimagine how they deliver retirement and wealth products at scale.
In this multifaceted role you will lead transformation from the ground up working from scoping through to go-live. You’ll uncover deep user needs, structure ambiguous problems, and orchestrate the deployment of the platform to create immediate and lasting impact. You are accountable for aligning all functions around a clear roadmap, managing external stakeholders, owning change delivery, and translating complexity into scalable action.
The Deployment Strategist sits at the centre of the delivery operating model, working across a tightly coordinated team including: Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs), Platform Operations Managers and Business Operations Managers.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic deployments from scoping to go-live — engaging directly with client execs, product teams, and operations leaders
- Shape product from the field, working with engineering and design to tailor the platform to complex client workflows
- Define success by deeply understanding the business, regulatory, and operational constraints of clients across retirement, wealth, and insurance
- Drive change by designing modular rollout strategies that minimise risk, accelerate time to value, and scale impact over time
- Operate as a partner, not a vendor — challenging client thinking, unblocking complexity, and aligning stakeholders around a new way of operating
Qualifications
- 5–10+ years experience in consulting, strategy, fintech, or enterprise deployment in a high-stakes environment
- Deep analytical and first-principles problem-solving skills
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management, from C-suite to operations floor
- Comfort navigating ambiguity, complexity, and rapid scale
- An instinct for systems thinking, user needs, and product design
- Experience with financial services — especially retirement, wealth, or insurance — is a strong advantage
Benefits
- Great salary package on offer
- Generous benefits inc health insurance, dental, vision
- Remote or hybrid (1 day p/w in office in Abu Dhabi)
- Enormous opportunity to grow, learn and have an impact
- A vibrant and truly international work environment in a fast growing FinTech.
- Fast pace and get things done mentality.
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