Senior Retail Pensions Sales - Woods Foster

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional senior sales professional with significant UK retail pensions and/or investment platform experience to join a rapidly growing investment and technology business.

The firm has an established presence within the UK market, including a successful institutional distribution capability, and is now looking to strengthen its expertise and commercial reach across the retail pensions and platform market.

This is a senior, high-impact appointment offering the successful individual the opportunity to play an important role in developing new relationships, originating opportunities and driving significant new business.

The Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

1. Developing and executing new business opportunities across the UK retail pensions market
2. Building senior-level relationships across pension providers, platforms, wealth businesses and other key market participants
3. Identifying and converting strategic opportunities into new assets and revenue
4. Developing relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders
5. Working closely with the wider commercial and institutional distribution teams
6. Representing the business externally and helping to further develop its profile within the retail pensions and platform marketplace

Candidate Background

We are particularly interested in speaking with individuals who can demonstrate:

1. A strong track record in UK retail pension sales/business development
2. Experience gained within an investment platform, pension platform, wealth technology or closely related business
3. A demonstrable record of originating and winning significant new business
4. An established network across the UK pensions, platform, wealth and intermediary markets
5. Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of the evolving UK pensions landscape
6. The credibility and gravitas to engage effectively with senior decision-makers
7. An entrepreneurial approach and desire to play an important role within a growing business

This could be particularly attractive to an established senior salesperson who has built a successful career within the retail pensions/platform market and is looking for an opportunity where they can have a genuine impact on the next phase of a firm’s growth.

Package

A highly competitive six-figure remuneration package is available and will be structured appropriately to attract an exceptional individual.