Principal Platform Consultant
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Principal Platform Consultant at INSTANDA in London, United Kingdom, is a hybrid role in IT / Solutions / Architecture at Lead level. JobGrid presents the normalized role facts from the source listing, keeps the employer description separate, and sends candidates to the employer’s original public application page with non-personal referral parameters; no salary is stated in the payload.
- Location and workplace: London, United Kingdom, hybrid.
- Comparable classification: IT, Solutions / Architecture, Lead.
- Source freshness: posted 2026-06-05 and last checked 2026-06-07.
- Salary context: no salary is provided in the payload.
We’re pushing the boundaries of Insurance Technology
INSTANDA is the worlds first no code platform for Insurance. A pioneering Insurtech, we’re revolutionising the insurance industry by offering insurers a versatile tool to create, manage, and distribute digital insurance products. Our innovative technology empowers insurance carriers to adapt swiftly to market demands and navigate the evolving landscape. Our Technology is consistently recognised as the best policy administration platform for innovative insurers, winning awards in both the UK and US.
INSTANDA has grown significantly in recent years and we are now a team of 200+ employees globally, with partnerships that operate worldwide. We’re continuing to grow our business and our Platform Consulting team is at the forefront of our growth plans.
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The Role
We are looking for a Principal Platform Consultant to join our team. Reporting to the Configuration Lead, this customer-facing role will focus on analysing requirements, documentation, design, and configuration of the INSTANDA platform to meet our clients’ needs. The ideal candidate will also be deeply involved in problem-solving and designing solutions to integrate technologies with the INSTANDA platform.
The Principal Platform Consultant is a Configuration expert, with a focus on providing solutions to complex issues that can be solved being using out of the box capabilities, including the use of augmented tools. They are responsible for taking complex Requirements elicited by the Business Analyst “the What” and has the authority to define how they can be delivered using native platform capabilities “the How”. As an expert INSTANDA Configurator, they will feed into solution design and prioritisation of configuration improvements.
Equally, once a solution is defined, the Principal Platform Consultant will either implement themselves or provide oversight to the INSTANDA Configuration team to implement the change, acting as a point of escalation.
While prior experience with the INSTANDA platform is not required, a minimum of 5 years’ experience with configurable SaaS solutions is essential. Exposure to the insurance industry is highly advantageous. We are looking for a smart and technically savvy individual with strong project management skills. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication and analytical abilities and be a collaborative team player dedicated to delivering effective solutions for our clients.
Our clients often encounter technological and resource constraints, leading to lengthy and costly launches of new insurance products and offerings. However, with INSTANDA, insurers can build their products, establish distribution networks, test, and launch their offerings in unprecedented timescales—all without writing a single line of code. The individual in this role will ensure our customers can successfully and effortlessly achieve these goals and more.
This role is UK based, primarily remote working with some travel required to our London Office.
What you will do
- Oversee the design, build, and delivery of insurance products for distribution on the INSTANDA platform (training provided; no complex coding required).
- Line Management of Configuration Analysts and Senior Configuration Analysts
- Support the design and development of reusable integrations to enhance the functionality of the INSTANDA platform.
- Offer pre-sales support by engaging in comprehensive workshops, oversee the configuration of feature targeted demos, and contributing to the initial project scoping and Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates for prospective clients.
- Participate in design and discovery workshops with clients and stakeholders when complex requirements arise. Support Business Analysts during workshops, interviews with stakeholders, and in analysing client documentation.
- Define solutions to complex Requirements using out of the box platform capabilities including, where appropriate, augmentation of approved tools
- Facilitate configuring proof-of-concept demonstrations during the elaboration phase to showcase potential solutions.
- Collaborate with client delivery and engineering teams to support the design and approval of new functionalities, including third-party integrations for data enrichment and reporting.
- Work closely with the Learning & Development team to develop and deliver training initiatives for clients and users on our SaaS product, ensuring a seamless handover of configurations to the business.
- Adopt a proactive approach to troubleshooting, aiding both Support and Product Engineering teams.
- Potential for travel to client destinations during design and discovery phases, as well as during UAT and go-live activities, when required by the client.
- Adhere to INSTANDA’s information security policies, guidelines and best practices to protect our company and our clients.
- Contribute to a culture of security awareness within the company.