Join us as a Head of Technology, Data & Information Integrity
- Lead our technology, data and information security capabilities across NatWest Markets NV, shaping a high-performing and future-ready operating model
- You’ll define our technology and data strategy, driving alignment with customer needs and commercial priorities
- You'll provide thought leadership on emerging technology, data and AI trends, leveraging strong knowledge of the European banking landscape and regulatory environment to shape strategic decisions
- Working closely with senior stakeholders, you’ll strengthen resilience, enhance performance and embed robust risk management practices across the bank
In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the end-to-end management of technology and corporate services, making sure they’re secure, efficient and aligned to our long-term strategy. You’ll deliver the technology and AI roadmap in line with enterprise architecture, embedding robust governance frameworks aligned to evolving regulatory requirements, including DORA, BCBS239 and the EU AI Act. Alongside this, you’ll own technology, data and AI risks within appetite, securing a resilient and well‑controlled operating environment.
You’ll also be:
- Improving service performance and reducing technical debt, accelerating value delivery across platforms and services
- Strengthen cyber defence, monitoring and incident response capabilities for the robust protection of systems and data
- Setting the direction for data management, driving improvements in data quality, governance and data literacy across the organisation
- Building strong partnerships across the bank and overseeing key operational services, securing alignment, integration and effective service delivery
To succeed in this role, you’ll bring experience leading international technology teams and delivering large‑scale change. You’ll pair this with a strong understanding of technology risk, cyber security and data governance. With a proven track record of improving data management and quality frameworks, you’ll help strengthen data integrity and operational performance across the organisation.
You’ll also demonstrate:
- Strong, banking, investment banking or capital markets experience
- Understanding of how a regulated legal entity operates within a larger Group environment and the ability to assess and challenge the impact of Group decisions on the local entity
- Effective stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at senior level, communicating complex ideas clearly to a wide range of stakeholders
- Strong knowledge of the European banking and financial markets landscape, including relevant governance, regulatory and risk requirements and industry best practices
- Deep technical expertise across enterprise technology, cloud, data, AI and cybersecurity, with the credibility to challenge and guide architecture and engineering decisions
- Experience leading technology and data transformation programmes within complex, highly regulated financial services organisations
Hours
40Job Posting Closing Date:
25/08/2026Ways of Working:HybridSkills Required
- Experience leading international technology teams and delivering large-scale change
- Strong understanding of technology risk, cyber security and data governance
- Proven track record improving data management and data quality frameworks
- Banking, investment banking or capital markets experience
- Understanding of regulated legal entity operations within a larger Group environment
- Effective stakeholder management and ability to influence at senior level
- Strong knowledge of European banking and financial markets regulatory and governance requirements
- Deep technical expertise across enterprise technology, cloud, data, AI and cybersecurity
- Experience leading technology and data transformation programmes in regulated financial services organisations
NatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NatWest Group and has not been reviewed or approved by NatWest Group.
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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What We Do
We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate. As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these. Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence. One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025. We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.
