Job Description

Join us as an Emerging Technology Analyst

Gain exposure by identifying, researching, and experimenting with new technologies which can enable the bank to be an industry leader, delivering a modern, efficient, and seamless banking service
Broaden your network and influence by building and maintaining relationships across technical departments, driving the technical agenda
Drive meaningful change by seeking to apply advancements across the bank and enhancing processes and procedures to ensure the team, department, and division operate efficiently
You’ll work from home some of the time, but you’ll also spend a minimum of 2 days per week working from the office, with Monday and Wednesday being a mandatory in-office day

What you'll do

As an Emerging Technology Analyst, you'll advance the knowledge of the team, department, and division in technical matters by maintaining a strong understanding of new and innovative technologies and sharing insights with wider technical and business audiences.

You'll also seek to understand the opportunities and risks associated with emerging technologies, including quantum computing, smart devices, and advanced AI, while working with academia and industry experts to deepen the bank's expertise in these areas through targeted experimentation.

In addition, you’ll be:

Supporting the discovery of new business propositions
Acting as a subject matter expert on emerging technologies and their potential impact
Leading the build-out of a Centre of Expertise within the Technology function, focused on an emerging technology and connected to the external ecosystem
Supporting the immediate delivery capability for innovation forum members in relation to new business propositions involving an emerging technology

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with experience leading and delivering innovation initiatives at scale across complex organisational boundaries, along with industry-leading knowledge of disruptive technologies, key trends, and customer demands. You should also have the ability to operate effectively across the global innovation ecosystem, with a strong track record of building influential relationships that drive collaboration and innovation outcomes.

In addition, you’ll need:

Experience of architecture design principles across organisation-wide production environments
Demonstrated knowledge of a wide range of programming languages and technical domains
Awareness of the latest developments in the technology industry

Hours

Job Posting Closing Date:

18/08/2026Ways of Working:Hybrid

About NatWest Group

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.

Industry

Finance & Insurance

Company Size

10,000+ employees

Headquarters

Edinburgh, GB

Year Founded

Unknown

Website

natwestgroup.com

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