NatWest
US Head of Technology
$270K–$350K
Stamford · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
About the job
Leads the delivery, stability, risk controls, and regulatory compliance of technology platforms supporting NatWest Markets Securities Inc., including trading, risk, and post-trade systems.
What you'll do
- Own technology risk, controls, regulatory compliance, operational resilience, and service stability.
- Lead complex technology change programmes and partner with senior Markets, Trading, Risk, and governance stakeholders.
- Build and lead global technology teams and oversee service performance, incident response, and continuous improvement.
What they ask for
- Leadership experience in Markets technology, with exposure to FX and/or Fixed Income trading systems, potentially in a production-facing or SRE role.
- Proven accountability for production technology in a regulated financial services environment.
- Strong understanding of trading system architectures, market data platforms, risk systems, and post-trade systems.
- Experience with technology governance and control frameworks, operational stability and resilience, and large, complex technology change programmes.
Nice to have
- Experience engaging with regulators and senior risk stakeholders.
- Exposure to platform engineering, SRE, automation, legacy modernisation, or global follow-the-sun technology operations.
Pay
$270,000-$350,000 USD base salary
Tools
FX, Fixed Income, SRE, platform engineering
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