Development Manager, Performance, Risk and Analytics

NatWest Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution seeks a Development Manager to drive the strategic direction of their team. This hybrid role involves transitioning the Wealth business to a data-driven approach, delivering key projects efficiently and aligning with the bank's technological goals. The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge in project finance, technical architecture, and experience in managing development teams. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to impact financial services positively.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of technical architecture and functionality of applications.
• Strong understanding of project finances and reporting.
• Experience in leading and managing development teams.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the end-to-end delivery of projects.
• Ensure that project deliverables achieve customer goals.
• Deliver architectural and functional improvements.

Skills

Technical architecture knowledge

Project finances and reporting

Market Data in financial services

Data products familiarity

Experience in a dynamic environment

Problem-solving across business units

Tools

AWS

Snowflake

Databricks

Python

Vendor management experience

Job description

Overview

Join us as a Development Manager, Performance, Risk & Analytics

• In this key role, you’ll set the strategic direction of the team, supported by the senior technical members
• You’ll be at the heart of the transition of the Wealth business to a data driven business, leveraging market and investments data to create bespoke solutions for our customers to help them fulfil their financial goals
• This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to share their subject matter expertise and help shape the future direction of the function
• You’ll work from home some of the time, and you’ll also spend twice a week in our London office

Responsibilities

As a Development Manager, you’ll take responsibility for the end-to-end delivery of strategic and tactical projects, delivering agreed business outcomes and coordinating with various technology and change teams to achieve this.

We’ll look to you to be making sure that project deliverables can achieve customer goals within a well-considered total cost of ownership, as well as ensuring that the reputation of the bank is built, safeguarded, and kept foremost in the mind, while interacting with all stakeholders.

You’ll also be:

• Making sure that work done is aligned to the principles of software development across the bank
• Delivering architectural and functional improvements that will have a positive impact on our technology estate and business
• Driving and contributing to the technology strategy roadmap
• Understanding and incorporating requirements originating from the programmes in which the project team is involved
• Influencing delivery plans and coordinating delivery across multiple projects and deliverables

Qualifications

To thrive in this role, you’ll have good knowledge of technical architecture, and the functionality of applications used to support the business. You’ll also need strong knowledge of project finances and reporting, along with experience of Market Data in financial services as well as familiarity with data products in financial services and data market places.

Experience in leading and managing development teams will be required, as will knowledge of the key phases of software delivery lifecycles and established software development methodologies. We’ll also look for experience in driving change through to a successful conclusion and the ability to influence at all levels.

You’ll also bring:

• Experience of working in a dynamic environment often with shifting priorities
• The ability to quickly understand and be familiar with complex systems
• Experience of delivering projects in geographically dispersed teams
• Experience of vendor management, such as LSEG or Bloomberg
• Experience with AWS and Snowflake or Databricks to deliver data platforms supporting Wealth and Asset managers and the ability to engineer in Python
• A track record of delivering dashboard and information to stakeholders to support decision making
• An entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to solve problems across business units

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date: 12/10/2025

Ways of Working: Hybrid