Digital Acceleration Lead, Director

NatWest Group is hiring a Digital Acceleration Lead, Director in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on NatWest Group.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting mentions RAG among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as an executive role.
NatWest Group has 73 other open roles on Level.
Posted in the last few days.

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Join us as a Digital Acceleration Lead

Drive the acceleration and scaling of digital, data and AI-enabled solutions across Risk, turning strategic priorities and proven ideas into reusable capabilities that deliver sustainable business value and improved risk outcomes
Partner with senior stakeholders and delivery teams across a complex operating environment that enables the successful transition from experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption
You'll lead a team to deliver priority interventions, build colleagues skills, confidence and embed lasting ownership across the Risk function
We're offering this role at director level

What you’ll do

As a Digital Acceleration Lead, you'll be responsible for driving the delivery of digital, data and AI-powered solutions that support Risk's strategic objectives, enhance business outcomes and set the direction for data-driven oversight, analytics and knowledge management capabilities.

In addition, you’ll also lead the identification, industrialisation and expansion of high-impact digital, AI-enabled capabilities and a team that combines solution delivery with capability development, fostering digital and AI skills across Risk, strengthening colleague ownership

You’ll also be responsible for:

Supporting the delivery of digital solutions across Risk and deliver business outcomes
Accelerating the adoption of digital and AI-enabled ways of working by delivering priority interventions that build lasting capability, confidence and self-sufficiency within Risk
Translating senior stakeholder priorities and Risk function roadmaps into a balanced portfolio of targeted interventions, proof of concept, capability-building activities and scalable solutions
Leading a team to provide a deliver-and-develop model, combining outcome delivery with capability transfer and skills development
Designing and delivering joint engagements that embed specialist expertise alongside Risk colleagues to build ownership and sustainable capability
Scaling prioritised solutions into governed, maintainable and reusable products supported by appropriate guidance, training and adoption approaches
Developing strategic partnership to define and implement a pathway from proof of concept through scalability to enterprise adoption and deployment of high-value digital capabilities across Risk, building practical digital and AI capability across Risk

The skills you’ll need

Experience leading large-scale technology and transformation initiatives with strong expertise in digital, data and AI-enabled solutions. Ideal candidate will bring proven track record of driving innovation from concept through to production and delivering scalable solutions.

You'll demonstrate strong technical leadership and the ability to work independently in a highly ambiguous environment. In addition, you'll bring experience leading and developing technical teams with the ability to build capability, establish governance and scale delivery.

In addition, you’ll need:

Strong knowledge of AWS based platforms and RAG architecture
Experience across technology, transformation and Risk-related domains
Strong Enterprise Risk background with proven leadership and stakeholder management experience

Hours

Job Posting Closing Date:

10/11/2026

How we rate this

Digital Acceleration Lead, Director at NatWest Group rates 64 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Digital Acceleration Lead, Director is an open job at NatWest Group.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The role is based in Bengaluru.
The job was posted on November 9, 2026.
Seniority: executive.
Applications are handled by NatWest Group. Apply on NatWest Group

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RAG

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