Graduate Trainee - Digital Transformation

Why Digital Transformation?

Help the bank transform our digitally led customer interactions and experiences safely and securely while remaining simple, resilient, and personalisedto our customer needs.

In our Digital Transformation programme, we bring together data, customer experiences, and cutting‑edge technology to drive and influence change and transformation.

We pave the way for the bank to embrace digital solutions and innovation in a safe and secure way, keeping us ahead of the curve when meeting the needs of our customers, and keeping the bank competitive and commercially successful.

Our world‑class graduate programme

As a graduate trainee in Digital Transformation, we’ll give you the best possible start to your career by equipping you with the knowledge, skills, and experiences you’ll need to make a significant impact through your work.

Over the course of this two‑year programme, you can expect to:

• Influence and drive transformation across NatWest Group, by helping us to develop innovative, leading‑edge solutions for our 19 million customers
• Be involved in a wide range of initiatives and projects, from analysing data and building the case for change, to assessing the impact, proposing recommendations, and supporting change implementation
• Work on our customer journeys and user experiences, developing and understanding the cutting‑edge technologies that will have a positive impact on our customers and our future as a bank
• Embed new business operating models that maintain our services and products

How you’ll benefit

We’ll reward you with a starting salary of £36,000 a year. If you join a team based in London, you’ll be awarded an additional allowance of £3,450 a year pro rata.

And on top of your salary, you’ll also have access to our flexible benefits package.

You can also expect to:

• Learn from industry experts and immediately apply your learnings
• Enrich your learning with access to world‑leading research and insights
• Test and learn new approaches in a safe, inclusive environment
• Accelerate your business analysis, diagnostic, and change management capability
• Develop your project management and consultancy skills
• Expand your global professional network
• Grow your confidence, build your resilience, and elevate your presence
• Experience first‑hand what it’s like working in a purpose‑driven organisation

At the end of the programme, you’ll be well positioned to apply for jobs such as a Business Analyst, Project Analyst, Data Analyst, or Journey Developer, as a few examples.

Entry requirements

To be eligible for our Digital Transformation graduate programme, you’ll need:

• To have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree
• A passion for innovation and digitalisation
• Good communication skills
• A strong customer focus
• To be technically‑minded
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• To be curious, and willing to openly challenge the status quo

Ready to apply?

The application window for this programme will be open until we receive enough applications to fill our cohort. When that happens, we’ll close the programme to new applications. It’s important to take the time to make sure you’re making the right decision about the programme you want to apply for (you can only apply for one programme) but please complete your application as soon as you can to make sure you don’t miss out!

Not all of our graduate programmes offer Skilled Worker sponsorship. We will only offer sponsorship if there is a business requirement to do so and the job meets Skilled Worker Visa eligibility criteria.

Have another question?

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