Head of Legal CoE, Capital Markets & Balance Sheet Management, LG&RA

Join us as Head of Legal CoE, Capital Markets & Balance Sheet Management, LG&RA You’ll lead the operational performance of the Centre of Expertise (CoE), making sure resources are deployed effectively and legal support remains aligned to business priorities Work at the heart of Capital Markets & Balance Sheet Management activity, providing leadership on some of the bank's most complex and commercially significant matters and act as a senior escalation point for complex legal, structuring and risk matters, supporting effective outcomes in line with risk appetite You’ll retain accountability for service quality, resource management, capability development and day to day execution of the CoE Help shape a more efficient, scalable and future-ready function through technology, automation and AI-enabled innovation Our team operates within a hybrid working model so you'll work from home some of the time, coming into the office at least two days per week to collaborate closely with your colleagues What you’ll do In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the Capital Markets & Balance Sheet Management Legal CoE, delivering high-quality and scalable legal support.

You’ll provide consistent and commercially focused legal advice across Capital Markets & Balance Sheet Management activities, helping manage legal risk while supporting strategic business objectives. You’ll drive Legal Governance & Regulatory Affairs (LG&RA) transformation across the CoE by identifying and sponsoring opportunities to adopt legal technology, AI, workflow automation, and data analytics to improve the quality, speed and scalability of legal services.

You’ll also foster high-performance standards with a focus on development opportunities, including digital and AI fluency, proactive succession planning and a commitment to building a progressive, future-ready CoE. In your day-to-day, you’ll be: Building strong relationships with business partners, senior stakeholders and the NatWest Markets GC Driving continuous improvement across delivery models, productivity and cost efficiency Developing strong partnerships across NatWest Markets, supporting effective collaboration and service delivery Providing senior operational interface to the NatWest Markets GC, ensuring delivery aligns with strategic objectives and risk appetite Setting and maintaining service quality, consistency and turnaround standards across all activities supported by the CoE Driving the implementation of the LG&RA technology strategy, proactively supporting initiatives to pilot and scale new tools and embed strong adoption across the CoE Optimising the CoEs external legal costs through consistently disciplined spend management Overseeing resource and capacity management, allocating legal expertise across teams in line with demand Fostering a culture of innovation and psychological safety across the CoE, encouraging colleagues to experiment, share lessons learnt and contribute to cross-functional transformation programmes Setting and maintaining service quality, consistency and turnaround standards across activities supported by the CoE and sharing best practice across adjacent CoEs, promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement The skills you'll need Be the legal expert helping shape the future of capital markets.

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring significant experience in debt capital markets, treasury or balance sheet management legal work. You'll also need a solid understanding of capital markets products, issuance processes and regulation, with the ability to navigate complex legal and regulatory environments. The ability to oversee resource and capacity planning, making sure expertise is aligned effectively to changing business demand, is crucial to this role, as well.

We’ll expect you to have: Proven experience leading specialist teams supporting fast-paced markets activity Strong stakeholder management skills at senior business level A dem