The digitalization process, in which we are currently immersed, has considerably transformed our lives. Without a doubt, it has given us many more possibilities to relate, to learn and, in general, to develop in multiple aspects, also professionally. We see this daily with the appearance of new jobs that only a few years ago seemed unimaginable, or with the evolution of roles that we can consider more traditional.
Many sectors and professionals have opted to reinvent themselves to remain relevant in a constantly changing world. This is the case of the banking sector, which has left behind the old operations of accounts and deposits through paper notebooks, to provide new opportunities to a wide range of professionals from various disciplines, especially those that are directly related to the technology.
This is confirmed by the report titled The Future of Banking Jobs, prepared by Funcas, an analysis center dedicated to economic and social research, which states that, although the automation of processes has lightened the administrative burden of entities, “the new “The technologies and enormous amounts of data managed by banks will create a series of opportunities for the retraining of existing employees as well as new jobs within the banking sector.”
Although many people may feel that the appearance of new technological tools, such as Artificial Intelligence, can endanger their profession, the truth is that the digitalization of companies and organizations, in global terms, is helping to create more jobs. of work. Research from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) published in 2022 by Pau Cortadas Guasch, professor at this institution, concludes that it is precisely “in those companies in which digital technologies have been integrated with more intensity where employment increases.” In this way, it is confirmed that undertaking the digitalization process can be a truly key factor in guaranteeing the stability, and even promoting growth, of the labor market.
Banco Santander has decidedly committed to promoting the group’s transformation, incorporating, in 2023, more than 4,500 employees with digital profiles around the world. In fact, the growing demand for this type of professionals in the market, and particularly in financial institutions, led the entity to propose, already in 2020, a specific strategy to attract this type of talent through the Be Tech! program. with Santander. Thanks to this, the bank currently has more than 27,500 STEM profiles (a category that encompasses careers related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics) in its 10 main markets in Europe and America.
The group currently has around 400 vacancies for technological profiles open, which are offered through the usual job portals and also through its own specialized channel, which can be consulted on the website www.betechwithsantander.com. The main objective of this program is to attract and hire the most outstanding technological talent, to help make Santander’s vision a reality, focused on becoming the best open platform for financial services and accelerating its digital transformation.
To make all this a reality, Banco Santander is looking for professionals with digital and technological profiles in areas such as cloud, cybersecurity, data, DevSecOps, Artificial Intelligence, software development, business architecture and product management, in different countries in those that are present, such as Spain, Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom or the United States.
Recently, the financial magazine The Banker, owned by the Financial Times, named Santander the most innovative bank in the world. The publication has recognized the entity’s work in its banking innovation awards thanks to the successful implementation of Gravity, a digital platform with which the entity has managed to expand and diversify its technological capabilities.
Thanks to Gravity, Banco Santander has migrated more than 95% of its infrastructure to the cloud. The forecast is that it will be able to transition most of its banking core around the world by the end of 2024. At the moment, they have already completed this process with business profile clients in the United Kingdom, consumer clients in Chile and the Corporate business
The financial institution has been the first bank in the world to have digitized its banking core with its own software; This is truly crucial, since said core is the most critical part of the technological infrastructure of a financial entity, where the main financial operations, such as transfers, deposits or loans, are processed. This transformation has managed to simplify processes, access information more quickly, speed up deadlines, and, in general, substantially improve the customer experience.
Be Tech! with Santander continues to be the place that brings together all those professionals in search of new opportunities related to digitalization and new technologies. The entity continues to focus on innovation at all levels, as confirmed by the announcement of the creation of two technology centers in Malaga and Warsaw, to offer technological support to various business areas of the group. These two hubs will employ some 1,400 professionals with STEM career profiles, who will surely contribute to the bank’s digital and commercial transformation.
