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Santander

Global retail and commercial banking group

Head of Governance & Orchestration - Agentic Organization

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMadrid, Spain

About the Job

Requirements

  • More than 8 years of experience in technology governance, enterprise architecture, technology risk, or operations, including at least 3 years leading teams.
  • Define operating models and standards in large, regulated organizations.
  • Have strong knowledge of access-control models, segregation of duties, and auditing.
  • Understand practical applications of large language model-based systems and their risks, including hallucinations, data leakage, and permissions.
  • Coordinate many teams and areas without relying on hierarchical authority.
  • Coordinate and influence across functions without hierarchical authority.
  • Communicate effectively and facilitate communities.
  • Apply structured thinking and maintain a control-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

  • Define the operating model for the agentic organization, including roles, responsibilities, agent and skill lifecycles, and criteria for moving into production.
  • Establish common development, review, documentation, and publication standards across initiatives.
  • Ensure every relevant architecture, access, and data decision is documented and has an accountable owner.
  • Define role profiles, including which modules, skills, and data each role can access, and determine who decides when a new role is introduced.
  • Maintain a clear and verified access matrix with Platform & Enablement and review it periodically.
  • Clearly separate granting access to people through identity management from controlled changes to the meaning of a profile.
  • Define how agents and teams working in parallel coordinate, including responsibilities, integration points, and conflict resolution.
  • Implement independent review of agent and team work before publication.
  • Define what is logged for each agent or user action and how it is audited.
  • Ensure end-to-end traceability from data source to response and from request to action.
  • Coordinate responses to governance incidents, including improper access, outdated data, and decisions without an accountable owner.
  • Build and facilitate the digital-twin community of teams and users.
  • Collect and share best practices and lessons learned across initiatives.
  • Align the model with the Group's corporate framework and strategy, coordinating with Organization, COS & Strategy.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable regulation, including the AI Act, DORA, and GDPR, in collaboration with Risk, Compliance, and Legal.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with multi-agent orchestration or enterprise-scale AI platforms.
  • Experience managing technical communities or adoption programs.
  • Knowledge of AI governance frameworks such as ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST AI RMF.
  • In-depth knowledge of the AI Act, DORA, and GDPR as applied to banking.

About the Company

Santander

Global retail and commercial banking group

Santander is a global bank focusing on retail and commercial banking in Europe and the Americas, serving individuals and SMEs with regional franchises and a broad consumer finance arm, plus a Corporate & Investment Banking division for multinational clients. It uses its Gravity cloud platform to migrate core banking and rapidly deploy digital services such as Openbank across markets, combining fintech-style agility with a bank's balance sheet. The bank differentiates itself by marrying a large retail footprint with global CIB capabilities under the One Santander verticals model to boost efficiency and cross-border revenue. Its goals include improving returns on tangible equity and financing the green economy through sustainable finance and renewable energy projects.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Boadilla del Monte, Spain
Founded
1902

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