Banco Santander this Monday Two technology centers in Malaga and Warsaw (Poland) to provide technological support and service. different business areas of the group. These two new centers will employ approximately 1,400 professionals (these are about 700 eachhave technological profiles from STEM careers (engineering, science, math) that will contribute to the bank’s digital and commercial transformation. It was commented from the entity that the inclusion of all this employment could be completed. in about three years.
In the case of Malaga, there are already 45 people included to the headquarters currently located in the bank’s office in Alameda Principal. According to the sources consulted, the business does not rule out the possibility of finding its own place to house this center in the future.
Banco Santander, BeTech! This December, the bank launched the website betechwithsantander.com, which brings together all the job offers in this field, most of which aim to occupy these two tech hubs. At the moment open positions in technology in the group approximately 750.
The financial institution commented that the creation of these centers would contribute to “strengthening” the link between Santander markets. Single European operating model.
“Malaga and Warsaw Two European cities most committed to incorporating new technology companies into their industrial fabric while offering a high quality of life. Besides these two centres, the group has analogues in Bilbao and Valencia (serving Openbank), Valladolid (Santander Consumer Finance), Solares, Cantabria and central services in the countries where the group is located,” the bank says.
Cloud, Big Data, AI or cybersecurity profiles
Both centers, located in both Malaga and Poland, are already operational and therefore began incorporating different technology profiles that would initially support the company’s business functions. Santander Corporate and Investment Banking (SCIB)Under the premise that technology, as Santander explains, “is a strategic lever, and Santander’s ability to create the best products and services for its customers increasingly depends on it.”
The profiles included in these centers specialize in areas such as: Platforms and APIs (application programming interface), cloud (cloud), Big Data, network (networks), DevSecOps (development, security, and operations teams), artificial intelligence (AI), software development (software development), enterprise architecture (enterprise architecture), and cyber security.
“Today, technology is a strategic lever for business and especially for the banking sector, where the digitization of our products and services is already a significant part of our regular activities and the trend is growing. We recognize the opportunity. means changing the role of technology for job growth“, noted Santander’s head of Global Technology and Operations (T&O), Dirk Marzluf.
Dedicated recruitment of IT profiles
According to Santander, the increasing demand for technological profiles in the market, and especially in financial institutions, makes it to Be Tech! with Santander, a recruitment plan for Around 1,000 IT professionals in Spain and 3,000 worldwideWith the aim of transforming Santander into the best open platform for financial services.
“Our new equipment Malaga and Warsaw will be part of one of the largest transformation projects in the financial sector of the world. An ever-growing project driven by technology, open-minded and diverse, with a strong purpose behind it and working in an environment that will continue to evolve into the future,” commented Santander’s global head of Human Resources, Alexandra Brandao.
He assured that the aim of the organization is to be the main employer of technologists in the industry. “This means we want to attract the best professionals and how we help them grow and develop with us,” he said.
In 2019, the group 20,000 million euros for digital transformation and technology over a period of four years. During this time, Santander expanded and diversified its technological capabilities, among other advances. Move 90% of your infrastructure to the cloud now.
Santander recently announced its launch. Gravity, an internally developed proprietary software that digitizes the banking core. The number of customers using digital channels exceeded 50 million for the first time and 56% of the bank’s sales are currently made on the web or mobile..