Jobs at Northern Trust

Lead design and delivery of Snowflake-based data solutions, data models, ETL pipelines and data warehouse applications. Provide architecture direction, drive technology transformation and POCs, evangelize modern data architecture, collaborate with global stakeholders and Agile teams, and apply advanced analytics (ML/AI/GenAI) while ensuring data security and PII management.

Manages large, complex fee-producing investment and trust accounts for high-net-worth clients. Develops and executes tailored investment strategies, drives new business and sales targets, collaborates with relationship teams and legal/consulting partners, adheres to national investment guidelines and risk practices, engages with national investment resources, and participates in thought leadership and committees.

Perform transaction cost analysis across Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and FX; optimize routing, venue and dealer selection; maintain dealer benchmarking; support business reporting and evolve trading research and analytics platform working with risk, compliance, and client reporting teams.

Install, maintain, upgrade, and support z/OS system software; develop and debug COBOL, PL/I, and Assembler programs; work with DB2, JCL, CICS, and IBM utilities; modernize legacy mainframe systems; follow SDLC/Agile; monitor performance and communicate status to stakeholders.

Lead design and implementation of scalable, secure cloud and hybrid architectures; define cloud strategy and governance; drive modernization and cost optimization; mentor teams and collaborate with security, DevOps, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise cloud solutions.

Executes municipal bond transactions per portfolio manager guidance, monitors market drivers and pricing, maintains broker relationships, oversees trade settlement and reconciliations, provides portfolio analysis and strategy input, manages less active fiduciary/agency bond assets, and ensures compliance with regulations and fixed income policy.

Implement, monitor, and manage multi‑asset investment strategies across institutional and HNW client portfolios. Lead portfolio implementation, rebalancing, and transitions; monitor allocations and risk; translate research into actionable recommendations; collaborate with quant and tech teams to improve processes, ensure compliance, and support new product launches.

Lead end-to-end sourcing for telecommunications, network, and infrastructure categories. Develop and execute category strategies, manage RFx and vendor negotiations, draft and administer contracts, monitor supplier performance, ensure regulatory compliance, drive cost optimization, and maintain contract systems (Coupa). Collaborate with stakeholders and support procurement analytics, audits, and supplier fitness assessments.

Support end-to-end fee billing and revenue oversight, act as subject-matter expert on billing processes, investigate exceptions, and lead business analysis and platform enhancements. Translate business needs into requirements, support UAT and release validation, map current/future-state processes, and drive automation and process improvements using SQL and Snowflake.

Lead internal and external communications for Technology, Operations and Data. Develop integrated campaigns, translate complex technical topics (AI, cybersecurity, transformation) into clear narratives, advise senior leaders, drive executive visibility, oversee content creation across channels, and manage multiple teams to align messaging with enterprise priorities.

Lead development and execution of SaaS oversight, controls, and governance capabilities. Drive risk treatment, policy implementation, contract alignment, and cross-functional programs to improve SaaS security and compliance.

Lead design, implementation, and governance of global compensation and recognition programs. Manage annual compensation cycles, benchmarking, job architecture, HR systems (Workday), compliance, stakeholder advisory, process improvements, and team operations to attract and retain talent.

Lead HR category procurement by developing sourcing strategies, managing RFx and contract negotiations, ensuring compliance, monitoring supplier performance, driving supplier diversity, and partnering with stakeholders to implement procurement solutions and training.

Lead commercial strategy for security and risk vendors, own reseller/channel economics and margin controls, support complex negotiations and escalations, and build value-tracking scorecards and governance to reduce risk exposure, prevent leakage, and demonstrate measurable adoption and savings.

Provide hands-on technical leadership in designing, building, and reviewing cloud-native Java applications on Microsoft Azure. Champion TDD, spec-driven development, CI/CD, DevOps, test automation, and AI-assisted developer tools. Influence architecture, mentor engineers, improve DevOps pipelines, and collaborate with global cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable production systems.

Lead independent investment risk oversight for equities, derivatives, and quantitative strategies. Identify, analyze, report, and mitigate investment risks, enhance and validate risk models (e.g., factor-based), document policies, ensure regulatory compliance, and communicate findings to senior management and stakeholders. Collaborate with portfolio managers and traders to embed risk into decision-making and expand quantitative risk practices across products.

Senior product leader owning vision, roadmap, and execution for the Private Passport platform. Aligns product, engineering, UX, security and stakeholders to deliver a scalable, secure, and consistent client experience, manages platform lifecycle, KPIs, risk, and cross-program rollouts while coaching senior product managers.

Lead cybersecurity program financial planning and delivery across multi‑workstream initiatives. Track actuals vs. forecast, perform variance analysis, maintain spend documentation, produce executive reporting and dashboards, partner with finance/procurement/vendor teams, and provide governance, training, and guidance to ensure disciplined program execution.

Manage investment activities and strategies for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth personal trust accounts. Develop and recommend tailored investment plans, coordinate with client service teams and legal advisors, ensure adherence to national guidelines and risk practices, drive revenue, and mentor colleagues while supporting national initiatives and portfolio performance monitoring.

Serve as primary HR advisor to senior leaders, driving talent strategy, workforce planning, org design, change management, succession and high-risk ER cases. Influence executives, align HR COEs to business needs, lead HR initiatives, and improve HR Consulting capabilities across assigned business units.