Principal, Tech Project Manager - Cybersecurity Delivery Lead

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role Description

Northern Trust is seeking a Cybersecurity Delivery Lead to drive the successful execution of strategic cybersecurity initiatives across key control areas including Privileged Access Management, Identity Governance and Administration, Identity Authentication and Authorisation, Security Operations and Data Protection. This is a high-impact delivery role responsible for leading complex, visible and mission-critical cybersecurity projects across global technology and business teams. The successful candidate will bring strong project delivery discipline, cybersecurity awareness, stakeholder management capability, financial governance experience and the ability to drive outcomes in a highly matrixed financial services environment.

Major Duties

Project Delivery:

• Lead global teams consisting of technical and non-technical employees and consultants to drive successful execution of strategic cybersecurity projects and programs.
• Partner with key business and technology stakeholders to define expected project benefits and outcomes and ensure successful achievement through project completion.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful project completion.
• Develop project schedules including effort estimates and task sequences and assignments and ensure they are adhered to; ensure projects are optimally sequenced and coordinated for efficiency.
• Lead resolution of conflicts or escalations in support of project or program delivery.
• Create and submit project/program status reports that are accurate and comply with team guidelines.
• Establish and maintain project artifact repository; review project deliverables to ensure quality and ensure project adheres to internal software delivery methodology.

Communication and Stakeholder Management:

• Develop project charters; develop and execute project communication plans.
• Facilitate engagement with cross-impacted technology and business stakeholders.
• Identify and execute approaches to resolve complex problems through critical thinking

Change/Risk Management

• Define and document project scope and ensure scope alignment to project objectives and goals.
• Perform and follow project change control procedures for scope, resources, and financials where required.
• Ensure adherence to technology Change Management requirements and procedures or system implementations.

Financial Management

• Oversee financial management and performance for projects including:
  • developing and/or managing project-specific capital and expense budgets including all financial form submissions required by internal finance teams
  • preparing and submitting timely monthly forecasts (i.e., Clarity PPM)
  • proactively analyzing and managing monthly budget variance
  • optimizing spend for assigned projects
  • participation in annual budget planning

Staff Management

• Identify project resource needs and work with leadership to ensure staffing requirements are met.
• Manage project resources to deliver tasks, optimize resource utilization and resolve conflicts.
• Provide constructive performance feedback regarding staff performance to leadership and line managers.
• Foster a supportive project delivery environment that encourages participation, teamwork, and collaboration.

Methodology and Process Evolution

• Identify process improvement opportunities supporting current and evolving program governance standards.
• Integrate new tools and technology to support greater efficiency and quality in program planning and delivery.
• Evangelize best practices for program delivery and governance adherence with peers, stakeholders, and sponsors.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required:

A successful candidate for the role will have at least 10 years of overall experience including in Financial Services industry, with at least 5 years’ experience leading and managing high-visibility technology projects. Additionally, the candidate will possess:

• Cybersecurity Project Management Experience – leading and driving execution of cybersecurity projects related to Identity & Access Management (i.e., Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Identity Authentication and Authorization (IAA)), Data Protection, Security Operations, or Attack Surface Management.
• Organizational Savvy – experience working within a matrixed organization to drive delivery of complex projects involving multiple disciplines.
• Problem Solving Skills – ability to handle ambiguous or complex issues including ability to identify creative resolution paths and gaining necessary alignment and support from leadership and stakeholders to bring to resolution.
• Superior Communication Skills– ability to articulate ideas and information verbally and in writing for varying audiences.
• Initiative – evidence that they take initiative at suggesting improvements and anticipating the needs of leadership, program stakeholders and team members.
• Organizational Skills – able to handle multiple simultaneous work deliverables and prioritize them accordingly.
• Delivery Mindset – has a delivery mindset with a bias for action, curiosity to learn, challenge, and enhance processes.
• Expert Analytical Skills – able to assemble data and analyze patterns, trends and draw conclusions and recommendations; rely on data to guide decisions.
• Financial Management Experience - managing project budgets between $250K to $3M and comprised of internal and external labor.
• Knowledge of and experience working in software delivery lifecycle methodologies (e.g., Agile/ Scrum, Waterfall, etc.)
• Experience in demand & capacity management
• Proficiency with:
  • Project planning tools such as: MS Project, Azure DevOps (ADO) Boards, or similar
  • Clarity PPM for project financial and status reporting (or similar)
  • Collaboration tools such as: Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Teams
  • Reporting tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, or similar data reporting and analytics tools.
• A College or University degree; MBA or relevant advance degree a plus.
• Current PMP certification strongly preferred.

Work Authorization

Applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of application and for the duration of employment.

Please note that Northern Trust is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. This includes Skilled Worker visas, Global Business Mobility routes, Graduate visas, Youth Mobility Scheme, High Potential Individual visas, Scale-up Worker visas, Temporary Worker visas, and other employer-sponsored visa categories.

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected], or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.