Data & Technology Enablement, Oversight and Challenge Lead

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role Overview:

As the Data & Technology Enablement, Oversight and Challenge Lead, you will be part of the GRAO (Global Regulatory Affairs Office), primarily supporting Risk and Control Enhancements (RCE) program with a focus on Data and Technology. You will be working with leaders in Technology, Data, ERM, Compliance, Liquidity, and other corporate functions to deliver at-scale change in our risk, reporting, and resiliency capabilities. In your role, you will support NT’s strategic resiliency agenda through the development of governance, risk, and compliance technology and data providing thought leadership in defining and structuring our data and technology enablement.

As a Lead, you will ensure that one or more complex programs within RCE has coverage for embedded Data and Technology enablement, oversight and challenge, and you may provide leadership to other team members.

Responsibilities:

• Face off to designated RCE program(s) for all Data and Tech planning and execution activities across the entire commitment lifecycle.
• Ensure that each Data and/or Tech commitment is appropriately reflected in the individual programs and the Data and Technology plan, with consistency of timing, ownership of deliverables, and scope of work.
• Ensure that related work outside of RCE plan is consistently aligned with objectives of the RCE program.
• Ensure appropriate compensating controls and measures related to the scope of the RCE program.
• Proactively enable and oversee Check and Challenge process for all Data and Tech commitments related to RCE and broader Regulatory-related issues management, in close partnership with GRAO Strategic Remediation Oversight Group (SROG).
• Support all oversight processes for Data, Technology, and Cyber programs aligned with central GRAO teams (SROG and PMO).
• Lead and/or support planning and change control processes for RCE related to Technology and Data work embedded in individual RCE programs.
• Partner closely with GRC product owner to ensure ERM, Resiliency, ORM, Cyber, Compliance requirements are fully incorporated and support our Data and Technology strategy.
• Ensure business requirements and dependencies management across all plans related to Data and Technology work.
• Establish and monitor all success and data quality metrics.
• Promptly escalate any issues on program structure, scope, or execution.
• Ensure sustainability of program commitments by appropriate change management and embedding controls.
• Provide credible challenge for all aspects of the PMO processes.
• Identify and escalate program resource constraints in collaboration with Program leads and provide staffing support as needed for major initiatives.
• Support as needed special Remediation Analysis and Projects related to GRAO Data and/or Technology.
• Define and proactively manage a strategic backlog that addresses stakeholder needs across three lines of defense in order of priority.
• Support the adoption of data quality and data governance procedures around the solutions.
• Partners to drive adoption of new selected technologies into standard support models and systems.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience working as a self-directed contributor and as a lead to meet complex business objectives in a highly matrixed environment.
• Substantial broad experience in technology and data, including large transformation programs with focus on risk management and/or remediation.
• Specific subject matter expertise in one or more of the following domains: enterprise risk management, GRC, compliance, risk and controls, operational risk, operational resiliency, liquidity.
• Understanding of key banking regulations.
• Well-developed listening skills.
• Articulate and effective communicator.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and proficient with complex stakeholder management with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to influence positive outcomes without direct functional control.
• Strong Leadership skills with proven track record of delivering positive and sustainable change.
• Knowledge of general risk, compliance and governance concepts and methods.
• Understanding of data and technology needs to support regulatory expectations.
• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in business, operations, data, or technology.

Preferred Skills:

• Good understanding of the SDLC and Agile Scrum methodologies to deliver solutions.
• Information Security, Risk Management, and Project Management credentials.
• Line 2, Line 3, Line 1.5 experience with focus on Technology or Audit or Quality Assurance.
• Understanding and experience with BCBS 239.
• Remediation with focus on Technology and Data in a GSIB.

Base Pay Salary Range:

$150,000 - $250,000

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve!

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable Accommodation:

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people. Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.