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.
Senior Technology Program Manager
Who We Are
Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally. With 130 years of financial experience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. Today, we are going through a metamorphosis –starting with our Wealth Management business where we are embracing Agile ways of working and exploring new technologies like cloud, analytics, microservices architecture, etc. Last but not least, our advanced Digital design systems enable us to put our valued customers at the heart of our user experience.
Who You Are
As a Senior Program Manager, you will work closely with business, product and technology teams to drive the execution of Global Family Office (GFO) initiatives and deliver business value to our clients. You will be interacting with executive and leadership teams as part of the frequent check-in of the program status. You will be working with diverse global talent as part of this program.
Furthermore, You Bring
Expertise in program management of large scale application transformation
Agile experience managing several feature teams and shared services
Experience in the financial services industry, ideally in the High Net worth / Ultra High Net worth segments.
Extensive experience with forecast and budget management for complex initiatives with multiple teams and vendors
Experience running Executive leadership and stakeholder presentations
Understanding of technology interdependencies
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams from Product, Design, Business and IT
Experience with facilitating agile ceremonies, managing a backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, removing blockers
Experience working with global delivery teams including vendors
Experience in status reporting at various levels
Experience in collaboration and productivity tools like Clarity, Beeline, Azure Boards, Confluence, Office 365
What You’ll Do
Interact with business, product & technology teams to deliver business value to our clients
Provides leadership support to staff related to agile development
Contributes to an open culture that enables employees’ development through direct but kind feedback, promotes diverse perspectives and fosters a sense of curiosity and optimism
Lead implementation teams to ensure quality, completeness and timeliness of solution delivery.
Lead cross-functional and technical agile teams to deliver client experience, stable platform, automation led CI/D and empower innovation
Serve as first-line of escalation for the program delivery teams
Promote self-managing teams
Foster the culture of learning to nurture a learning organization
Enable team members to participate and contribute to communities of practice
Promote a one-team culture accountable for quality
Coach teams to go above and beyond their expectations to develop creative and innovative solutions (rather than accepting the constraints)
Partner with Engineering Managers, Product Owners and Scrum Masters in fostering agility
Change agent for enabling culture of psychological safety, where team members are respected and encouraged to think, speak and act bravely to promote continuous improvement.
Develop plans that consider the intersection of technology, digital, design and data and creates supporting KPIs to track against business outcomes
Provide capital and expense budget planning adjusting priorities on a quarterly basis based on business objectives
Provide thought partnership in establishing and tracking metrics to improve applications’ stability and availability, as well as sustain and improve cost efficiencies and productivity gains
Why 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 that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve. Our talented, driven and energetic people are truly changing the face of Northern Trust. The speed with which we work, the influence of each partner and the focus to positively change the client experience is our common passion. People are our greatest Wealth, so if you have a genuine desire to work in a fast-paced, Agile, inclusive environment which values teamwork, well-honed problem-solving skills, deadline management, ongoing and comprehensive communication, constant attention to detail, and a commitment to continuous improvement then
seek no more!
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! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.
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 MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.
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.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Project Management and Information Technology
Industries
Financial Services
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