Northern Trust
Senior Program Manager Data Mesh
Northern Trust, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
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/ Department:
The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for organizing multiple projects and workstreams into a coherent and holistic program to modernize the data product delivery capability of Northern Trust's Asset Servicing business unit. The NTAS Data Modernization Program Manager will coordinate with Program Managers and Product Managers from other business units, the Enterprise Data Modernization Program, and Chief Data Officers.
Responsibilities include delivery of strategic outcomes that require data as a critical component for success, aligning resources, overseeing the budget, creating project plans, tracking key milestones/risks/dependencies, and managing executive-level stakeholders.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
Execution of the data modernization strategy for the Northern Trust Asset Servicing business unitImplementation of complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines, ambiguous issues, and federated delivery teamsCross-functional communication, liaising with business and technology to improve efficiency, effectiveness and data product deliveryCommunication of program objectives; risks; issues and overall status to multiple levels of the organizationFacilitation of cross discipline coordination to drive decision making regarding scope; prioritization and issue resolution.Skills/ Qualifications:
Focus on outcomes over outputSeasoned expert with program/project management expertise that has been developed over 10 years of experience.Technical and/or business knowledge developed through previous industry experienceExperience with product development and coordination with product management organizationsPast experience working with dataExcellent oral and written communication skills are requiredIn-depth Functional; Technical and/or Industry KnowledgeHighly flexible and adaptable to change and experience supporting multiple project management frameworks, and the ability to tailor the approachLeadership and organizational skills are required to determine the Program's goals, structure, budget and resource needsPeople Management skills to assess and develop the skills of staffTeam work skills to drive execution without direct reporting line responsibilities.Nice to have, but not required:
Experience with Excel, Python, SQL, or similar tools to analyze data; and PowerPoint or PowerBI skills to present a coherent narrative from the dataPMP, CSM, PSM, CSPO, or similar certification or clear articulation of equivalent experienceExperience supporting product development effortsExperience working with dataExperience working with AzureExperience managing agile, waterfall or hybrid projectsExperience with the following: Confluence, Jira, GitLab, Github, Azure DevOps and Miro.
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.
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/ Department:
The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for organizing multiple projects and workstreams into a coherent and holistic program to modernize the data product delivery capability of Northern Trust's Asset Servicing business unit. The NTAS Data Modernization Program Manager will coordinate with Program Managers and Product Managers from other business units, the Enterprise Data Modernization Program, and Chief Data Officers.
Responsibilities include delivery of strategic outcomes that require data as a critical component for success, aligning resources, overseeing the budget, creating project plans, tracking key milestones/risks/dependencies, and managing executive-level stakeholders.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
Execution of the data modernization strategy for the Northern Trust Asset Servicing business unitImplementation of complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines, ambiguous issues, and federated delivery teamsCross-functional communication, liaising with business and technology to improve efficiency, effectiveness and data product deliveryCommunication of program objectives; risks; issues and overall status to multiple levels of the organizationFacilitation of cross discipline coordination to drive decision making regarding scope; prioritization and issue resolution.Skills/ Qualifications:
Focus on outcomes over outputSeasoned expert with program/project management expertise that has been developed over 10 years of experience.Technical and/or business knowledge developed through previous industry experienceExperience with product development and coordination with product management organizationsPast experience working with dataExcellent oral and written communication skills are requiredIn-depth Functional; Technical and/or Industry KnowledgeHighly flexible and adaptable to change and experience supporting multiple project management frameworks, and the ability to tailor the approachLeadership and organizational skills are required to determine the Program's goals, structure, budget and resource needsPeople Management skills to assess and develop the skills of staffTeam work skills to drive execution without direct reporting line responsibilities.Nice to have, but not required:
Experience with Excel, Python, SQL, or similar tools to analyze data; and PowerPoint or PowerBI skills to present a coherent narrative from the dataPMP, CSM, PSM, CSPO, or similar certification or clear articulation of equivalent experienceExperience supporting product development effortsExperience working with dataExperience working with AzureExperience managing agile, waterfall or hybrid projectsExperience with the following: Confluence, Jira, GitLab, Github, Azure DevOps and Miro.
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.