Data Mesh Enablement 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/ Department: Data Mesh Program and Product Owner/Enterprise Data Delivery The Enterprise Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Northern Trust is looking for a data leader to serve as the Data Mesh Program and Product Owner. This is a key role enabling the Data Strategy at Northern Trust that is at the forefront of the Data Modernization initiative. Responsible for managing the complex, large scale, enterprise-wide Technical Construct (the Data Mesh) with multiple components and work streams. This involves delivery of critical strategic business capabilities and data that impacts multiple business units or disciplines. The Data Mesh/Marketplace Product Owner manages the program to successful outcome and sustainability. This role is responsible for aligning resources, releases, and tracking key milestones/risks/dependencies while overseeing the budget and creating value stream roadmaps. This is the key driver to ensure Implementation of the Data Mesh and Data Marketplace to support Data Modernization. The key responsibilities of the role include: Focus of role is on execution and enablement of the Data Modernization program through management and ownership of the Data Mesh and Data Marketplace constructs. This program will deliver a change in the strategic direction of business function activities; expansion of critical business and data capabilities. Work with business unit executive leadership refine and implement the operating model that supports the Data Mesh and Data Modernization principles. Focus efforts on enablement within and across all Corporate Functions and Business units partnering with the CDOs and their teams in a complex organization to prioritize the delivery of business needs. Manage and prioritize an enterprise-wide backlog of features and prioritize implementation. Capture requirements for platform and marketplace features/capabilities and feed them into the agile product development cycle Bring a process improvement mindset to manage and optimize the Data Mesh Operating model. Provide project management focus to key initiatives being executed within the data mesh ecosystem (business unit initiatives to use the data mesh Develop processes that increase and support adoption of the Data Mesh and demonstrate the value Construct and communicate strategic roadmap that contains customer, operational, project and service objectives; Lead others to solve complex business and technical problems in a matrixed environment Skills/Qualifications: Seasoned expert with data program management expertise that has been developed over 8 years of experience. Experience documenting and communicating complex concepts Proven experience owning a product or program ensuring high value for its consumers. Leadership and organizational skills are required to determine the complex and key goals, structure, budget and resource need - People Management skills to assess and develop the skills of staff. - Strong teamwork skills to drive execution without direct reporting line responsibilities Requires knowledge of the Data Mesh construct and ability to refine and implement a vision Interprets internal/external business and technical challenges and recommends best practices to improve experience of Data Publishers and Data Consumers Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view related to Data Uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions Working Model : Hybrid (LI-Hybrid) We have a balanced hybrid working model to ensure you get the flexibility you need, and the successful candidate will spend their time between working in the office and working from home. 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 MyHRHelpntrs.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.