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.
Position Overview:
The Sr. Project Manager is responsible for managing program and project execution of NTAM’s most strategic, complex, and highly-valued projects to accelerate our right to win. This role reports into the Head of NTAM Platform Innovation under the COO organization. The right candidate will be part of a multi-faceted fast-paced role that will tap into their business knowledge, technical competence, project execution ability and consultative thinking to drive strategic project execution.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manages execution of complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues.
- Leads cross-functional teams to drive disciplined execution of strategic projects from initiation to completion.
- Engages with leaders at different levels of the organization to define project objectives, build project plans with clear milestones and OKRs, communicate progress, and drive consensus.
- Simplifies complex issues and identifies creative solutions to drive rapid issue resolution.
- Anticipates project risks and escalates in a timely manner to drive decisions and/or course correction.
- Partners with Automation, Data and Technology Architecture Teams to develop and recommend solutions to achieve project objectives.
- Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity.
- Communicates project roadmap in terms meaningful to both business and technology organizations to influence, educate and support the implementation of key business, digital and automation capabilities.
Necessary Knowledge and Skills:
- Deep project management expertise with ability to structure complex cross-functional initiatives to enable clarity, completeness, and speed of execution.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience in developing materials and presenting to executive audiences leveraging compelling presentations.
- Strong organizational, analytical and influencing skills are required.
- Results-driven and resourceful individual with proactive and independent problem solving skills.
- Highly flexible and adaptable to change.
- Dynamic relationship building and partnership skills; a strong collaborator with experience leading initiatives across multiple groups and stakeholders.
- Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences.
- Strong situational awareness and decision-making capabilities.
Necessary Experience and Education:
- 15+ years of overall experience with at least 5+ years of demonstrated track record of leading and managing high visibility business and technology projects.
- 10+ years of work experience in Asset Management and/or Asset Servicing is a must; ideally in different parts of the business.
- Demonstrated experience of working in matrixed organization to drive delivery and change.
- Experience in business process analysis, design and implementation is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience in leveraging metrics to gauge progress and driving outcomes.
- Proficiency in MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Project Planning tools such as ADO Boards/Kanban, MS Visio, collaboration and facilitation tools; PowerBI knowledge a plus.
- Bachelor’s Degree required, PMP or Agile certification is a plus.
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.
