Principal, Tech Project Manager - Cybersecurity Delivery Lead

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About Northern Trust As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world's most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions. Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide. With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. Role Description Northern Trust seeks a hands-on Cybersecurity AI Delivery Lead/Project Manager to drive execution of strategic cybersecurity projects and programs that enable secure adoption and operation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) including agentic AI systems and Large Language Models (LLMs.) The Delivery Lead ensures AI solutions are designed and implemented with appropriate identity controls for both human and non-human/agent identities, robust data protection and privacy controls for prompts and training data, and operational monitoring and response controls for AI-enabled services and workloads. Major Duties Project Delivery: Lead global teams consisting of technical and non-technical employees and consultants to drive successful execution of strategic cybersecurity projects and programs. Partner with key business and technology stakeholders to define expected project benefits and outcomes and ensure successful achievement through project completion. Plan and execute delivery of AI-related IAM controls (e.g., workload identities, managed identities/service principals, least privilege, approval workflows, secrets/key management) to govern access by AI services and autonomous agents. Plan and execute delivery of AI-related data protection controls (e.g., data classification, DLP, encryption/key management, retention, masking/tokenization, prompt/response handling, embedding and vector store protections) aligned to enterprise privacy and regulatory requirements. Plan and execute delivery of AI-related security operations controls (e.g., logging/telemetry for AI requests, abuse monitoring, anomaly detection, SIEM/SOAR integrations, incident response playbooks, red teaming, and continuous validation). Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful project completion. Develop project schedules including effort estimates and task sequences and assignments and ensure they are adhered to; ensure projects are optimally sequenced and coordinated for efficiency. Lead resolution of conflicts or escalations in support of project or program delivery. Create and submit project/program status reports that are accurate and comply with team guidelines. Establish and maintain project artifact repository; review project deliverables to ensure quality and ensure project adheres to internal software delivery methodology. Communication and Stakeholder Management: Develop project charters; develop and execute project communication plans. Facilitate engagement with cross-impacted technology and business stakeholders. Identify and execute approaches to resolve complex problems through critical thinking Change/Risk Management Define and document project scope and ensure scope alignment to project objectives and goals. Perform and follow project change control procedures for scope, resources, and financials where required. Ensure adherence to technology Change Management requirements and procedures or system implementations. Financial Management Oversee financial management and performance for projects including: developing and/or managing project-specific capital and expense budgets including all financial form submissions required by internal finance teams preparing and submitting timely monthly forecasts (i.e., Clarity PPM) proactively analyzing and managing monthly budget variance optimizing spend for assigned projects participation in annual budget planning Staff Management Identify project resource needs and work with leadership to ensure staffing requirements are met Manage project resources to deliver tasks, optimize resource utilization and resolve conflicts. Provide constructive performance feedback regarding staff performance to leadership and line managers. Foster a supportive project delivery environment that encourages participation, teamwork, and collaboration. Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required: A successful candidate for the role will have at least 10 years of overall experience including in Financial Services industry, with at least 5 years' experience leading and managing high-visibility technology projects. Additionally, the candidate will posses: Cybersecurity Project Management Experience - leading and dri

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