Principal, Tech Project Manager - Cybersecurity Delivery Lead

Overview

• This is a newly created position for an individual who has at least 12 years of extensive experience managing the implementation of projects, product initiatives, and/or technology solutions, along with relevant subject matter expertise in delivering these elements at financial institutions.
• As a Principal, Tech Project Manager—Cybersecurity Delivery Lead, you will be responsible for coordinating strategic cybersecurity initiatives across the entire Northern Trust cybersecurity ecosystem and will serve as the steward of end-to-end cybersecurity delivery, including security posture, incident response/governance, critical vulnerability remediation, and platform modernization initiatives.
• A customer-focused, strategic professional with a broad range of technical skills and in-depth expertise in cybersecurity, financial services, and technology product management.

Tasks

• Project Management and Governance:
  • Provision of project/program management oversight, including process and workstream governance.
  • Development of program architecture, structure, systems engineering, and cybersecurity and related technical workstream breakdown structures.
  • Delivery and documentation of the technical scope, options, and scope alignment with program and product release goals.
  • Provision of a resilient, full-cycle project management delivery model (release design, planning, scoping, execution, product delivery, governance, release testing, training, feedback, review, regression testing, deployment, etc.).
  • Reviewing project plans and ensuring that priority areas are correctly prioritized.
  • Identifying, resolving, and managing project risks, issues, and opportunities to ensure successful delivery.
  • Management of project scoping and efficient documentation of progress.
  • Creating a resilient project environment that encourages the use of lessons, feedback, and evaluations.
• Project Deployment:
  • Guiding global teams in communication and non-technical discussions to coordinate global changes, improve the user experience, and so on, in the most efficient way possible.
  • Promoting best programming practices, standards, and user-centered design within teams.
• Security, Data, and Governance Support:
  • Development, refinement, and implementation of architectures, contingency plans, and scenarios for the integration of cybersecurity, data governance, third-party risk management, etc.
  • Contribution to the architecture; review of processes that are regularly refined and optimized for efficiency.
  • Facilitate architecture meetings to develop a roadmap for the client's strategic requirements.
  • Application of risk-based and compliance-based analysis and design practices to make accurate and secure cybersecurity decisions.
  • Participation in technical governance and risk-related meetings.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management:
  • Promoting project clarity, value, and the overall project presentation.
  • Lead and participate in meetings to define key milestones and dependencies from cross-functional perspectives (business, technology operations, cybersecurity engineering, etc.).
• Data and Strategy Leadership:
  • Definition and documentation of implementation issues and alignment of scope with product project approval objectives.
  • Achieve new product release goals when progress on team project deliverables stalls.
• Additional Skills:
  • Problem-solving and managing the client's budget requirements based on market factors that affect a project.
  • Identification