Sr Lead, Tech Project Manager

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. Summary: Provides consultation to the business unit and IT Project management and strategies. Undertakes complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge. Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects. Takes projects from original concept through final implementation. Helps defines project scope and objectives. Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports. Responsible for project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables. Provides specialized knowledge and analytical guidance to project team. Reporting to the Modernization / EOL Director you will play a vital role to help the firm ensure that NT’s technology continues to run on supported technology. Northern Trust has a commitment to ensure that all technology is secure, reliable and resilient. As part of that Northern Trust has deep commitment to ensuring that all Platform and Vended Applications are supported and secure. A dedicated Sr Lead Project Manager is required to lead our largest infrastructure lifecycle upgrade projects. These projects encompass upgrading a major infrastructure technology (e.g. Operating System, Middleware, Database) and all of the associated applications running on that technology. This includes financial management, resource management, dependency management, multi-year planning, reporting, stakeholder management, and audit compliance. The ideal candidate has experience being part of large projects, helping identify and resolve key program risks and program blockers, and as well as providing critical data and business analysis to help drive program decisions. This candidate will also work directly with business unit service delivery managers ensuring that the vendor lifecycle management programs initiatives are being met against key timelines, budgets, and against competing business priorities.