Sr Team Leader – IAM Products, Automation & Identity Platforms

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. Primary Responsibilities IAM Product Strategy & Roadmap Define and maintain the multi-year IAM product strategy and modernization roadmap. Establish target-state capabilities for workforce IAM, client IAM, privileged access, authorization, machine identities, and identity intelligence. Partner with cybersecurity leadership to align IAM capabilities with regulatory requirements, risk management objectives, and business priorities. Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve IAM capabilities. Create business cases, investment proposals, and strategic recommendations for IAM modernization initiatives. Product Ownership & Capability Management Serve as the product owner for one or more strategic IAM platforms and services. Define product vision, objectives, roadmaps, and prioritized backlogs. Translate business, regulatory, security, and operational requirements into executable product capabilities. Partner with engineering teams to ensure successful delivery of roadmap commitments. Define adoption targets, value realization metrics, and product success criteria. Automation & Engineering Enablement Lead the IAM automation strategy across identity lifecycle management, access governance, certification, auditing, privileged access, authorization, and security operations. Identify opportunities to reduce manual processing through workflow automation, orchestration, self-service capabilities, and intelligent controls. Drive adoption of automation platforms, governance workflows, and low-code/no-code orchestration capabilities. Partner with engineering teams to streamline onboarding, access requests, certifications, JML processes, and control execution. Develop automation strategies supporting workforce, client, machine, and AI-driven identities. Leverage tools such as Tines, Copilot, and AI Agents to improve operational efficiency and user experience. Create resilient, always-on automation capabilities to provide near 24x7 operational support and increase team productivity. Identity Governance & Operational Excellence Establish measurable KPIs, KCIs, and KRIs for IAM products and services. Drive continual improvement of operational processes and user experience.