Lead, Tech PM

Lead, Tech PM

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.

Job Description

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead the to lead strategic technology initiatives within the Corporate Applications Technology (CAT) Business Unit under Global Engineering.

The role will support planning, execution, and delivery of technology initiatives across cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will combine strong project management capabilities with technical understanding to drive successful delivery, manage risks, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure alignment with business objectives.

Experience Range: 8-15 years Role Level: Lead Tech PM

Responsibilities

• Project Delivery & Execution

• Lead end-to-end delivery of technology projects from initiation through production deployment.

• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, dependencies, and resource allocation.

• Track project progress and ensure milestones are delivered on time and within scope.

• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks, issues, and roadblocks.

• Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with business leaders, product owners, architects, engineering teams, QA teams, and external vendors.

• Facilitate project governance meetings, status reviews, and executive updates.

• Manage stakeholder expectations and drive alignment across teams.

• Technical Leadership

• Work closely with engineering and architecture teams to understand solution design and technical dependencies.

• Review technical deliverables, release plans, and deployment schedules.

• Support technical decision-making through data-driven project insights.

• Ensure adherence to engineering standards, security, compliance, and operational requirements.

• Agile Program Management

• Drive Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, retrospectives, and release planning.

• Monitor team velocity and delivery metrics.

• Coordinate cross-team