CIAM Agile Lead

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.

Principal, Cyber Security Engineering – IAM Agile Delivery Lead

Job Summary

The Principal, Cyber Security Engineering – IAM Agile Delivery Lead provides leadership for Agile delivery practices across the Identity and Access Management (IAM) organization. This role is responsible for establishing consistent ways of working across IAM teams, improving delivery predictability and transparency, and aligning Agile execution with enterprise governance and System Development, Acquisition, and Maintenance (SDAM) requirements.

The role provides leadership and guidance to Scrum Masters supporting IAM programs and engineering teams and partners with engineering, product, project, and program leaders to improve planning, execution, dependency management, and project status reporting.

Key Responsibilities

- Establish and drive consistent Agile delivery practices across IAM engineering and project teams.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to Scrum Masters supporting IAM initiatives.
- Standardize Agile practices for backlog management, sprint and release planning, dependency management, risk management, and delivery reporting.
- Align Agile delivery practices with SDAM requirements, incorporating required governance, documentation, evidence, testing, and approvals into delivery planning.
- Establish consistent project and portfolio reporting for milestones, accomplishments, risks, issues, dependencies, and upcoming commitments.
- Partner with engineering, product, project, governance, and Cyber Security leadership to identify and resolve cross-team delivery challenges.
- Provide leadership with actionable visibility into project health, delivery risks, and decisions requiring escalation.
- Define and use delivery metrics to improve predictability, transparency, and continuous improvement.
- Lead Agile communities of practice and promote repeatable delivery standards across IAM.
- Drive continuous improvement while balancing Agile principles with enterprise security, risk, regulatory, and governance expectations.

Qualifications

- Significant experience in Agile delivery, technology program delivery, engineering delivery, or related disciplines within a large enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating Scrum Masters and multiple Agile delivery teams.
- Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum principles, software development lifecycles, and technology delivery practices.
- Experience integrating Agile delivery with technology governance, risk, compliance, or audit requirements.
- Strong program and portfolio management skills, including milestone, dependency, risk, and status management.
- Ability to influence and lead across engineering, product, project management, and governance organizations.
- Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
- Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), or Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) experience preferred.
- Experience in financial services or another highly regulated environment preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Agile, Scrum, or project/program management certifications are preferred.

Leadership Expectations

The successful candidate will operate beyond the scope of an individual Agile team, providing leadership across IAM to establish scalable delivery practices, strengthen alignment between engineering execution and enterprise governance, and improve visibility and accountability for strategic IAM initiatives.

Salary Range:
$114,500 - 194,700 USD

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected] , or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.