Jobs at Northwestern Mutual

Develop and maintain web applications, APIs, backend services, integrations, and data workflows. Support cloud deployments, CI/CD, Docker-based containerization, infrastructure automation, monitoring, testing, production troubleshooting, and incident resolution. Collaborate with engineers, architects, product owners, and business stakeholders in Agile teams while contributing to code reviews, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement.

Owns end-to-end brand content strategy, editorial roadmaps, narrative frameworks, and flagship content programs across thought leadership, campaigns, webinars, video, email, social, and web. Leads internal, agency, and AI-assisted content production; edits and approves work; stewards brand voice; partners cross-functionally with marketing, communications, PR, and compliance teams; mentors creators; and uses performance data, GEO, and SEO to optimize content impact.

Provides financial planning consulting, coaching, training, and software support to Northwestern Mutual advisors and field leaders. Builds and presents financial plans, improves adoption of planning tools and processes, supports sales-cycle effectiveness, leads group events, and collaborates with regional leadership. The role requires strong financial services expertise, consulting ability, relationship-building skills, and approximately 20% regional travel.

Owns the end-to-end strategy and execution of Northwestern Mutual’s advisor career content program, including editorial calendars, articles, video, newsletters, recruitment materials, and candidate-nurturing content. Manages Drupal and iCIMS publishing, coordinates subject matter experts, compliance, proofreading, and creative partners, and analyzes content performance. The role requires strong writing and editing judgment, generative AI proficiency, process management, and the ability to build a high-volume content ecosystem.

Product Manager III will define product vision, develop roadmaps, gather requirements, prioritize backlogs, author user stories, and use customer research and KPIs to guide product decisions. The role supports client communications capabilities including forms, contracts, correspondence, eSign, and Forms Center across wealth and insurance products. Responsibilities include partnering with engineering, design, data science, financial experts, and business stakeholders while facilitating Agile ceremonies and improving client and advisor experiences.

Leads Northwestern Mutual’s enterprise social media strategy, community and reputation management, crisis response, influencer programs, field social enablement, content development, budgets, and performance reporting. The role manages internal teams, agency partners, and contractors while building brand awareness, recruitment, trust, and relevance across corporate, consumer, and field audiences. It requires strategic leadership, strong communication, social media expertise, crisis-management experience, and at least 12 years of relevant experience.

Supports development, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance of ServiceNow Request Catalog items, workflows, forms, integrations, and automation. Partners with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to gather requirements, resolve technical issues, monitor system health, document solutions, and participate in change management and code reviews. The role is intended for an early-career technologist building expertise in platform engineering, enterprise systems, ServiceNow, and workflow automation.

Owns requirements discovery, analysis, user-story and feature creation, backlog refinement, and solution planning for insurance administration products. Partners closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders throughout delivery, clarifies technical needs, assesses current and future processes, supports testing and sign-off, and drives moderately complex work forward. The role requires strong business analysis, communication, critical thinking, Agile delivery, and the ability to learn a complex insurance domain.

Supports an automated underwriting rules program by developing and maintaining rules in the UnderwriteMe engine, collaborating with medical and lay underwriting experts, and incorporating digital health data into risk-selection processes. Performs quality and validation testing, produces targeted underwriting outputs, and applies financial, medical, and lay underwriting knowledge. Also contributes to Future of Underwriting projects while ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and quality.

Leads user enablement and adoption for Field Talent Acquisition technology, including ATS, CRM, and reporting platforms. Provides user consulting, troubleshooting, training, webinars, job aids, and self-service resources for recruiters and leaders. Partners with technology, Learning & Development, Communications, and operations teams on system enhancements, change management, communications, and adoption plans. Analyzes user feedback and support trends to identify knowledge gaps and improve enablement experiences.

Lead technical direction, delivery, and people for Real Estate engineering teams across front-end, backend, and data platforms. Drive architecture, API and data integrations, CI/CD, observability, and production stability while coaching engineers, coordinating cross-team delivery, and enforcing engineering standards for scalable, secure, and reliable systems.

Translates business needs into technology solutions by analyzing processes, gathering and documenting business and technical requirements, creating user stories and acceptance criteria, supporting test planning, and collaborating with product, engineering, design, and business stakeholders. The role also assesses current and future state processes, identifies gaps, supports issue resolution and business sign-off, and applies project management practices to advance Agile initiatives.

Owns production communication platforms and leads moderately complex, cross-functional technical programs. Responsibilities include delivery planning, scope and schedule management, platform troubleshooting, root cause analysis, monitoring and automation, integrations, documentation, testing, upgrades, migrations, modernization, risk mitigation, and stakeholder coordination. The role requires hands-on technical involvement to maintain reliable operations and improve platform performance.

Supports enterprise financial-services compliance and supervision activities by researching issues, coordinating stakeholders, executing compliance processes, monitoring training and attestations, reviewing transactions, documenting requirements, and identifying process improvements. The role also assists with targeted training, guidance, risk management, contracting workflows, compensation processes, and cross-functional compliance initiatives. FINRA Series 7 and Series 24 licenses are required, along with at least three years of relevant experience.

Leads enterprise privacy programs, data governance, privacy-by-design, risk assessments, regulatory compliance, data classification, training, and privacy initiatives. Advises executives and cross-functional teams, interprets privacy laws, develops processes for regulatory change, manages policies and communications, and creates metrics and reports. Requires extensive privacy, information risk, compliance, or data governance experience, strong stakeholder influence, and familiarity with privacy frameworks and tools such as OneTrust, RSA Archer, ServiceNow, and Atlan.

Evaluates, approves, and audits staff incentive compensation plans as a FINRA registered principal. Advises field leadership and financial advisors on compensation frameworks, regulatory compliance, conflicts of interest, and payment records. Conducts audits, resolves supervision issues, escalates legal and enterprise concerns, trains stakeholders, and supports continuous improvement projects and policy enhancements.

Leads enterprise employee experience strategy and execution through human-centered design, journey mapping, stakeholder facilitation, data insights, and systems thinking. Designs scalable solutions, frameworks, and practices across People teams and business functions, guiding initiatives from problem discovery through activation, measurement, and refinement. Influences senior stakeholders, aligns cross-functional teams, and improves employee experiences, connection, and organizational performance.

Designs and leads live, in-person learning experiences using adult learning principles and the ADDIE process. Consults with stakeholders, identifies performance gaps, establishes learning objectives, develops instructional materials, manages complex projects, enables speakers and facilitators, and evaluates learning effectiveness. The role also provides instructional design thought leadership, supports continuous improvement, and influences business outcomes through learner-centered solutions.

Supports corporate development through mergers, acquisitions, and partnership analysis. Develops business cases, conducts financial and competitive research, builds valuation models using multiples and discounted cash flow methods, and prepares executive presentations. Partners with business leaders, investment banking firms, and senior stakeholders to evaluate opportunities, support negotiations, and coordinate due diligence. Requires strong financial analysis, strategic thinking, communication, and project coordination skills.

Leads moderately sized, medium-complexity business programs and portfolios from initiation through rollout. Manages scope, schedules, budgets, risks, resources, vendors, dependencies, governance, and stakeholder expectations. Develops program plans, tracks metrics, resolves obstacles, coordinates cross-functional teams, and drives business value and continuous improvement. Requires at least five years of related project or program management experience, strong communication skills, and familiarity with project lifecycles and methodologies.