Jobs at Northwestern Mutual

Lead development and automation of the threat hunting program, execute proactive and signal-driven hunts across endpoint, network, cloud, and identity telemetry, translate findings into detections, integrate tooling and APIs, mentor hunters, apply threat intelligence and AI-assisted workflows, and report program outcomes to stakeholders.

Lead the design and delivery of data platforms and pipelines, ensuring data quality and governance, while mentoring engineering teams and optimizing costs.

The role involves mainframe z/OS system programming, engineering, mentoring, problem-solving, and performance tuning in production environments.

Provide customer service and operational support for contracts, licensing, registrations, terminations, and related inquiries. Handle phone and queue work, escalate complex issues, follow standard procedures, support teammates, and maintain accurate documentation while meeting service and quality standards.

Provide production support and configuration for Workday modules (Core HCM, Talent, Performance, Learning, Recruiting). Triage incidents, perform configuration changes and data loads (EIBs), assist with testing, releases, and project tasks, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into system solutions and improvements.

Lead technical direction and delivery for Public Investments engineering across front-end, backend, and data platforms. Manage engineers, define architectures, enforce engineering standards (CI/CD, testing, observability), drive API and data integration quality, improve data warehouse reliability, and support production stability through incident response and preventative improvements. Collaborate with product, enterprise architecture, and stakeholders to align roadmaps and deliver secure, scalable solutions.

Design, build, and operate identity governance capabilities and Java-based IAM/IGA applications. Implement lifecycle management, access requests, RBAC, access reviews, and automation. Support production, audits, documentation, release planning, and on-call duties.

Review and advise on marketing, advertising, sales training, and recruiting materials for FINRA and company policy compliance. Lead projects, provide subject-matter expertise to field and home office partners, and build consultative educational relationships to ensure regulatory adherence and risk mitigation.

Build and operate scalable, secure cloud platform capabilities across AWS and Azure. Develop automation, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration, and observability. Collaborate with engineering, security, and network teams to deliver standardized, self-service platform services and improve reliability and governance.

Lead enterprise and business architecture to align strategy, capabilities, and technology across the firm. Define architecture principles, roadmaps, and standards; guide solution design and risk reduction; translate business strategy into capability maps and value streams; support portfolio planning and transformation; advise senior leaders and mentor architects to enable compliant, scalable technology and business solutions.

Lead day-to-day engagement and growth on emerging social platforms (Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn). Develop AEO-driven content strategies, manage community responses, track KPIs, collaborate cross-functionally with paid, content, analytics, and creative teams, and escalate high-risk interactions per compliance protocols.

The role involves leading software engineering efforts, mentoring junior engineers, developing Kubernetes solutions, and improving CI/CD processes. Requires extensive experience in cloud technologies and programming.

Provide legal and regulatory advice on insurance and risk products across the product lifecycle, from innovation and design to claims. Research and analyze legal issues, mitigate regulatory risk, advise business partners, manage multi-jurisdictional matters, collaborate with Law Department attorneys, and support compliance, policy, and project delivery.

Manage research intake and workflows in Jira, enforce sharing and archival standards in SharePoint/Research Hub, leverage AI for tagging and discoverability, prevent redundant research, produce quarterly insight digests, standardize naming and folder structures, and support quantitative and qualitative analysis while managing budgets and vendors.

Manage investment product lifecycle by designing, implementing, testing, and promoting products. Serve as subject-matter expert translating field feedback, analyzing profitability and competitive offerings, ensuring regulatory compliance, coordinating cross-functional teams, and supporting product evolution to drive sales and servicing outcomes.

Lead deployment and support of z/OS Db2 infrastructure, perform performance tuning, upgrades, DR and recoverability, automate systems engineering tasks, manage Db2 logs and parameters, troubleshoot incidents, and enforce database standards across teams.

Manage state product form filings and reviews, analyze regulatory requirements, update contract/form templates in internal systems, review marketing/replica policy requests, maintain documentation and repositories, support production uploads and testing, and assist with training and small-scale project work to ensure state approval of insurance products.

Serve as primary business advisor to 3-4 network offices, partnering with Managing Partners to drive growth through financial management, talent development, new advisor recruitment, engagement, and culture. Influence strategy, operationalize initiatives, liaise with Home Office, and deliver performance improvements through analysis, problem solving, and stakeholder influence.

Lead product vision, roadmapping, and experimentation for innovation programs. Define KPIs, validate solutions with research and data, manage cross-functional stakeholders, and communicate executive-level recommendations while facilitating agile delivery.

Lead records and information management, transparency/consent, and privacy incident response programs. Advise the CPO and stakeholders on privacy strategy, embed privacy controls into products and processes, manage a team, develop policies and roadmaps, partner with legal and IT, and monitor compliance with privacy laws while enabling responsible data use to drive business outcomes.