Jobs at Northwestern Mutual

Manages Northwestern Mutual’s grassroots advocacy program and two political action committees. Responsibilities include coordinating delegate programs, Capitol Hill fly-ins, advocacy campaigns, PAC solicitations, stakeholder and contractor relationships, technology projects, communications, websites, databases, budgets, and PAC board meetings. The role develops strategies to increase grassroots engagement and PAC receipts, supports government relations initiatives, and presents to internal leadership. Requires at least three years of relevant political, PAC, fundraising, government relations, or legislative experience.

Analyzes business processes, gathers and documents requirements, authors user stories, performs current-to-future-state gap analysis, and coordinates test-plan reviews for digital post-approval products. Partners with product managers, engineers, and subject matter experts to support modernization initiatives, roadmap execution, operational stability, and delivery commitments. Applies analytical thinking, business acumen, Agile practices, and communication skills to resolve moderately complex problems and align technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Owns the enterprise design, execution, and continuous improvement of career development, talent review, succession planning, and skills processes. Partners with HR stakeholders, manages Workday-enabled experiences, analyzes talent data, develops enablement resources, supports process adoption, and uses AI tools to create scalable self-service guidance. Leads retrospectives and translates employee and stakeholder feedback into improved talent processes aligned with business priorities, organizational culture, and leadership pipeline needs.

Prepare federal and state individual, entity, passthrough, and trust tax returns for high-net-worth clients. Develop tax projections, perform financial and tax analyses, support tax planning presentations, and recommend strategies involving investments, life insurance, business planning, and estate planning. Collaborate with CPAs, financial advisors, legal professionals, and internal teams to deliver integrated tax solutions and address complex client circumstances.

Develop and support scalable web applications, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native solutions. Modernize legacy applications, build batch processing and data integration solutions, automate deployments, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and deploy containerized applications using Kubernetes and cloud platforms. Support production releases and troubleshooting while collaborating with architects, engineers, and business partners. Participate in code reviews and promote modern engineering practices.

Coaches leaders and teams through Forge transformation by promoting Agile ways of working, improving alignment, accountability, collaboration, prioritization, and delivery outcomes. Partners with stakeholders to assess readiness, remove barriers, manage dependencies, and drive adoption. Designs workshops, training, and enablement programs; measures progress; reinforces desired behaviors; and promotes continuous learning. Influences senior leaders through facilitation, communication, relationship-building, and change leadership.

Develop and support mainframe reinsurance systems involving premiums, claim payments, and reserve calculations. Translate business needs into software solutions, collaborate with actuarial experts and technical peers, improve core systems, establish engineering standards, conduct code and design reviews, and mentor less experienced engineers. The role requires strong analytical, mathematical, communication, prioritization, and software problem-solving skills.

Evaluates financial representatives and staff for contracting, licensing, registration, and advisory credentialing. Conducts regulatory and background investigations, assesses risk, ensures compliance with FINRA, SEC, insurance, and securities regulations, and resolves complex customer and case-management issues. Partners with field offices and internal teams, provides guidance, supports onboarding and process-improvement projects, documents work accurately, and serves as a subject matter expert across contracting and registration functions.

Enterprise HR leader responsible for total rewards strategy, including compensation, benefits, retirement, health and well-being, performance management, recognition, job architecture, and career frameworks. Leads compensation and benefits teams, transformation initiatives, governance, vendor relationships, analytics, and program budgets. Advises executives and the Compensation Committee while aligning employee rewards with business performance, workforce strategy, financial stewardship, and organizational effectiveness.

Leads strategy execution, operations, governance, and continuous improvement for a field-facing learning technology platform. Manages and develops a learning technology team, oversees platform administration, reporting, integrations, support, vendors, and releases, and executes the technology roadmap. Partners with learning, digital product, technology, and field stakeholders to define requirements and implement scalable solutions. Evaluates AI-enabled learning capabilities, ensures compliance controls, and uses analytics and learner insights to improve engagement and business impact.

Analyzes and processes contract, license, registration, and appointment terminations; maintains regulated agent address records; completes FINRA U5 forms; manages representative suspensions and inactivations; resolves complex cases with field teams, management, legal, and compliance partners; communicates required actions; protects confidential information; meets service goals and supports process improvements.

Partners with executive leaders and business units to develop and execute strategic HR initiatives. Advises leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, performance management, succession planning, diversity and inclusion, and change management. Leads HR Leads, complex organizational programs, and large-scale transformations while ensuring alignment between corporate HR and business strategies. Serves as a trusted advisor, facilitates leadership development, and represents business needs across the HR organization.

Develop and support mainframe-based financial reporting systems involving premiums, claims, and reserve calculations. Translate actuarial business needs into software changes, collaborate with technical and business experts, guide less experienced engineers, conduct code and design reviews, and improve engineering standards and core systems. The role requires strong mathematical reasoning, problem-solving, communication, prioritization, and knowledge of mainframe technologies, change management, SQL, software architecture, and design patterns.

Leads enterprise field research and insight generation focused on financial advisors, clients, and consumers. Develops learning agendas, performs statistical analysis, integrates internal and syndicated datasets, and translates multi-source findings into actionable strategies. Partners cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, Digital, and Field teams; manages vendors and budgets; improves research practices; mentors analytical talent; and supports AI adoption in data synthesis.

Supports budgeting, forecasting, profitability, pricing, financial controls, vendor financial oversight, and inter-company agreements for MSA and its advised funds. Prepares board materials on fees, expenses, and profitability; evaluates subadvisory fee arrangements; supports oversight and reporting; and identifies process improvements using emerging technologies. Requires strong financial services experience, strategic planning, communication, organizational, and analytical skills.

Serve as in-house counsel for complex civil litigation from intake through resolution. Develop case strategy, oversee discovery and eDiscovery, manage pleadings and motions, prepare witnesses, lead settlement negotiations, and coordinate with outside counsel. Advise executives and business leaders on litigation risk, mitigation, resolution strategies, and enterprise best practices while managing outside counsel performance, budgets, and metrics.

Consults with financial advisors on integrated planning practices, investment products, portfolios, suitability, and client recommendations. Coaches advisors on financial plan presentations, sales processes, and objection handling. Leads projects to improve centralized planning services, workflows, adoption, productivity, and field-office alignment. Develops training, tools, best practices, and educational resources while analyzing business opportunities and implementation barriers.

Build and standardize ML Ops services, data pipelines, automation, monitoring, and governance for predictive and generative AI systems. Develop scalable pipelines and integrations across Databricks, AWS SageMaker, and AWS Bedrock; establish feature stores; optimize data processing; and support model deployment, inference, evaluation, and lifecycle management. The role also architects complex data systems, oversees CI/CD pipelines, enhances system performance, translates requirements into solutions, and mentors junior engineers.

Performs independent compliance reviews, documents findings and risk assessments, coordinates remediation, evaluates and escalates compliance issues, advises business partners, interprets regulatory requirements, and improves compliance policies, controls, processes, and documentation. The role requires collaboration across stakeholders and may lead portions of process-improvement initiatives.

Underwrite and administer insurance licensing and registration processes by analyzing eligibility, compliance requirements, applications, continuing education, and state appointments. Provide timely customer service to field and home office partners, resolve routine and complex inquiries, cross-reference licensing records, escalate specialized issues, meet service-level goals, and identify process improvements. The role also supports compliance accuracy and may coach team members on customer service responsibilities.