Jobs at Northwestern Mutual

Supports compliance reviews, monitoring, testing, documentation, reporting, issue tracking, remediation follow-up, and process improvement. Reviews records for accuracy, responds to routine compliance questions, coordinates with business partners, and contributes to divisional projects. The role requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, judgment, and collaboration skills, with FINRA registration requirements including fingerprinting and Series 7 and 24 credentials.

Senior Business Analyst will lead discovery, process analysis, stakeholder workshops, requirements definition, and data-driven prioritization for service strategy initiatives. The role partners with Product, Engineering, Operations, Analytics, and business teams to improve customer experiences, operational efficiency, automation, scalability, and measurable business outcomes. Responsibilities include defining success metrics, shaping future-state solutions, facilitating alignment, influencing decisions without direct authority, and supporting agile delivery and continuous improvement.

Contributes to user-centered product design from discovery through delivery and iteration. Creates workflows, wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and visual designs using Figma. Participates in user research, design critiques, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, Research, Business, and Design teams. Applies design systems, accessibility standards, UX best practices, and qualitative and quantitative insights while developing product design expertise and exploring AI-assisted workflows.

Leads software and data engineering for large-scale public investment systems. Owns technical direction, architecture, delivery, code quality, security, reliability, APIs, React applications, Node.js services, dbt transformations, and Snowflake data platforms. Coaches and manages engineers, coordinates cross-team dependencies, manages technical risks, supports incident response, and partners with product, architecture, and business stakeholders. Requires public investments or asset management expertise, investment management system experience, and 8+ years of engineering experience.

Leads enterprise-wide, multi-year strategy development and execution in partnership with executive leadership. Oversees strategic alignment, OKR laddering, incentive-plan priorities, performance metrics, cross-functional implementation, and resource allocation. Builds organizational accountability around strategic goals and leads a high-performing strategy team through mentorship and continuous improvement. Requires substantial leadership experience in strategy development and execution, with financial services and digital transformation experience preferred.

The Vice President sets the enterprise vision for thought leadership, editorial, content, creative, and AI visibility strategy. They establish operating plans and governance, lead original research and high-impact narratives, direct brand storytelling and campaigns, build AI-enabled content operations, and optimize distribution using audience insights and analytics. The role advises executives, aligns cross-functional stakeholders, represents the organization externally, and develops a high-performing team and partner ecosystem.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and supports scalable enterprise software. Leads full-stack architecture and technical design, mentors engineers, conducts code reviews, develops integrations and automated tests, and promotes DevOps, CI/CD, security, and engineering best practices. Collaborates with architects, product managers, analysts, designers, and quality engineers to deliver reliable digital solutions.

Develop, deploy, support, and maintain software solutions using engineering best practices, Agile methods, source control, code reviews, and CI/CD. Monitor large-scale data and AI platform health, identify operational risks, participate in on-call support, and perform root cause analysis. Apply Python, JVM technologies, Spark, SQL, cloud platforms, and data platform expertise to build reliable, scalable software.

Leads Marketing’s planning, PMO, strategic initiatives, budgeting, capacity management, performance measurement, and operational excellence. Serves as a trusted advisor and chief-of-staff partner to Marketing leadership, coordinating cross-functional programs, executive communications, change management, internal communications, and marketing ROI reporting. Oversees annual planning, resource allocation, financial management, process improvement, competency development, and enterprise-wide initiatives while ensuring alignment between marketing strategy, execution, and business objectives.

Owns product strategy, roadmaps, backlog prioritization, and delivery coordination for field-data and data-platform modernization. Translates governance, security, quality, migration, and consumer-enablement needs into product requirements and planning-ready work. Partners with engineering, data, security, audit, architecture, reporting, and business teams to manage dependencies, risks, testing, and operational stability. Facilitates agile ceremonies and uses platform metrics and stakeholder feedback to improve trusted data products and delivery outcomes.

Leads the acquisition, integration, modeling, and development of data analytics products. Designs data lake and warehouse solutions, builds ETL pipelines, applies engineering and CI/CD practices, supports analytics and machine learning applications, and ensures data quality and regulatory compliance. Collaborates with technical and business stakeholders, contributes to agile delivery, leads code reviews, mentors junior engineers, and develops enterprise data flows that establish a reliable source of truth.

Leads the design, implementation, maintenance, and governance of compensation, recognition, benefits, and field contracts for a distribution organization. Oversees complex cross-functional initiatives, financial modeling, regulatory and compliance considerations, committee operations, stakeholder negotiations, change management, escalations, and executive influence. Acts as a subject matter expert across compensation and benefits domains while mentoring team members and shaping long-term total rewards strategy.

Supports field advisors through inbound consultations, financial planning guidance, investment and annuity product education, competitor analysis, and complex case resolution. Advises on taxes, retirement, investments, regulations, product suitability, and client goals. Acts as a subject matter expert, contributes to training and coaching, collaborates cross-functionally, and supports sales-process improvements. Requires financial services experience, investment knowledge, consulting ability, and FINRA registration credentials.

Provides domain-specific technical support to customers by documenting, troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving routine technology incidents and requests. Uses knowledge bases and troubleshooting tools, communicates empathetically with customers, identifies recurring issues, collaborates on problem management, and escalates incidents appropriately.

Provides insurance product education, case consultation, and sales coaching to financial representatives. Analyzes client needs, existing coverage, product options, competitors, and regulatory requirements to recommend needs-based solutions. Serves as a product subject matter expert, resolves complex cases, delivers training, supports advisor development, and stays current on insurance products, markets, regulations, and financial planning practices.

Leads complex quantitative and qualitative analysis for Claims Leadership, producing forecasts, reports, dashboards, KPI frameworks, and actionable recommendations. Analyzes multiple data sources, identifies trends and root causes, supports strategic decisions, documents processes, and consults with cross-functional partners. Coaches peers on analytical methods and applies statistical research, visualization, and data storytelling techniques to improve business outcomes.

Designs and maintains advanced threat detections across cloud, identity, endpoint, database, and application environments. Administers Splunk Enterprise Security, resolves telemetry and data-ingestion issues, onboards security data sources, and develops logging standards and monitoring controls. Contributes to Detection-as-Code through version control, automated testing, and CI/CD. Improves detection coverage, alert accuracy, telemetry quality, and operational effectiveness while mentoring junior engineers and partnering across cybersecurity and technology teams.

Leads the Client Communications product organization and executes a multi-year transformation roadmap across operations, business processes, and technology. Responsibilities include setting product strategy, objectives, and roadmaps; prioritizing requirements; modernizing legacy ecosystems; applying AI-enabled product development; managing dependencies and risk; ensuring accuracy and compliance; and partnering with engineering, legal, compliance, operations, and business stakeholders.

Provides advanced technical support for mainframe and insurance applications, troubleshooting complex customer incidents, analyzing recurring problems, and coordinating escalations across support and engineering teams. Maintains incident, problem, and knowledge records; creates support documentation; identifies customer pain points; and advocates for technology improvements. The role requires application debugging, IT service management, cross-functional collaboration, and strong customer communication.

Supports cybersecurity regulatory examinations, investigations, certifications, and compliance programs. Coordinates responses to agencies and information requests, interprets technical regulatory requirements, guides technology teams, and integrates controls into continuous monitoring using ServiceNow and a unified data platform. The role also supports privacy program operations, remediation strategies, risk conclusions, stakeholder consensus, and regulatory readiness.