About Northern Trust:
Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.
Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Role Overview
The Head of Identity and Access Management (IAM) Product Management & Strategy is responsible for defining and executing the IAM vision, strategy, and roadmap. This leader will oversee the full IAM product ecosystem—including identity governance, privileged access, authentication, and authorization—ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and security best practices.
This role combines product management discipline with deep IAM domain expertise to drive a scalable, secure, and user-centric IAM ecosystem. The leader will also establish IAM processes and ensure tooling is effectively integrated to support end-to-end identity lifecycle management.
Key Responsibilities:
IAM Strategy & Vision
- Define and lead the IAM strategy, aligning with cybersecurity, risk, and business priorities
- Establish a multi-year roadmap across IAM domains: Identity Governance, Privileged Access, Authentication, and Authorization
- Drive transformation toward modern, scalable, and automated identity platforms
- Partner with executive stakeholders to position IAM as a business enabler, not just a control function
Product Management Leadership
- Build and lead a high-performing IAM product management organization
- Define product vision, roadmaps, and success metrics for all IAM platforms
- Partner with project office to apply product management best practices (customer focus, backlog prioritization, agile delivery) to IAM capabilities
- Ensure consistent lifecycle management across IAM tools—from onboarding to optimization and retirement
IAM Tooling Ownership & Integration
Oversee strategy, implementation, and optimization of key IAM technologies, including:
- Privileged Access Management (PAM): CyberArk (or equivalent)
- Identity Governance & Administration (IGA): SailPoint, Saviynt, Okta IGA
- Authentication & Access Management: Okta (SSO, MFA, adaptive authentication)
- Authorization & Policy Management: PlainID or similar ABAC solutions
Responsibilities include:
- Driving platform rationalization and reducing tool sprawl
- Ensuring interoperability and integration across IAM tools and enterprise systems
- Aligning tooling capabilities with IAM processes and control objectives
- Optimizing user experience while maintaining strong security controls
Qualifications:
Required Experience
- 12+ years in Identity and Access Management, Cybersecurity, or related fields
- 5+ years in leadership roles overseeing IAM programs or product teams
- Deep expertise in IAM Products:
Core Competencies
- Strong product management mindset applied to security platforms
- Strategic thinking with the ability to execute at scale
- Deep understanding of IAM processes and how tooling enables them
- Experience driving large-scale IAM transformations
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Preferred
- Experience in large, complex enterprise environments (e.g., financial services)
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS ecosystems
Success Measures
- Adoption and effectiveness of IAM platforms across the enterprise
- Reduction in manual processes through automation
- Improved audit outcomes and reduced risk exposure
- Enhanced user experience (faster access, fewer friction points)
- Clear alignment between IAM processes and supporting technology
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)
Salary Range:
$195,415 - 342,095 USDSalary 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.
Working with Us:
As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.
Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.
We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater
Reasonable accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected].
We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.
Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.
Skills Required
- 12+ years in Identity and Access Management, Cybersecurity, or related fields
- 5+ years in leadership roles overseeing IAM programs or product teams
- Deep expertise in IAM products and tooling (Identity Governance, Privileged Access Management, Authentication, Authorization)
- Strong product management mindset applied to security platforms (roadmaps, metrics, backlog prioritization, agile delivery)
- Strategic thinking and ability to execute large-scale IAM transformations
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience in large, complex enterprise environments (e.g., financial services)
- Knowledge of cloud platforms and SaaS ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Familiarity with vendors/tools such as CyberArk, SailPoint, Saviynt, Okta, PlainID (or equivalents)
Northern Trust Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northern Trust and has not been reviewed or approved by Northern Trust.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are positioned as a standout, with a 401(k) plus an additional employer-funded pension described as a differentiator. This combination is repeatedly framed as a meaningful offset within total rewards, especially for long-term financial security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are depicted as generous, spanning paid time off, holidays, and dedicated paid volunteer time. The breadth of leave options is highlighted as a consistent strength that supports work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is characterized as comprehensive, typically including medical, dental, vision, and mental-health support through an assistance program. The offering is portrayed as robust and family-supportive, with multiple plan options in some descriptions.
Northern Trust Insights
What We Do
As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing and investment solutions, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise and integrity. A globally recognized Fortune 500 Company in continuous operation since 1889, we’ve built a legacy of empowering clients to reach their goals with confidence. Since our roots as a trust bank, we’ve grown to a global presence with more than 24,000 employees in more than 20 countries and across six core business units: Wealth Management Asset Management Asset Servicing Technology Corporate Functions Enterprise Operations Join a Team That’s Achieving Greater At Northern Trust, we refer to our employees as partners – with good reason. We understand that relationships are the key to our success. Here you’ll join a diverse and inclusive team of innovators with the drive to challenge the way things have always been done. Instead of choosing between a dynamic career and work-life balance, enjoy working with a team that supports your goals in the office and at home. We’ll help you get where you want to go without sacrificing what matters most to you. Delivering value and adhering to our enduring principles What are enduring principles? Since our founding, they have guided our strategy and success. Thanks to the dedication of our partners, Northern Trust continues to thrive by adhering to three enduring principles: service, expertise and integrity . What does this mean? Service Northern Trust has a relentless drive to provide exceptional service to our clients, our partners and our communities. We set new standards and go above and beyond in our commitment to delivering greater results. Expertise Expertise is at the core of who we are. We focus sharply on what we do well. From expanding our capabilities, to hiring talented professionals to developing innovative solutions, our expertise is why we continue to be a trusted advisor for generations of families and institutions. Integrity Operating with uncompromising ethics is central to Northern Trust’s heritage. As a result, our clients, partners and communities know they can rely on us. For more than 130 years, our integrity has been our guide – and that will never change.
Why Work With Us
At Northern Trust, we go further because we go together. We embrace flexibility, encourage balance, and prioritize inclusion at all levels, working together to keep you connected. We are committed to our employees—all 24,000 of them. Whether this is a first step or a bold new leap in your career, we’re here to help you move forward.
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