Sr Principal

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.

NT is seeking an experienced Sr Principal Solutions Consultant  - 3rd Party Resiliency. The Sr Principal Solutions Consultant  - 3rd Party Resiliency is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing solutions that assess and enhance the resilience of third-party vendors, partners, and suppliers. The role ensures that third-party ecosystems align with the organization’s business continuity, risk management, and regulatory compliance objectives. This individual will work closely with internal stakeholders, third-party providers, and technology teams to develop scalable frameworks for third-party resiliency and risk oversight.

This role will be responsible for a number of key functions that both support and drive improvements to the 3rd party resiliency of Northern Trust’s IT Landscape.

What you will do:

• Resiliency Solution Design

• Develop and implement third-party resiliency frameworks, incorporating business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response planning.

• Assess and design the Lifecycle Management process to improve the resiliency of third-party providers.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support overall business strategies and to ensure alignment with organizational goals and industry standards.

• Third-Party Risk Assessment

• Conduct comprehensive resiliency assessments of third-party vendors and partners, focusing on operational, technical, and strategic risks.

• Evaluate third-party disaster recovery and business continuity plans to ensure they meet the organization’s resiliency standards.

• Identify issues, risks and control gaps and take appropriate actions to mitigate

• Resiliency Oversight

• Build and maintain third-party monitoring solutions, enabling ongoing evaluation of vendor performance and resiliency metrics.

• Create frameworks for periodic testing, such as tabletop exercises, failover simulations, and crisis management drills involving third parties.

• Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with procurement, vendor management, and legal teams to include resiliency requirements in contracts and SLAs.

• Work closely with IT, compliance, and cybersecurity teams to address third-party risks holistically.

• Develop strong working relationships with stakeholders across all business units and control functions.

• Communicate the strategy and ensure it aligns and meets the overall business strategy

• Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure third-party resiliency practices comply with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards (e.g., NIST, ISO 22301, ISO 27001, GDPR).

• Prepare documentation for audits and regulatory reviews related to third-party resiliency.

• Continuous Improvement

• Stay updated on emerging risks, technologies, and best practices in third-party risk and resiliency.

• Recommend and implement enhancements to improve third-party resilience capabilities.

You possess:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Risk Management, Business Administration, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, or third-party risk management.
• 10+ years in systems engineering with a focus on reliability, systems operations, and software engineering
• Strong background in resiliency frameworks and risk assessment methodologies.
• Experience working with third-party risk management platforms (e.g., Fusion Risk Management, RSA Archer, ServiceNow GRC).
• 5+ years as a Team lead or a hands on Technical Manager role that can engage and deliver projects to completion
• Experience with both on-prem and cloud solutions
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to handle complex technical challenges
• Strong dedication to customer needs, with excellent communication and the ability to build lasting relationships, alongside the capability to articulate complex reliability strategies in a clear and impactful manner.
• Proven experience in leading a mentoring technical teams
• Practical experience operating in an Agile development environment

Preferred Skills and Certifications:

• Certifications such as CBCP, MBCI, CRISC, or CISA are strongly preferred.
• Expertise in industry standards and frameworks (e.g., ISO 22301, NIST CSF, FAIR).
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with cloud-based architectures and SaaS solutions is a plus.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking with a focus on resilience in a multi-vendor ecosystem.
• Ability to translate complex resiliency requirements into actionable solutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage and influence internal and external stakeholders.

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.
 

Salary Range:

Salary 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.