Senior 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.

Job Description

As a Senior Principal of  Software Asset Management in the Information Technology Asset Management Group, you are an enthusiastic, outcomes driven senior leader enabling cross functional teams to deliver strategic outcomes related to software inventory management, life cycle planning, management of application portfolio management (APM) and software portal management to sustain a strong, effective control environment.  You will help work with your team to define policies, process and procedures for a robust software asset management program. 

Specifically you will:

• Lead the optimization of analysis, design, or re-design of SAM, APM to support the effective operation of controls supporting the Software Asset Management function.
• Collaborate with team members to  optimize key data reports to inform insights that contribute to improvement in processes that deliver efficiencies.
• Lead roadmapping activities to deliver best-in-class capabilities to support ITAM with focus on Software Asset Management and Application Portfolio Management.
• Develop and maintain working relationships across multiple functions to support software asset management throughout its lifecycle
• Measure improvements to SAM through meaningful metrics, KPIs, KRIs and KCIs.
• Work with stakeholders to continuously improve and innovate software asset management processes and best practices
• Build a collaborative and product relationship with team members managing the enterprise license position for software publishers across all divisions

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Management, or a related field and 10 years of related work experience (of which 5 years must be post-baccalaureate, progressive related work experience).
• Must have 5 years of consulting experience or internal consulting experience.
• Experience leading a Software Asset Management program
• Experience presenting to Executive management
• Excellent communication skills
• Complete understanding of software lifecycle management
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to respectfully deal with colleagues at all levels within the company and represent the company externally
• Excellent ability to schedule meetings in a global environment being respectful of time zones

Preferred

• Software Asset Management and discovery tools experience (FlexeraOne, ServiceNow Discovery, SCCM, ServiceNow APM and SAM products and data architecture)
• Experience interpreting licensing terms and conditions
• IAITAM, CSAM certification or similar certification
• Intermediate/Advanced Excel skills
• Good working knowledge of all major operating systems and hardware platforms
• Excellent understanding of ISO 19770 framework to capitalize on building a strong SAM program
• Strong understanding of ITIL

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.