IAM Product Owner at Northern Trust in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

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.

The Product Owner role operates within a cross-functional product development team, most commonly following the AGILE scrum methodology. The Product Owner has leadership responsibilities for setting the agenda for the team, with the goal of maximizing the business value the team delivers. The Product Owner will operate primarily independently, with occasional support as required from a senior Product Manager or business function head. Responsibilities supporting the delivery and implementation of products include testing, conducting product demonstrations, coordinating deployments, prioritizing and facilitating maintenance and engineering change upgrades, and developing detailed integration plans for all products. Leveraging knowledge of the business strategy and industry trends, the product owner defines, implements, and articulates the product vision. Is responsible for adapting and evolving best practices and shaping standards to be followed within the team, and for accepting developed functionality on behalf of the Business as fit-for-purpose to be installed into the Production environment. May be responsible for coordinating and orchestrating own team's efforts with those of other Product Owners and their teams in support of program-level objectives.

Major Duties :

• Partners with Product Management and Business stakeholders to influence, support, and champion product vision and roadmaps
• Remains current and well-informed on existing client requirements and expectations and industry trends that predict potential future client needs
• Maintains a well-groomed backlog of development items to be used for efficient implementation of projects
• Champions the adoption of automated testing frameworks; reviews and agrees acceptance criteria for new development and signs off on business-readiness, in coordination with quality assurance team members
• Takes a leadership role within the development team to foster an environment of teamwork, collaboration and enthusiasm

Knowledge :

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated skills in team leadership and project implementations
• Knowledge of the drivers of business unit profitability
• Comfortable operating in a technical environment involving complex business logic and its programmatic implementation

Experience :

• 8+ years relevant experience in the Financial Services industry
• Experience collaborating with executive stakeholders about business product strategy
• Experience in change management, business requirement gathering, and/or business user acceptance roles is required, preferably as a member of an AGILE scrum team
• Industry-recognized certification in AGILE, product ownership, product management, or business domain is a plus

Salary Range:
$83,100 - 141,300 USD

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 MyHRHelp@ntrs.com .

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.