Senior Director, GRC Technology

Northern Trust

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$205,700–$360,100 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
1 day ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 71% of similar roles. Most pay $216,300–$288,650 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $283k versus about $252k for comparable roles.

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About Northern Trust

Northern Trust is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services to corporations, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Management

Northern Trust currently has 113 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 76 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Director, GRC Technology

The Sr. Director, GRC Technology provides technical leadership and execution oversight to transform a shared Governance Risk and Compliance product vision into scalable, secure business capabilities. Working within a matrixed environment, this role coordinates delivery across multiple squads to manage complex programs involving Risk, Compliance, Data, and Platform Services. Key responsibilities include overseeing the ServiceNow IRM platform, managing cross-team technical dependencies, and enforcing architectural standards. The position requires driving engineering excellence through automation, CI/CD, quality engineering, and DevSecOps practices while managing APIs, data pipelines, and migrations. The role solves critical business and regulatory challenges by ensuring integrated release predictability and platform sustainability. Success requires navigating complex data and technology hurdles to align engineering solutions with enterprise architecture and strategic regulatory commitments.

What you'll do

  • Coordinate execution across all delivery squads to manage cross-team technical dependencies and sequencing.
  • Oversee program management for the ServiceNow IRM platform to align outcomes with regulatory commitments.
  • Lead the delivery of complex capabilities spanning platform services, integrations, reporting, and data products.
  • Enforce architectural standards and govern technical design decisions in alignment with enterprise strategy.
  • Drive automation, CI/CD, quality engineering, and DevSecOps practices to improve engineering productivity.
  • Coordinate integrated release planning, environmental readiness, and production deployment sequencing.
  • Mentor engineering teams and develop capability roadmaps to optimize resource allocation.

What we're looking for

  • Provide technical leadership and execution oversight for Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) product visions.
  • Manage cross-team technical dependencies, sequencing, and integrated release objectives across multiple delivery squads.
  • Oversee program management for the ServiceNow IRM platform to align with regulatory commitments and risk objectives.
  • Drive engineering excellence through automation, CI/CD, quality engineering, and DevSecOps practices.
  • Partner with architects to enforce standards, govern technical design decisions, and manage technical debt remediation.
  • Oversee delivery of shared integrations, APIs, data pipelines, and risk reporting platforms.
  • Mentor engineering teams, develop capability roadmaps, and optimize resource allocation against delivery priorities.
  • Work Authorization.

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