Global Director: AI-Driven Vulnerability & Security Config

Northern Trust Corp; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust in Limerick seeks a Global Director of Vulnerability Management & Security Configuration to shape and lead our enterprise security program across infrastructure, cloud, and AI-driven platforms. You will drive transformation from traditional vulnerability management to a risk-based, automated capability, partnering with engineering, security, and business leaders.

This hands-on, engineering-led role requires delivering measurable risk reduction, defining baselines, enforcing

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading vulnerability management programs.
• Proven ability to drive security configuration baselines across infrastructure.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration at executive levels.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a global vulnerability management strategy.
• Scale a program spanning on-premises, cloud, and AI-driven environments.
• Lead security configuration, baselining, and continuous compliance.
• Deliver executive risk reporting and governance across teams.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Security configuration

DevSecOps

Cloud security

Automation

Threat intelligence

Risk-based prioritization

Leadership

Security governance

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Northern Trust in Limerick seeks a Global Director of Vulnerability Management & Security Configuration to shape and lead our enterprise security program across infrastructure, cloud, and AI-driven platforms. You will drive transformation from traditional vulnerability management to a risk-based, automated capability, partnering with engineering, security, and business leaders.

This hands-on, engineering-led role requires delivering measurable risk reduction, defining baselines, enforcing