Sr Lead, Tech Project Manager

The Northern Trust Company; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Sr Lead Project Manager in Pune to guide large infrastructure lifecycle upgrades. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, define scope, and manage budgets and timelines across OS, middleware, and databases.

The role requires strong collaboration with Architects and senior leaders to design implementation patterns and drive projects from concept through closure. This is a high-impact, leadership-driven position within a secure, global firm.

Qualifications

• Provides consultation to business unit and IT project management and strategies.
• Undertakes complex projects requiring specialized technical knowledge.
• Advances planning and project execution for end of life / end of support software.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive consultation to business unit and IT Project management and strategies.
• Undertakes complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge.
• Advances planning and project execution for end of life / end of support software.
• Advances planning and project execution for targeted exit platforms and software.
• Defines project scope and objectives. Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Drives conversations with application and infrastructure team members and leadership to identify and close key technical issues.
• Directs roadmap planning exercises and works with key business and infrastructure team members to define and complete.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk analysis

Vendor lifecycle management

Job description

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world's most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Summary

• Provides consultation to the business unit and IT Project management and strategies.
• Undertakes complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge.
• Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects. Takes projects from original concept through final implementation. Helps defines project scope and objectives.
• Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Responsible for project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis.
• Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables. Provides specialized knowledge and analytical guidance to project team.
• Reporting to the Modernization / EOL Director you will play a vital role to help the firm ensure that NT's technology continues to run on supported technology.

Northern Trust has a commitment to ensure that all technology is secure, reliable and resilient.

As part of that Northern Trust has deep commitment to ensuring that all Platform and Vended Applications are supported and secure.

A dedicated Sr Lead Project Manager is required to lead our largest infrastructure lifecycle upgrade projects.

These projects encompass upgrading a major infrastructure technology (e.g. Operating System, Middleware, Database) and all of the associated applications running on that technology. This includes financial management, resource management, dependency management, multi-year planning, reporting, stakeholder management, and audit compliance.

The ideal candidate has experience being part of large projects, helping identify and resolve key program risks and program blockers, and as well as providing critical data and business analysis to help drive program decisions. This candidate will also work directly with business unit service delivery managers ensuring that the vendor lifecycle management programs initiatives are being met against key timelines, budgets, and against competing business priorities.

This role is more than a project management position - a resource in this role will be expected to work with Architects and Senior leaders to design an implementation pattern; applications to plan the project required based on that implementation pattern, and drive the project to closure.

The project manager should be expected to understand technical concepts included in those patterns.

Major Duties

• Provides comprehensive consultation to business unit and IT Project management and strategies.
• Undertakes complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge.
• Advances planning and project execution for end of life / end of support software.
• Advances planning and project execution for targeted exit platforms and software.
• Defines project scope and objectives. Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Drives conversations with application and infrastructure team members and leadership to identify and close key technical Issues
• Directs roadmap planning exercises and works with key business and infrastructure team members to define and complete

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust's history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [e-mail] , or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.

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