Cybersecurity Governance Lead

Northern Trust; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k retirement plan

Health & welfare benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life & disability insurance

Discretionary bonus program

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Cybersecurity Governance Lead to drive governance, controls, audit, and financial planning for the security program. The role involves coordinating with stakeholders, preparing examination responses, and tracking risk and policy gaps.

You will manage budgets and reporting, while shaping workforce plans and cross-team initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in security, risk management, and executive reporting, with strong communication skills

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with financial management, workforce planning, or operational management within a technology or security organization.
• Working knowledge of security controls, audit, risk management, and corporate policy environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop clear management and executive-level reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive work across teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Governance, controls & audit: track, measure and elevate applicable security controls, standards, and corporate policies, including control documentation, testing support, and evidence collection.
• Prepare audit and examination responses, assemble supporting evidence, validate readiness, and coordinate directly with stakeholders through completion.
• Track findings, remediation commitments, control gaps, policy exceptions, and supporting evidence.
• Maintain governance reporting and ensure issues are appropriately escalated and tracked to resolution.
• Financial Management: build and maintain department budgets, forecasts, expense tracking, and financial reporting, coordinating inputs and approvals where required.
• Track technology, vendor, consulting, and workforce expenditures against plans.
• Partner with Finance and Procurement to support financial planning and ongoing management.
• Workforce Strategy: develop and maintain workforce plans covering employees, contractors, open positions, capacity, and future resource needs.
• Maintain visibility into hiring plans, capacity, organizational changes, and workforce priorities.
• Partner with leadership and Human Resources on workforce planning activities.
• Department Operations & Cross-Team Support: support cross-team initiatives requiring coordination across security, technology, risk, finance, audit, and other corporate functions.
• Create management reports, decision materials, dashboards, and leadership review content from source data through final delivery.
• Track departmental priorities, commitments, risks, dependencies, and action items.

Skills

Financial management

Workforce planning

Operational management

Security controls

Audit & risk management

Policy compliance

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project coordination

Stakeholder 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.

Cybersecurity Governance Lead

Reports to: Global Head of Application & Data Security Role Type: Individual Contributor Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Governance, Controls & Audit
• Track, measure and elevate applicable security controls, standards, and corporate policies, including control documentation, testing support, and evidence collection.
• Prepare audit and examination responses, assemble supporting evidence, validate readiness, and coordinate directly with stakeholders through completion.
• Track findings, remediation commitments, control gaps, policy exceptions, and supporting evidence.
• Maintain governance reporting and ensure issues are appropriately escalated and tracked to resolution.
• Financial Management
• Build and maintain department budgets, forecasts, expense tracking, and financial reporting, coordinating inputs and approvals where required.
• Track technology, vendor, consulting, and workforce expenditures against plans.
• Partner with Finance and Procurement to support financial planning and ongoing management.
• Workforce Strategy
• Develop and maintain workforce plans covering employees, contractors, open positions, capacity, and future resource needs.
• Maintain visibility into hiring plans, capacity, organizational changes, and workforce priorities.
• Partner with leadership and Human Resources on workforce planning activities.
• Department Operations & Cross-Team Support
• Support cross-team initiatives requiring coordination across security, technology, risk, finance, audit, and other corporate functions.
• Create management reports, decision materials, dashboards, and leadership review content from source data through final delivery.
• Track departmental priorities, commitments, risks, dependencies, and action items.

Qualifications

• 10 + years of experience with financial management, workforce planning, or operational management within a technology or security organization.
• Working knowledge of security controls, audit, risk management, and corporate policy environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop clear management and executive-level reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive work across teams without direct authority.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $114,700 - 194,900 USD Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay.

Benefits

• 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
• other voluntary and well-being benefits
• discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

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.

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.

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