IAM Product Owner

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized awardwinning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds 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 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The Product Owner role operates within a crossfunctional 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 fitforpurpose to be installed into the Production environment. May be responsible for coordinating and orchestrating own teams efforts with those of other Product Owners and their teams in support of programlevel objectives.

Major Duties :

Partners with Product Management and Business stakeholders to influence support and champion product vision and roadmaps
Remains current and wellinformed on existing client requirements and expectations and industry trends that predict potential future client needs
Maintains a wellgroomed 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 businessreadiness 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 problemsolving 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
Industryrecognized certification in AGILE product ownership product management or business domain is a plus

Salary Range:

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 wellbeing 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.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us andapply today.#MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

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We hope youre 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.