Associate Specialist, Product Management, Omnium

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized award-winning 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.

SUMMARY

The Data Delivery product owner provides a combination of strong functional knowledge of the business line paired with product knowledge to execute strategic change of a proprietary finance platform. Seeks perspective from multiple stakeholders and team members to optimize value to customers and minimize risk to existing functionality. Assesses opportunities for process improvements that result in higher efficiency effectiveness and a better user experience.

Has specific knowledge or expertise typically gained through formal education or equivalent experience. Uses expertise to derive technology solutions to complex problems. Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines. Works independently; receives minimal guidance. May support projects or project steps within a broader project or may have accountability for on-going activities or objectives. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acting product owner to a major component of a proprietary finance platform of which the below responsibilities are with respect
• Includes a diverse stakeholder group to refine requirements for development
• Responsible for refining a product backlog of prioritized development
• Daily support of product development including but not limited to
  • Requirements are documented clearly and understood by all relevant parties
  • Test plans are thorough
  • Validation and feedback through testing are timely
• Performs risk assessment of development solutions to determine appropriate testing strategy
• Support training as deemed required of new technology solutions for both internal and external users
• Participate in discovery sessions with new clients to determine impact to development scope
• Support migrations to new technology including but not limited to
  • Training business users on new technology
  • Oversee execution of migration
  • Refine requirements of development requests to expedite migrations
  • Gather feedback of new technology from early adopters
• Takes a new perspective on existing solutions
• Maintains a consistent feedback loop with business and development owners
• Collaborate directly with project managers and scrum masters on milestones of both short-term (e.g. end of day milestone) and long-term (e.g. release milestone)

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills (solutions-oriented mindset)
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Client relationship focused (internal and external relationships)
• Is experimental and embraces continuous improvement
• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus
• Flexible and adaptable to change; capable of being a change agent to identify and drive productivity transformation
• Usage of workflow tools like Jira or Azure
• Knowledge of software development life cycle and common frameworks (scrum kanban waterfall)
• Basic to intermediate understanding of SQL and data warehouses

EXPERIENCE

• Must have at least one of the below multiple is preferred
  • Supported an agile transition in an organization
  • Supported a major client onboarding (multiple over career preferred)
  • Responsible for testing new technology updates
  • Acting business analyst of a component of technology at your organization
  • Support a project where technology solutions-solved complex problems
• Experience working with colleagues outside reporting lines
• Experience with Investment Management and/or Financial Services
• Has mentored and trained colleagues to perform their function well
• Experience with on-premises or cloud-based data warehouses
• A College or University degree and relevant proven work experience
• Certifications are a plus
  • Agile (product owner scrum master etc.)
  • CPA CFA

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 well-being 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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Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.