IAM Product Management and Strategy

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.

Role Overview

The Head of Identity and Access Management (IAM) Product Management & Strategy is responsible for defining and executing the IAM vision strategy and roadmap. This leader will oversee the full IAM product ecosystemincluding identity governance privileged access authentication and authorizationensuring alignment with business objectives regulatory requirements and security best practices.

This role combines product management discipline with deep IAM domain expertise to drive a scalable secure and user-centric IAM ecosystem. The leader will also establish IAM processes and ensure tooling is effectively integrated to support end-to-end identity lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities:

IAM Strategy & Vision

• Define and lead the IAM strategy aligning with cybersecurity risk and business priorities
• Establish a multi-year roadmap across IAM domains: Identity Governance Privileged Access Authentication and Authorization
• Drive transformation toward modern scalable and automated identity platforms
• Partner with executive stakeholders to position IAM as a business enabler not just a control function

Product Management Leadership

• Build and lead a high-performing IAM product management organization
• Define product vision roadmaps and success metrics for all IAM platforms
• Partner with project office to apply product management best practices (customer focus backlog prioritization agile delivery) to IAM capabilities
• Ensure consistent lifecycle management across IAM toolsfrom onboarding to optimization and retirement

IAM Tooling Ownership & Integration

Oversee strategy implementation and optimization of key IAM technologies including:

• Privileged Access Management (PAM): CyberArk (or equivalent)
• Identity Governance & Administration (IGA): SailPoint Saviynt Okta IGA
• Authentication & Access Management: Okta (SSO MFA adaptive authentication)
• Authorization & Policy Management: PlainID or similar ABAC solutions

Responsibilities include:

• Driving platform rationalization and reducing tool sprawl
• Ensuring interoperability and integration across IAM tools and enterprise systems
• Aligning tooling capabilities with IAM processes and control objectives
• Optimizing user experience while maintaining strong security controls

Qualifications:

Required Experience

• 12 years in Identity and Access Management Cybersecurity or related fields
• 5 years in leadership roles overseeing IAM programs or product teams
• Deep expertise in IAM Products:

Core Competencies

• Strong product management mindset applied to security platforms
• Strategic thinking with the ability to execute at scale
• Deep understanding of IAM processes and how tooling enables them
• Experience driving large-scale IAM transformations
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Preferred

• Experience in large complex enterprise environments (e.g. financial services)
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and SaaS ecosystems

Success Measures

• Adoption and effectiveness of IAM platforms across the enterprise
• Reduction in manual processes through automation
• Improved audit outcomes and reduced risk exposure
• Enhanced user experience (faster access fewer friction points)
• Clear alignment between IAM processes and supporting technology

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)

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.

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Reasonable accommodation

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