Senior Lead - Technology Risk and Control – Emerging Technology Risk

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 world’s 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 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The Senior Lead, Technology Risk and Control Officer play a key role within Northern Trust’s Global Technology organization, supporting a strong First Line of Defense and a control‑aware culture. This role is responsible for leading the identification, assessment, and oversight of Emerging Technology risks, including those related to artificial intelligence, cloud, SaaS, data‑driven platforms, and evolving technology architectures, to support secure, compliant, and resilient technology solutions.

The Senior Lead serves as a trusted risk partner to Technology and Cybersecurity teams, driving effective emerging technology risk identification, risk assessments, and control oversight, and contributing risk insights to issue management and risk treatment decisions. This role supports strong governance outcomes, regulatory readiness, and the continued evolution of technology risk management practices across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Risk & Control Oversight

Lead and oversee the planning and execution of emerging technology risk assessments, including evaluation of risk drivers, control design, and operating effectiveness across AI, cloud, SaaS, data, and cybersecurity domains.

Assess whether controls supporting emerging technology use cases are appropriately designed, clearly documented, consistently executed, and supported by complete and reliable evidence.

Identify emerging and systemic technology risks, clearly articulating root cause, impact, and risk implications to senior stakeholders.

Risk Assessment & Stakeholder Partnership

Serve as a risk advisor to technology leaders, architects, control owners, and process owners, providing practical, risk‑based guidance to strengthen control maturity and manage emerging technology risks.

Influence risk decision‑making by delivering balanced risk assessments that consider business objectives, regulatory expectations, and evolving technology adoption.

Build strong partnerships across Technology, Cybersecurity, Architecture, Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, and Audit to ensure consistent risk identification and oversight.

Risk Oversight, Issues & Governance

Lead and support oversight of emerging technology risks through the technology risk treatment lifecycle, including risk identification, assessment, approval, and monitoring of remediation or acceptance decisions.

Oversee emerging technology‑related control issues, ensuring timely remediation, appropriate escalation, and readiness for validation and audit review.

Support preparation of risk materials for governance forums and committees, including senior management and risk committees.

Regulatory, Audit & Assurance Support

Play a key role in regulatory exams, supervisory interactions, internal audits, and independent risk assessments related to emerging technologies, ensuring well‑coordinated responses and high‑quality evidence.

Proactively monitor emerging technology regulatory developments and assess their impact on technology risk and control expectations.

Qualification and Experience

10-12 years of experience in Technology Risk, Cyber Risk, Cloud Risk, or related disciplines, with demonstrable enterprise‑level accountability.

Exposure to AI systems, cloud platforms, and complex digital architectures within regulated environments is a plus

Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSK, CRISC, or equivalent preferred

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.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected].

We hope you’re 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.

About Our Pune Office

The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.

Our Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.