Senior Vice President, Software Engineering

Head of Operations– NTAMTechnology

Role Overview

The Head of Operations Technology is a strategic technology executive responsible for defining and executing the technology vision, transformation strategy, and delivery roadmap supporting NorthernTrust AssetManagement's Operations, Administration, Client Reporting, Regulatory, and Client Servicing capabilities.

This role operates at the intersection of business and technology, partnering with executive leadership to translate strategic priorities into scalable technology solutions, enterprise platforms, and measurable business outcomes. The position has accountability for technology strategy, portfolio execution, organizational leadership, modernization, AI adoption, operational resilience, and financial stewardship across a diverse global technology portfolio.

As a senior technology leader, this role builds and develops high-performing organizations, fosters innovation, and creates trusted partnerships across business, operations, architecture, data, risk, and technology teams to accelerate growth, improve efficiency, enhance client experience, and maintain regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities 

Strategic Technology Leadership 

• Define and execute multi-year technology strategies, investment priorities, funding decisions, and capability roadmaps aligned with business growth, operational excellence, regulatory requirements, and client outcomes. 

• Lead the modernization and transformation of strategic business platforms supporting client onboarding, reporting, investment operations, regulatory reporting, revenue oversight, and managed account capabilities. 

• Drive modernization, automation, cloud adoption, SaaS platforms, AI, and modern engineering practices to improve scalability, resiliency, productivity, and client service. 

Executive Leadership & Business Partnership 

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business, operations, product, and technology leaders, influencing organizational strategy, technology direction, and measurable business outcomes. 

Organizational & Talent Leadership 

• Lead global engineering, architecture, DevOps, quality, and software delivery teams. 

• Build high-performing leadership teams through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and talent development. 

• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, diversity, and continuous learning. 

• Drive agile operating models that improve organizational effectiveness and business outcomes. 

Portfolio & Delivery Leadership 

• Provide oversight for a complex portfolio of business-critical platforms, products, and transformation initiatives, ensuring governance, financial accountability, predictable delivery, and effective risk management.

• Drive predictable delivery of strategic initiatives while balancing business priorities,vulnerability management, technical debt reduction, and operational stability.

• Manage portfolio risk, dependencies, resource allocation, vendor relationships, and stakeholder expectations todeliversuccessful businessoutcomes.

AI, Data & Innovation Leadership

• Champion AI, automation, analytics, andemerging technologies toimprove productivity, decision-making, operational efficiency, client outcomes, and competitive differentiation.

• Establish reusable AI capabilities, governance frameworks, engineering standards, and scalable adoption models across business functions.

• Promote data as a strategic asset by advancing data quality, analytics, transparency, and self-service capabilities.

Architecture, Modernization & Engineering Excellence

• Drive enterprise architecture alignment,build-versus-buy decisions,technology lifecycle management, platform simplification,vendor strategy,and reduction of technical debt.

• Advance DevOps, automation, quality engineering, secure development practices, and modern delivery methodologies to improve engineering productivity and platform reliability.

Risk, Controls & Operational Excellence

• Ensure compliance with audit, cybersecurity, risk, resiliency, governance, regulatory, architecture, and securitystandards across the technology portfolio.

• Drive operational excellence and business value through platform modernization, automation, process optimization, and data-driven performance management.

Financial & Investment Management

• Provide stewardship of technology investments,operating budgets,capital allocations, andoutcome-based performance measures.

• Evaluate investment opportunities and prioritize initiatives based on business value, risk reduction, scalability, operational efficiency, and client impact.

What Sets You Apart 

Experience 

• 15+ years of leadership in enterprise-scale technology organizations within asset management, investment banking, or related financial services. 

• 7+ years of people leadership, including global management of managers.

• Hands-on experience with the investment operations lifecycle: trade management, portfolio accounting, performance measurement, regulatory reporting, and client reporting.

• Experience with two or more of the following platforms: Eagle, BlackRock Aladdin, Sylvan, State StreetFundConnect, Kurtosys, Snowflake. 

• Proven track record of successfully leading digital strategy and transformation for a major organization. 

• Experience building green-field applications on cloud (Azure preferably) from the ground up using open architecture (React, Java microservices, workflow engines).

• Experienceengaging withsenior executives,global regulators, audit, and risk committees.

Expertise

• Deep knowledge of asset management across public and private markets.

• Strong command of financialservicesregulatory landscapes and technology frameworks.

• Experience scaling AI and advanced technologies within an investment business.

• Strongunderstanding of the value of data, bringing it to life, and leveraging modern tools, platforms, AI, and cloudto deliver the best experience.

Leadership

• Exceptional ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate at the executive level.

• Proven success leading in complex, highly matrixed global organizations.

• Strong people leader with a focus on talent development, culture, and organizational effectiveness.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Scienceor equivalent experience required.

• MBAor advanced degree preferred.