Cybersecurity Governance Lead
About The Position
The Cybersecurity Governance Lead is a hands-on individual contributor responsible for executing governance activities that enable Northern Trust’s Application & Data Security organization to meet its commitments. The role leads and coordinates work across controls and policy compliance, audit management, financial management, workforce planning, and organizational governance. It produces analysis, evidence, reporting, plans, and operational artifacts, and coordinates with Application Security, Data Security, and corporate partners where dependencies exist. The position reports to the Global Head of Application & Data Security. It supports the organization by tracking security controls, standards, policies, audit activity, findings, remediation commitments, budgets, forecasts, expenditures, workforce plans, priorities, risks, and dependencies. The role also develops management reports, dashboards, decision materials, and leadership review content, while partnering with functions including Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience with financial management, workforce planning, or operational management within a technology or security organization.
- Working knowledge of security controls, audit, risk management, and corporate policy environments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop clear management and executive-level reporting.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive work across teams without direct authority.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Responsibilities
- Track, measure, and escalate applicable security controls, standards, and corporate policies, including control documentation, testing support, and evidence collection.
- Prepare audit and examination responses, assemble supporting evidence, validate readiness, and coordinate with stakeholders through completion.
- Track findings, remediation commitments, control gaps, policy exceptions, and supporting evidence.
- Maintain governance reporting and ensure issues are escalated and tracked to resolution.
- Build and maintain department budgets, forecasts, expense tracking, and financial reporting, coordinating inputs and approvals as needed.
- Track technology, vendor, consulting, and workforce expenditures against plans.
- Partner with Finance and Procurement on financial planning and ongoing management.
- Develop and maintain workforce plans covering employees, contractors, open positions, capacity, and future resource needs.
- Maintain visibility into hiring plans, capacity, organizational changes, and workforce priorities.
- Partner with leadership and Human Resources on workforce planning activities.
- Support cross-team initiatives requiring coordination across security, technology, risk, finance, audit, and other corporate functions.
- Create management reports, decision materials, dashboards, and leadership review content from source data through final delivery.
- Track departmental priorities, commitments, risks, dependencies, and action items.
Benefits
- Retirement benefits, including a 401(k) and pension
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Spending accounts and disability benefits
- Paid time off
- Parental and caregiver leave
- Life and accident insurance
- Other voluntary and well-being benefits
- Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
