Global Accounting Product Lead, SVP

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

22h • Hybrid

About The Position

Drive the evolution of Northern Trust’s global accounting product suite across fund, insurance, partnership, and related capabilities. Sitting within Asset Servicing’s Product Office, this role helps advance product solutions that support institutional clients across custody, administration, fiduciary, and data services. This is a senior individual contributor opportunity for someone who leads through expertise, influence, and cross-functional partnership to help modernize the platform and deliver meaningful client and business impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 15+ years in financial services and product management
• Deep accounting product expertise
• Experience leading global product portfolios and contributing to product financial performance
• Proven ability to lead in a senior individual contributor role
• Strong cross-functional partnership and stakeholder management skills
• Strategic thinker with strong execution focus

Responsibilities

• Lead the global accounting product portfolio across fund, insurance, partnership, and related capabilities
• Set product direction and roadmap priorities in partnership with key stakeholders
• Bring together accounting, data, reporting, and service capabilities into cohesive solutions
• Serve as a senior product leader through expertise, influence, and sound judgment
• Drive industry analysis, modernization initiatives, and product differentiation
• Represent the product in client and industry engagements
• Partner across Product, Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk, and Compliance
• Influence priorities and decision-making with senior stakeholders
• Lead cross-functional outcomes through collaboration, credibility, and strong product knowledge
• Help shape pricing strategy and product financial performance
• Support capital planning, investment prioritization, and business cases
• Contribute to growth through a competitive and scalable product strategy
• Support delivery across product lifecycle stages
• Ensure adherence to governance, risk, and control frameworks
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies and risks

Benefits

• 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
• other voluntary and well-being benefits
• discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior