Program Solution Train Engineer

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

16d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. Introduction We are seeking a Program Solution Train Engineer to join our Digital Modernization Delivery & Implementation Team supporting the Client Onboarding Lifecycle Modernization initiative. Working Model: Hybrid We have a balanced hybrid working model to ensure you get the flexibility you need, and the successful candidate will spend their time between working in the office and working from home. Job Summary The Program Solution Train Engineer will lead the planning and execution of integrated capabilities for the Client Onboarding Modernization initiative solution. Responsible for aligning the flow of value through Client Onboarding to deliver exceptional capabilities and solutions for our clients. The Solution Train Engineer will possess a systems view of the entire development and delivery process and focus on the whole Operational Value Stream, inclusive of all aligned developmental value streams. They will provide the 'connective tissue between the “intent” and the actual implementation and establish the critical connectivity between strategic leadership and actual implementation and help individual ART stakeholders and RTEs understand their impact on the bigger picture of the solution development, establishing the right balance of centralized vs decentralized decision-making.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience as a large-scale Solution Train Engineer or a Senior RTE.
• Highly motivated, collaborative, self-starter.
• Ability to partner with vendors, 3rd parties, customers, colleagues and develop positive working relationships to create an open positive working environment.
• Detail oriented, strong analytical skills, advanced judgment capability, strong problem solving, and ability to manage workflow.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Superior time management and planning skills.
• Remaining calm under pressure, having excellent negotiation and conflict management skills with sufficient gravitas and credibility to work with the other PM’s on the project to manage resources, dependencies etc.
• Financial industry knowledge.
• Program management skills that have been developed over years of experience helpful.

Nice To Haves

• SAFe and Product Management qualifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Works with the product, data and architecture groups, and Release Train Engineers to coordinate work across the value streams, deconflicts deliveries and manages capacity across Program Increments.
• Understands the end state vision and solution architecture in order to guide the value streams on priority and escalate as appropriate to the appropriate governance groups.
• Facilitate synchronization across the Solution Train conducting regular syncs involving Solution Management, Solution Architects, Product Management, RTEs, and other necessary stakeholders.
• Ability to blend Agile and traditional delivery methods to form a cohesive delivery train in an evolving organization.
• Ensures frequent solution integration by confirming the ARTs are progressing towards their goals and ensuring the ARTs understand the importance of solution integration.
• Establish release coordination activities by establishing a rhythm of release activities within and across the ARTs.
• Facilitates the Solution Train-level Planning by engaging with all relevant stakeholders and ARTS.
• Ensure visibility and effective interactions using ceremonies and tools that reach across the ART to facilitate speedy responses to impediments.
• Connect ARTs with the right stakeholders as needed to ensure ARTs continually have everything they need to plan and work effectively.
• Establish Solution Train flow measures by measuring the flow of high-level items (solution epics and capabilities at the solution level to reveal solution development and delivery performance
• Assist organizational leadership with alignment of the ARTs to the Value Stream and the relentless and continuous improvement of our ways of working.
• Responsible for understanding and applying risk management discipline in decision making, and Solution's risk management.
• Demonstrable mastery in various competencies of Teaching, Mentoring, Transformation, and Facilitation Mentoring: Conveys Wisdom - Out of context and usually one on ones with Release Train Engineers, Product Management, executives, and others on the train
• Works with the product, data, and architecture groups to update the solution vision, gathering feedback and metrics on performance and coordinating scheduling, attendance and agendas.
• Works with PMO in maintaining a Solution level roadmap and proactively measuring / managing progress across the ARTs.
• Collaborate and communicate with third parties, executive sponsors and senior management stakeholders and partner groups in particular the supported business functions to ensure that all initiatives are efficiently managed and delivered.
• Delivers regular progress reporting which present a concise, accurate status of the solution delivery, ensuring a consistent status is communicated up to the overall program.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees