Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. The function of the Sr Director, Authentication (IAA) and Client Identity and Access Management (CIAM) role will be to define and implement a management framework for the enterprise authentication and authorization security systems of Northern Trust as well as all client identity systems and lifecycle management. The role will report to the Global Head of Identity and Access Management (IAM), ensuring formulation and execution of strategic roadmaps related to 1st line of defense IAM governance practices. This position will manage a team that will align with business, technology, information security and other corporate teams to establish and strengthen adoption of identity practices, standards and controls. As a primary IAM and CIAM leader, the selected candidate will partner with enterprise architecture, engineering, operations and program teams to ensure that the IAA and CIAM strategies and roadmaps are in alignment with other IAM capabilities and towers of work.