Chief Enterprise Solutions Architect

18 hours ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Northern Trust Full time

About Northern Trust: A Leading Financial Institution

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, has been in continuous operation since 1889. As a globally recognized and award-winning financial institution, we provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by adhering to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity.

Our Asset Management business unit requires an experienced Chief Enterprise Solutions Architect to play a pivotal role in shaping IT strategy and architectural framework to support organizational objectives. Reporting to the Head of Technology Strategy & Architecture, this key position will define the strategic future of Asset Management.

This challenging role demands a balance between thought leadership and solutions consulting, as well as driving architecture in collaboration with enterprise partners and technical teams. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing robust architecture and implementing scalable, efficient, and secure solutions for Asset Management.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Enterprise Architecture: Design and implement Asset Management architecture strategies in alignment with the organization's business goals. Define IT vision, elaborate strategic roadmap, and represent business architecture views for enterprise consumption. Adapt patterns and practices from Enterprise Architecture and collaborate in framework standardization and patterns documentation.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with business unit leaders, application teams, and Enterprise Architecture teams to implement Asset Management architecture. Engage with stakeholders to identify pain points, explore opportunities, and provide technology guidance to address business needs. Architect, design, and oversee technology solutions - keeping industry trends, emerging technologies, and industry best practices in consideration.
  • Governance & Risk Management: Establish governance frameworks to ensure adherence to architectural standards and compliance per regulatory requirements. Participate in architecture reviews and influence tools adoption. Implement security and risk mitigation strategies, ensuring solutions meet necessary compliance standards.
  • Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Mentor a team of architects and engineers, fostering horizontal leadership in a collaborative and innovative environment. Provide guidance on complex technical issues, offering practical approach and strategic solutions - addressing scalability, performance, security, and integration challenges.
  • System Integration & Modernization: Drive modernization of legacy systems, ensuring seamless integration with new technologies. Oversee the integration of diverse platforms, including cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures, optimizing the technology stack for efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
  • Documentation & Communication: Maintain comprehensive documentation of enterprise architecture, including system blueprints, business architecture, process views, and standards & guidelines. Communicate architectural plans and strategies to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. 12+ years of Financial Services industry experience with focus in enterprise architecture practice.
  • Strong knowledge of Asset Management, including portfolio management systems, trading platforms, risk management tools, and regulatory systems.
  • Strong bias towards action. Relentless drive to deliver results, explore innovative alternatives, and collaborative attitude to work across boundaries.
  • Experience with enterprise patterns, TOGAF / Zachman frameworks and strong understanding of Well-Architected Framework.
  • Expertise in cloud computing, data management, messaging, event workstream, cybersecurity, and integration architectures (e.g., Azure, Snowflake, API Management, Microservices).
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with ability to influence stakeholders. Ability to envision the big picture, elaborate on the details, and articulate complex concepts with lucid visualization for business stakeholders.

Compensation: $180,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on qualifications and experience. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for career growth and professional development.



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