Job Description

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.

As a Head of Transformation and IT Operation you will oversee the day-to-day IT Operations and the Change portfolio along with platform modernisation and transformation initiatives for the Luxembourg IT organisation.

The selected candidate will serve as the deputy of the Luxembourg Head of IT.

The key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Oversight over Luxembourg IT Day-2-Day Operational activities
• Shape and direct delivery of Luxembourg IT Change portfolio
• Key managerial role in a multi-year platform transformation
• Oversight over Capital and Operating expense Financial management
• Vendor management in line with regulatory requirement and outsourcing elements
• Create and deliver management presentations for senior executive forums
• IT Talent development and organizational shaping
• Define and implement modern ways of working towards an Agile organization.

The ideal candidate should have a fair amount of the following skills and experience:

• Deep managerial experience in EU / Luxembourg regulated financial service companies.
• Deep IT experience with exposure across all domains (Applications, Infrastructure, Security)
• Proven ability to manage a local platform with a nexus to a "global" platform outside Luxembourg
• Deep experience in Transformations, preference in platform modernisations and migrations
• Deep experience in overseeing platforms with stringent SLAs and a diverse stakeholder community
• Prove ability to map Regulatory requirements to platform delivery and oversight (e.g., DORA)
• Experience in overseeing significant teams and Talent Management responsibilities
• Proven ability to define and implement a modern IT Operating Model focused on empowered employees
• Willingness "roll up sleeves" and connect and orchestrate many different threads and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to quickly assimilate into bigger initiatives and structure complex topics into tangible deliveries
• A cost excellence mindset and ability to optimize spend through innovative solutions and process excellence.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

About Our Luxembourg Office

In 2024, the Northern Trust Luxembourg office celebrated their 20th anniversary, an important chapter in their history. Having opened in 2004 to support one client, they have since grown their client base substantially and increased their headcount significantly, which now stands at over 400.

From modern fully equipped meeting rooms to a vast canteen with a view over a vegetable garden, maintained by our team all year round, and a rooftop where beehives have been installed, this space is truly a source of pride for our team. Learn more.