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.
We are seeking a senior leader for our newly created Head of Artificial Intelligence Risk role. The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and overseeing Northern Trust’s enterprise wide AI risk management framework. This role requires strategic acumen, quickly establishing credibility at the highest levels of the organization, and the ability to shape practical, scalable oversight as AI adoption accelerates.
Build & Oversee the Enterprise AI Governance Framework:
Develop, implement, and continually enhance AI governance, guardrails, tiering, and review mechanisms.
Ensure exception management, accountability structures, and risk based decisioning are consistently applied.
Operate as the independent second line of defence for AI
Conduct and oversee independent risk assessments, challenge, and ongoing monitoring of AI systems and use cases.
Balance safety, soundness, and agility to enable responsible innovation.
Drive AI Policy, controls & regulatory readiness
Shape AI related policy, standards, and control frameworks across the enterprise.
Serve as the primary interface with regulators and external stakeholders regarding NT’s AI Risk posture.
Enterprise Engagement & Senior-Level representation
Present AI risk frameworks, assessments, and emerging issues to senior risk committees and the Board.
Collaborate closely with Chief Data Office, Data Privacy, Technology, Compliance, Legal, Model Risk, and business functions to ensure alignment and integration.
Leadership & Future Team Build-Out
Begin as a senior individual contributor and thought leader, with the capability to scale and lead a dedicated team as organizational needs grow.
• Deep Expertise in AI Risk & Governance, demonstrated through proven ability to design and operationalize AI risk frameworks, controls, and oversight structures.
• Strong grounding in regulatory expectations, governance standards and emerging AI supervisory trends.
• Track record of strategic Influence across a complex enterprise. Background in a sophisticated, international financial services environment; GSIB exposure is a plus.
• Ability to drive cultural adoption of AI in a controlled manner, influencing senior stakeholders across all lines of defense.
• Experience partnering with AI leadership and functional risk owners (data, privacy, tech, cyber, model risk, compliance, legal).
• Experience working within an AI forward, innovation focused environment.
• Demonstrated ability to assess AI initiatives holistically, including data, technology, privacy and model risk considerations.
• Experience evaluating AI related value propositions within a CRO or risk leadership context.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Proven track record of achieving results within agreed time frames.
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.