Talent Management Specialist

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.

Talent Management Specialist/Talent Management and Development – Global Practices

This senior individual contributor and program‑lead role serves as a strategic extension of the Talent Management leadership agenda. The role is accountable for end to end design, execution, and evolution of enterprise talent and succession planning and performance management practices. Acting as a day to day operational and thought partner to the Talent Management Leader, this role translates strategic intent into detailed approaches, manages execution across stakeholders and systems, and provides leadership and direction to team members delivering the work.

This role blends deep talent management expertise with foundational consulting skills—including critical thinking, business writing, stakeholder management, and results orientation—to advance enterprise talent outcomes.

• Own the end to end approach, delivery, and continuous evolution of enterprise talent and succession planning and performance management practices, from strategy through execution and adoption.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to Talent Management leadership, contributing informed points of view, analysis, and recommendations to shape strategy, priorities, and future state direction.
• Translate strategic direction into detailed, executable plans—defining frameworks, tools, sequencing, and operating guidance that enable consistent, high quality execution.
• Provide day to day leadership, direction, and prioritization for team members and stakeholders supporting talent and performance programs, enabling focused execution and skill development.
• Act as a subject matter expert on talent management practices, offering clear perspectives, guidance, and decision support to HR partners, Talent Advisors, and business stakeholders.
• Prepare, communicate, and facilitate through compelling written materials and decks that clarify intent, surface trade offs, and drive alignment and decisions.
• Lead complex, cross functional stakeholder engagement, building trust, managing competing inputs, and sustaining momentum without formal authority.
• Navigate ambiguity and evolving requirements by applying sound judgment, critical thinking, and a bias for action—bringing structure and progress where answers are not predefined.
• Partner closely with HR Technology and Workday teams to ensure solutions are user centered, operationally sound, and supported by effective change management.
• Establish success measures, monitor outcomes, and apply insights to continuously improve program effectiveness, simplicity, and impact.
• Lead change and adoption efforts, ensuring leaders and HR partners understand not just what to do, but why it matters and how to apply practices effectively.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, I/O Psychology, or a related field;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in talent management, organizational effectiveness, or human performance, with demonstrated ownership of enterprise scale programs or transformations.
• Strong consulting skillset,…