Strategic Transformation Executive

Lead enterprise-scale transformation. Shape the future of Wealth Management.

The Strategic Transformation Executive is a senior, enterprise-oriented leader responsible for translating strategy into measurable, sustained business outcomes. Reporting to the Chief Transformation Officer, these five Strategic Transformation Executive roles will lead transformation initiatives within the Wealth Management Transformation Office, partnering closely with executive leaders to design and deliver large-scale transformation across strategy, operating model, talent, data, and technology.

This role leads the design and execution of Wealth Management's personalization strategy, aligning client personas with differentiated operating models, service approaches, and growth priorities. The executive partners with business, product, and technology leaders to clarify persona-specific value propositions and ensure scalable delivery across the Wealth Management platform.

This role is accountable for transforming Wealth Management's channel and platform strategy to enable growth, scale, and consistency across client and advisor interactions. The executive drives alignment across distribution channels, core platforms, and supporting capabilities to improve integration, reduce friction, and accelerate delivery of new products and services.

This role leads transformation initiatives focused on advisor enablement, practice management, and the evolution of the PA Workstation. The executive is responsible for improving field productivity and effectiveness by redesigning tools, workflows, training, and service models that enable advisors and relationship teams to operate at scale with greater consistency and impact.

This enterprise scoped role establishes and scales program management, governance, and execution platforms that underpin transformation initiatives across Northern Trust. The executive is accountable for driving disciplined delivery, transparency, and benefits realization by building repeatable program management standards, tooling, and performance tracking capabilities that can be leveraged across multiple businesses, including but not limited to Wealth Management.

This role leads the modernization of Wealth Management's digital assets and payments capabilities, including custody, money movement, and next-generation transaction infrastructure. The executive is accountable for reducing friction, managing risk, and positioning Northern Trust to compete effectively in evolving digital financial ecosystems.

• Join the Transformation Office on the ground floor and be part of building a high-performing team spanning strategy, program management, analytics, and change.
• Serve as the execution owner of transformation initiatives, accountable for strategy design, execution, and measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with the Chief Transformation Officer and senior business leaders to shape priorities and execute enterprise transformation objectives.
• Translate enterprise strategy into multi-year transformation roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Oversee complex, cross-functional initiatives across business, operations, data, technology, and change enablement.
• Establish governance, performance tracking, and benefits realization to ensure initiatives deliver lasting impact.
• Drive adoption of data, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions that improve decision-making, productivity, and client experience.
• Design and embed repeatable transformation frameworks and ways of working that scale across the enterprise.
• Act as a visible change leader, reinforcing disciplined execution and outcome-focused delivery.

• Deep understanding of Wealth Management business models and operating dynamics.
• Proven experience leading enterprise transformation and complex, multi-workstream programs.
• Strong…