Cybersecurity Awareness and Social Engineering Program Lead

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** About Northern Trust
** As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world's most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure:
Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

We're looking for a Cybersecurity Awareness & Social Engineering Program Lead to help strengthen how our organization identifies and responds to human cyber risk. Sitting within the Office of the CISO, this role will lead our enterprise phishing and social engineering simulation program and support role-based cybersecurity education.

You'll combine cybersecurity expertise, technology, data, and education to create realistic simulations, understand behavioral risk, and help employees build stronger security habits.### What You'll Do
* Lead the strategy and execution of enterprise phishing and social engineering simulations, including email, smishing, and vishing campaigns.
* Design realistic, risk-based scenarios informed by emerging threats, attack trends, and internal risk themes.
* Manage simulation platforms such as KnowBe4, Proofpoint, or similar technologies, including campaign setup, testing, integrations, and optimization.
* Analyze results and behavioral trends to identify higher-risk populations and opportunities for targeted education.
* Develop dashboards and leadership reporting covering key measures such as reporting rates, susceptibility, repeat behavior, and improvement over time.
* Create targeted cybersecurity education and role-based training for different employee populations.
* Partner across cybersecurity, technology, risk, compliance, communications, and the business to coordinate campaigns and improve secure behaviors.
* Continuously evolve the program based on new threats, technology, data, and employee behavior.### What You'll Bring
* Cybersecurity experience with a strong understanding of phishing, social engineering, business email compromise, credential theft, smishing, and vishing.
* Hands-on experience with enterprise phishing simulation or security awareness platforms such as KnowBe4 or Proofpoint.
* Experience designing and managing end-to-end phishing or social engineering campaigns.
* Strong analytical skills with experience turning campaign data into meaningful insights and recommendations.
* Ability to translate complex cybersecurity risks into clear, practical education and communications.
* Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.### Preferred
* Experience in a large, global, regulated, or financial services environment.
* Experience with threat intelligence, security operations, email security, identity, incident response, or fraud teams.
* Experience developing cybersecurity training for higher-risk audiences such as executives, privileged users, technology teams, or customer-facing employees.
* Familiarity with learning management systems, BI/reporting tools, and automation.
* Relevant cybersecurity, risk, data, learning, or project management certifications.

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