Senior Emerging AI​/Cyber Architect – Human-Agent Systems

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.

Senior Emerging Technology Architect – AI Security, Human-Agent Systems & Post-Quantum Technologies

The Senior Emerging Technology Architect is responsible for defining and advancing the enterprise architecture for secure human-AI collaboration, agentic systems, and emerging technologies, including quantum and post-quantum cryptography (PQC). This role serves as a strategic leader at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, architecture, and innovation, ensuring emerging technologies align with enterprise security standards, risk requirements, and business objectives. [Senior Eme...nt Systems | Word]

The position focuses on establishing scalable operating models for human-agent collaboration, secure AI adoption, AI-native architectures, and quantum readiness while enabling innovation through governance, resilience, and trust. [Senior Eme...nt Systems | Word]

Define architectural standards and security guardrails for AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and autonomous systems.

Ensure AI platforms, agents, and workflows align with enterprise security policies, risk frameworks, and regulatory requirements.

Collaborate with cybersecurity, risk, legal, and compliance teams to establish governance models for AI adoption.

Define controls for agent identity, authorization, data access, auditability, and operational oversight.

Develop enterprise strategy for human-agent collaboration and AI-assisted work execution.

Define operating models where humans and AI agents work from shared context, workflows, and objectives.

Establish architectural principles for multi-agent systems, orchestration frameworks, and collaborative decision-making.

Design enterprise knowledge architectures that enable AI systems to reason over business, technology, and operational context.

Define patterns for shared context, knowledge graphs, semantic architectures, and AI-enabled decision support.

Enable trusted AI outcomes through explainability, traceability, and governance.

Develop API and integration strategies optimized for AI and agent consumption.

Define patterns for secure interoperability across platforms, services, and autonomous systems.

Guide the evolution of enterprise architecture to support adaptive automation and AI-native operating models.

Evaluate emerging quantum computing technologies and their potential impact on business and security.

Partner with enterprise architecture, engineering, and cybersecurity teams to drive post-quantum cryptography (PQC) readiness and migration planning.

Define quantum risk assessment methodologies, technology roadmaps, and adoption strategies.

Track industry developments, standards, and regulatory expectations related to quantum and PQC technologies.

Research emerging technologies, AI architectures, quantum technologies, and security innovations.

Translate research into reference architectures, pilots, standards, and strategic recommendations.

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on emerging technology opportunities and risks.

Represent the organization in industry forums, consortiums, and strategic partnerships as appropriate.

Deep expertise in enterprise architecture, distributed systems, APIs, and integration patterns.

Strong understanding of cybersecurity…