Northern Trust
Financial Services
CyberSecurityThreatManagementLead
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“Cyber Security Threat Management Lead at Northern Trust. Skills: Threat management, Incident response, AI threats. Plan proactive threat scenarios. Maintain proactive threat scenarios”
What You'll Achieve.
Demonstrate preparedness; Demonstrate response effectiveness
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years cybersecurity experience, Demonstrated leadership in threat management, Demonstrated leadership in incident response, Demonstrated leadership in security operations, Understanding of modern adversary TTPs, Proven ability to coordinate complex security responses, Communicate clearly with technical teams, Communicate clearly with executives, Communicate clearly with regulators, Authorized to work in U.S.
Nice to Have
AI-enabled threats understanding, Automation abuse understanding, Emerging attack techniques understanding
What You'll Do.
Plan proactive threat scenarios
Maintain proactive threat scenarios
Plan response playbooks
Maintain response playbooks
Coordinate cross-functional response
Ensure timely escalation
Ensure timely containment
Partner with detection engineering
Partner with threat intelligence
Identify coverage gaps
Improve detection for AI-assisted attacks
Improve detection for automation misuse
Serve as central coordinator
Serve as subject matter expert
Produce executive reporting
Produce regulator-ready reporting
Produce documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional response; Detection engineering teams; Threat intelligence teams; Incident response teams; Technology teams; Risk teams; Business teams
Communication Scope
Executive reporting; Regulator reporting
Full Job Description
**_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. This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing the cybersecurity team’s response to proactive, emerging, and observed threats, with explicit focus on AI‑enabled attack techniques and AI‑related enterprise risks, alongside traditional cyber threats. This role serves as a central coordinator across detection, threat intelligence, incident response, and technology teams to ensure the organization is prepared for, and can rapidly respond to, AI‑driven threat activity. Key responsibilities: * Plan and maintain proactive threat scenarios and response playbooks with emphasis on AI‑enabled and emerging attack techniques. * Coordinate cross‑functional response to observed and suspected threats, ensuring timely triage, escalation, and containment. * Partner with SOC, detection engineering, and threat intelligence to identify coverage gaps and improve detection for AI‑assisted attacks and automation misuse. * Serve as the central coordinator and subject matter expert for AI‑related threats across cybersecurity, technology, risk, and business teams. * Produce executive‑ and regulator‑ready reporting, metrics, and documentation demonstrating preparedness and response effectiveness. Qualifications * 8+ years of cybersecurity experience with demonstrated leadership in threat management, incident response, or security operations. * Strong understanding of modern adversary TTPs, including
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