Northern Trust

Financial Services

EmployeeExperienceTransformationandDesignLead

$115–195k Chicago, Illinois, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Employee Experience Transformation and Design Lead at Northern Trust. Skills: Experience Design, Service Design, Digital Transformation, Process redesign. Redesign employee and manager experiences. Rethink how work functions”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve efficiency; Improve experience; Improve adoption

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Simplifying complexity; Removing friction; Identify friction points; Identify inefficiencies; Identify duplicative processes; Identify unnecessary complexity; Systems thinking

Eligibility Requirements

Authorized to work in U.S., No visa sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5–10+ years experience, Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Nice to Have

Experience Design background, Service Design background, Digital Transformation background, Product Operations background, Management Consulting background, Innovation Strategy background, Customer Experience Transformation background

What You'll Do.

Redesign employee and manager experiences

Rethink how work functions

Identify friction points

Design intuitive solutions

Design scalable solutions

Design human-centered solutions

Drive transformation efforts

Translate strategic ideas

Shape workforce transformation priorities

Prototype new approaches

Create future-state journeys

Integrate AI-enabled automation

Balance user experience

Balance operational scalability

Balance risk management

Translate concepts into requirements

Translate concepts into user stories

Translate concepts into implementation plans

Influence stakeholders

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with senior leadership; Collaborate with HR; Collaborate with Technology; Collaborate with Operations; Collaborate with Risk; Collaborate with Communications; Collaborate with business leaders

Process & Methodology

Transformation strategy, Execution plans

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. **Role:** Employee Experience Transformation and Design Lead Northern Trust is reimagining how work gets done across the employee and manager experience. We are looking for a transformation leader who can rethink critical workforce journeys from the ground up by simplifying complexity, removing friction, and designing experiences that feel intuitive, modern, and human-centered. This role is not about incremental process improvement or maintaining legacy workflows. It is about redesigning how employees experience work across onboarding, manager interactions, approvals, workflows, operations, and internal tools at enterprise scale. You will operate at the intersection of experience design, transformation strategy, process redesign, and technology enablement by helping shape the future of work at Northern Trust. The ideal candidate combines systems thinking, creativity, operational rigor, and strong execution skills. They are energized by ambiguity, challenge conventional assumptions, and know how to turn fragmented experiences into scalable, streamlined solutions. **The key responsibilities of the role include:** **_Reimagine Workforce Experiences_** • Redesign employee and manager experiences across critical workforce journeys, including onboarding, internal mobility, approvals, workforce operations, and manager workflows • Challenge legacy assumptions and rethink how work should function in a

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