SrPrincipal,SWQualityEng

**_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. **Job Description AND Principal Responsibilities** **Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)** The Sr Principal, SDLC Testing Governance is a senior individual contributor and thought leader responsible for establishing, governing, and continuously improving testing governance across the SDLC. Operating in a regulated financial services environment, this role ensures testing practices and evidencing are robust, auditable, and aligned to industry specific and Northern Trust internal standards, with a strong partnership across 1LOD/2LOD and Enterprise Change Management (ECM). The successful candidate will work horizontally across product, engineering, QE, architecture, release/change, risk, and audit partners to drive uplift, reduce risk, and enable high-quality releases with complete, traceable test evidence. **Principal Responsibilities** SDLC Testing Governance & Control Adherence \- Own and enforce SDAM testing controls across programs/releases covering test requirements analysis, strategy/plan approvals, production-separate and production-equivalent environments, application security testing, and da