Director Cloud Platform Delivery

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 Title: Cloud Platform Delivery Director

Position Overview

The Cloud Platform Delivery Director is a leader responsible for driving enterprise-wide adoption, optimization, and value realization of cloud technologies. This role bridges the gap between business strategy and cloud execution, ensuring that cloud investments deliver measurable business outcomes. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and a passion for mentoring teams in cloud-native practices

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Engineering & Business Alignment

• Partner with business and technology leaders to align cloud capabilities with organizational goals and digital transformation strategies.
• Translate business objectives into actionable cloud enablement roadmaps.
• Drive adoption of cloud-enabled business models, products, and services.
• Establish success metrics for cloud business outcomes (e.g., revenue growth, time-to-market, customer experience).
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) across cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Guide engineering teams in adopting cloud-native patterns and DevOps practices.
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and pilot projects.

Enablement & Change Leadership

• Lead cloud adoption and maturity programs across business units.
• Build and oversee cloud training, communications, and organizational change initiatives.
• Serve as an advocate for cloud-first ways of working, fostering cultural and behavioral change.
• Enable cross-functional teams (finance, operations, IT, product, risk) to leverage cloud services effectively.

Financial & Value Management

• Partner with Finance and Procurement to manage cloud investment planning, chargeback/showback models, and ROI tracking.
• Monitor financial performance of cloud initiatives and ensure accountability for outcomes.
• Drive cost optimization and value realization through FinOps practices.
• Develop and present executive-level dashboards and reports to track business impact of cloud adoption.

Governance & Risk Management

• Establish governance frameworks that balance speed, agility, and control.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and risk requirements for cloud adoption.
• Partner with legal, risk, and compliance teams to mitigate business and operational risks.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor to executives, business unit leaders, and technology stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-enterprise collaboration to maximize cloud value creation.
• Represent the organization in external forums, vendor engagements, and industry events.
• Mentor and develop high-performing teams to support cloud business enablement.

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field (Master’s/MBA preferred).
• Progressive leadership experience in cloud strategy, business enablement, or digital transformation.
• 8+ years of experience in IT, with 4+ years in cloud architecture or engineering roles.
• Strong background in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP) and enterprise business processes.
• Proven track record of leading organizational change and driving business value from technology.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and influencing at the executive level.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strategic thinker with strong business and financial acumen.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and executive presence.
• Knowledge of cloud financial management (FinOps) principles.
• Strong understanding of change management, organizational enablement, and digital operating models.
• Ability to translate complex cloud and technology concepts into business value narratives.

Key Success Metrics

• Business adoption and utilization of cloud-enabled services.
• Measurable ROI and value delivered from cloud investments.
• Increased speed-to-market and innovation outcomes enabled by cloud.
• Enterprise-wide alignment on cloud strategy and governance.
• Improved financial transparency and optimization of cloud spend.
• Organizational maturity in cloud culture and cloud-first mindset

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)

Salary Range:

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected].

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.