Strategic Intelligence Lead

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.

Northern Trust is seeking an experienced Strategic Threat Intelligence Analyst to join our Threat Intelligence team. In this role, you will support Northern’s efforts to reduce cyber risk by understanding the threat landscape we face, communicating that internally, and helping to mitigate those threats.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the threat landscape and an ability to communicate their analysis to different audiences and via different formats.

Key Responsibilities:

• Address Northern’s Intelligence Requirements by monitoring and analysing developments in the threat landscape that could affect the organisation’s risk posture
• Support the delivery of existing products and services for internal stakeholders
• Collaborate with a variety of technical and non-technical functions across the organisation to support risk-reduction efforts
• Engage and develop relationships with government partners, intelligence-sharing organizations and commercial providers. Represent the firm in industry groups and forums.
• Work to help mature the Threat Intelligence function, improve its products and services, and help it better engage with its customers

Skills / Qualifications

Required:

• Three or more years experience in Threat Intelligence
• Analytic rigour and intellectual curiosity
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to executive audiences on complex issues
• Strong understanding of the global cyber threat landscape with a specific focus on the financial sector
• Ability to understand and explain the relevance of strategic geopolitical and technological developments
• Knowledge of intelligence tradecraft, structured analytic techniques, and risk assessment methodology. Experience working with threat intelligence and cyber security frameworks (STIX, MITRE ATT&CK, Kill Chain, NIST, CRI)
• Experience with a variety of threat intelligence use cases to support a wide range of customers

Preferred:

• Formal CTI qualifications (i.e. CREST, SANS)
• Understanding of global regulatory expectations related to threat intelligence

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

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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.