Overview
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Northern Trust is a Fortune 500 financial services company with a history dating back to 1889. As artificial intelligence transforms the financial services sector, this role leads the secure design, integration, and governance of AI systems across the enterprise, balancing innovation with regulatory, operational, and reputational risk.
The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to Security & Technology Leadership, internal governance boards, and senior business stakeholders to ensure AI is adopted securely, accountably, and in alignment with industry-leading standards.
Responsibilities
- Enterprise AI Security Architecture: Define and enforce enterprise-wide AI security architecture patterns across first-party AI/LLM deployments, Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot, Azure OpenAI and plugin architectures, and third-party managed AI platforms (e.g., Workday, ServiceNow, Solytics, and other integrated AI services).
- Ensure AI systems and plugins are securely integrated with Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender suite, Purview, and Azure services.
- Architect Model Context Protocol (MCP) patterns for safe containerized deployments: secure pod-to-pod communication via microsegmentation, API gateway authentication and rate limiting, container image integrity validation, and grounding data access policy enforcement.
- Centralized monitoring and logging for auditability.
AI Governance & Risk Management
- Develop and maintain enterprise-wide AI security policy frameworks.
- Partner with Data Protection, Legal, Procurement, and Business Units.
- Design and implement policy-as-code and workflow-based governance controls.
Threat Modeling, Detection & Mitigation
- Build and maintain AI-specific threat models.
- Design AI-aware detection and response strategies.
- Support red teaming, abuse case development, and adversarial testing.
Integration with Microsoft and Third-Party Ecosystems
- Enable secure integration of Microsoft and third-party AI platforms.
- Ensure data classification and DLP enforcement using Microsoft Purview.
- Ensure AI interactions respect network boundaries.
Controls Alignment & Regulatory Compliance
- Map AI-specific controls to CRI v2.1, NIST AI RMF, and OWASP Top 10 for LLMs.
- Enforce end-to-end controls across the AI lifecycle.
- Implement controls to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Executive Influence & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Act as a recognized authority on AI security.
- Advise Security Leadership, Technology Leadership, and governance boards.
- Present AI security strategy and posture to stakeholders.
- Mentor security architects, engineers, and data scientists.
Qualifications
Required :
- 10+ years in enterprise security architecture or engineering.
- Expertise in Microsoft security ecosystem.
- Strong scripting and query experience with PowerShell, KQL.
- Experience securing AI pipelines and plugin-based architectures.
- Proven leadership in AI-specific threat modeling and risk treatment.
- Familiarity with model lifecycle governance.
- Regulatory alignment: CRI v2.1, NIST AI RMF, OWASP LLM Top 10, FFIEC, GDPR, Basel III.
Desired :
- Experience with a Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB).
- Experience with Solytics, Snowflake integrations, or other third-party platforms.
- Knowledge of shadow principal, token abuse, and adversary tactics.
- Recognition as an industry expert.
Salary Range
$164,600 - 288,000 USD
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, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability support exploring new ideas. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to serving communities. Apply today and discuss your flexible working requirements.
Reasonable accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at
We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.
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