Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Technology
$114.7k - $194.9kNorthern Trust Company
- # Strategic Sourcing Specialist - TechnologyApplylocations: Chicago, ILtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: R152158**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.**Major Duties & Responsibilities****1) Cross-Vendor Security & Risk Commercial Strategy (Primary Ownership)*** Build and maintain the multi-vendor strategy across identity/security controls, risk tooling, and protective service layers, aligned to enterprise risk posture and resiliency goals.* Drive vendor rationalization/substitution strategies and contract runway planning to avoid surprise renewals and unmanaged risk exposure.* Lead commercial design for security tooling where value is measured by adoption, coverage, and risk reduction outcomes (not shelfware).**2) Channel & Reseller Governance / Margin Transparency (Primary Ownership)*** Own strategy and controls for reseller/channel economics: discount governance, rebate programs, pass-through requirements, fee structures, and price protection.* Establish playbooks and guardrails that prevent margin leakage, duplicative purchases, and fragmented sourcing across channels.* Drive demand management opportunities (standardization, preferred channel routing, catalog discipline) in partnership with Procurement Ops.**3) Complex Negotiations & Escalation Path (Shared Ownership; Complexity Lead)*** Support Category Managers on renewals/RFx and step in as escalation for impasses or highly complex negotiations (security terms, audit rights, incident-related clauses, regulatory addenda, channel price disputes).* Ensure negotiation posture and outcomes align to enterprise standards for security, privacy, resiliency, and regulatory requirements.**4) Value Tracking, Controls, and Risk-Focused Governance (Primary Ownership Within Scope)*** Develop scorecards and value realization frameworks for security and optimization vendors (license utilization, coverage metrics, outcome validation, unit-cost curves).* Establish periodic strategic reviews with Security/Risk leadership and IT Finance to confirm roadmap alignment and quantify delivered value.* Ensure sourcing decisions reinforce a sustainable risk culture and reduce operational/compliance surprises.**What This Role Does *Not* Own (By Design)*** Day-to-day vendor operational governance/QBR ownership and performance management (Vendor Management lane), though this role participates to enforce commercial controls and drive value realization.* Routine purchasing admin, PO/invoice troubleshooting, or CLM data hygiene (Procurement Ops lane).* Owning all RFx execution end-to-end (Category Manager lane), except when a sourcing event is strategically critical or stalled.**Preferred Knowledge & Specialized Expertise (Not Required)****Security + Risk Commercial Acumen (Role-Specific)*** Security contracting patterns: audit rights, breach notification, SLAs for protective services, cyber indemnity constructs (in partnership with Legal/Risk)* Understanding of identity/security architectures at a conceptual level (IAM, WAF/CDN, posture mgmt, monitoring/telemetry) to align commercials to real usage and coverage**Channel / Reseller Economics (Role-Specific)*** Discount structures, rebates, MDF-like programs, services attach, margin controls, price protection, and governance models for large resellers/telecom/optimization providers**Optimization / Value-Realization Mindset*** Strong orientation to utilization, leakage reduction, and measurable outcomes; ability to build executive-ready value narratives**Experience & Qualifications*** **10+ years** in technology sourcing with demonstrated strength in security/risk contracting and/or channel economics (resellers/telecom/optimization platforms)* Master’s preferred; advanced negotiation or conflict management specialization a plus* Proven track record of building governance models, leading difficult negotiations, and operating credibly with CISO/Risk/Compliance leaders**Key Deliverables / Success Measures****Deliverables*** Portfolio commercial strategy and governance playbooks; channel economics controls; executive decision papers; value tracking scorecards; benchmark insights**Measures of Success*** Reduced risk exposure via stronger contract posture; improved margin transparency; decreased value leakage; measurable savings and verified adoption/utilization outcomesSalary Range:$114,700 - 194,900 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, 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 View email address on click.appcast.io 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.
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