Control Business Partner

About the role

Northern Trust is hiring a Control Business Partner to join the Infrastructure Control Governance team in Pune, India, aligned to TIPMO, ICG, and other shared governance functions. The role provides embedded advisory support across project governance, infrastructure delivery oversight, reporting, documentation, and cross-functional control activities. Day-to-day work includes assessing risks and controls, evaluating control design and operating effectiveness, preparing governance metrics and dashboards, managing evidence in SharePoint/ADO/ServiceNow, and coordinating with TIPMO, ADO, ICG, and infrastructure stakeholders. The position is full-time and based in the Pune office.

What you’ll do

• Assess risks and controls across TIPMO and related governance activities including initiation, planning, execution, change control, closure, reporting, and project artifact quality.
• Evaluate design and operating effectiveness of key project governance and shared-service controls; identify control gaps, process breakdowns, and opportunities to simplify or automate governance activ
• Support review of project planning artifacts, risk mitigation plans, communication plans, governance gates, and design approval evidence to improve readiness and consistency before projects move forwa
• Partner with owners to track governance-related findings and action plans, validate remediation quality, and escalate aging or high-impact items to the appropriate leadership forums.
• Prepare metrics, dashboards, and concise reporting views on project governance health, delivery risk, artifact compliance, and recurring themes for leadership, control meetings, and oversight councils
• Help ensure project and governance documentation is complete, current, version controlled, and audit-ready across repositories such as SharePoint, ADO, OneNote, Clarity, and associated tooling.
• Support the practical use of enterprise tooling for planning, tracking, evidence retention, and governance transparency; identify enhancements that strengthen traceability and control consistency.
• Serve as a liaison among TIPMO governance, ADO capability teams, infrastructure stakeholders, control officers, and ICG functions to align expectations, close gaps, and improve response times.

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience in Infrastructure Control, IT Risk Management, PMO / project governance, infrastructure delivery oversight, or audit / compliance support.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle governance, artifact quality, action tracking, reporting disciplines, and change / issue governance in a regulated technology environment.
• Hands-on experience with ADO, ServiceNow, SharePoint, OneNote, Power BI, and / or Clarity PPM to strengthen governance and transparency.
• Ability to assess adherence to defined processes, translate operational observations into risk-based conclusions, and drive action with diverse technical and business stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, meeting facilitation, and follow-up discipline with strong attention to detail and delivery quality.
• Comfort operating across multiple workstreams, resolving ambiguity, and balancing advisory support with execution rigor.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Project Management, Business Systems, Risk Management, or related field.
• 8-10+ years of experience in project governance, infrastructure controls, IT risk, delivery oversight, or related governance functions.

Nice to have

• CISA, CRISC, PMP, Agile / Scrum, ITIL, or equivalent governance / delivery credentials.
• Knowledge of SDM, Paragon or comparable project governance frameworks, control libraries, and audit / regulatory expectations within financial services.
• Experience supporting documentation governance, control metrics, or broader ICG tower initiatives.

Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology, Project Management, Business Systems, Risk Management, or related field.