Third Party Risk Management Consultant II
Location: Remote is acceptable, but Chicago or Louisville is preferred.
Job Type: W2 Contract
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 1st shift
Pay Rate: Starting at $75/hourly with optional benefits including PTO, medical insurance, and 401k
Core Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end vendor risk assessments, including scoping, tiering, and control evaluation.
- Develop onboarding risk criteria aligned with our client’s regulatory, operational, and business needs.
- Collaborate across InfoSec, Privacy, Legal, and Procurement to ensure comprehensive risk coverage.
- Manage Staff Aug resources supporting program operations.
- Implement and refine risk scoring methodologies to evaluate vendor profiles.
- Use internal tools and external intelligence platforms to inform risk decisions.
- Ensure audit-ready documentation of onboarding assessments.
- Identify control gaps and initiate escalation workflows as needed.
- Guide vendors and internal teams through risk acceptance processes.
- Continuously improve onboarding workflows for efficiency and scalability.
- Maintain alignment with our client’s enterprise risk policies and regulatory expectations.
- Act as a trusted advisor to business units during onboarding.
- Train internal teams on onboarding risk processes and tools.
- Embed security and risk criteria into RFPs and vendor selection.
- Develop standard RFP templates aligned with our client’s control expectations.
Skills & Experience
- 7+ years in Third Party Risk Management, preferably in regulated industries.
- Advanced knowledge of ProcessUnity – a huge plus!
- Experience with Workday as a TPRM trigger point preferred.
- Strong organizational and communication skills to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience designing and implementing TPRM processes and methodologies.
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
- Preferred certifications: CISSP, CRISC, or CISA.