Req ID: 137422
Remote Position: Hybrid
Region: Asia
Country: India
State/Province: Chennai
City: Guindy, Chennai

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead of Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) with experience in enterprise risk management, vendor governance, and cybersecurity risk to lead our global TPRM program. In this leadership role, you will define and execute the strategic vision for managing risks associated with third-party vendors, suppliers, contractors, and strategic partners. You will lead a high-performing team, establish enterprise-wide risk frameworks, interface with regulators and executive board members, and integrate advanced AI/automation tools to scale vendor risk oversight across the enterprise

Detailed Description
- Build, scale, and own the end-to-end global TPRM Strategy and Governance Framework aligned with enterprise risk appetite.
- Present regular risk intelligence dashboards and quarterly updates to the Executive Leadership Team.
- Establish policy standards, risk security scoring methodologies,



and continuous monitoring controls across all operational, cybersecurity, financial, legal and compliance,
- Partner closely with Procurement, Legal, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Compliance, Architecture review board, IT Business Partner, Incident Security and Business Unit Leaders to enforce vendor risk controls during onboarding, contracting, and offboarding lifecycle stages.
- Embed risk clauses into contracts (audit rights, SOC 2 / ISO requirements, SLA penalties, incident notification windows).
- Manage, mentor, and build a team of risk analysts, assessors, and external third-party audit partners.
- Oversee high-risk vendor assessments, Fourth-Party (Nth-party) risk mapping, and concentration risk analyses.
- Direct response strategies for critical third-party security incidents (e.g., zero- day exploits, supply-chain breaches, major vendor outages).
- Drive the maturity and optimization of Enterprise GRC / TPRM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, L

📌 Third Party Risk Management Lead (Chennai)
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