Vendor Risk Management

Atlanta, GA, Birmingham, AL or Naperville, IL – Hybrid up to 4 days onsite

1 year + contract

$50-58/hr W2 – sorry no C2C

This hybrid role is within the Cybersecurity organization and reports directly to the Third-Party Risk Program Manager. You are responsible for evaluating and mitigating cybersecurity risks associated with third-party vendors and service providers. This role ensures that external partnerships comply with internal security policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. Your mission involves collaborating with business partners and third parties to improve the cyber security posture of the Company’s supply chain.

By conducting and utilizing the results from assessments, you will advise third parties on methods to raise their security maturity and provide insight to our business partners regarding the impact and probability of identified cyber security gaps. You will be responsible for creating and maintaining information within the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) platform. The Senior Vendor Risk Analyst combines cybersecurity and business understanding to reduce the Company’s risk exposure over time.

Prior knowledge of security controls, creative critical thinking skills, and a desire to learn our business are essential! This is a hybrid role, but in-office presence will be expected at least three days a week initially, growing to 4 days a week during 2026.

In coordination with the Company’s vendor relationship owners, manage assessments of vendors’ security controls to identify shortfalls. Communicate remediation options to the vendors

• Collaborate with TPRM team members and business partners to complete assessments and determine risk mitigation strategies
• Become an expert of the TPRM platform to identify and direct necessary customizations, enhancements, and record maintenance to a vendor-supported platform that enable relevant reporting and Program maturation
• Develop an appreciation and understanding of various business units while employing your knowledge of security fundamentals to effectively communicate Company risk resulting from assessment findings
• Proactively propose and implement changes to Company Program policy/practice to ensure a risk-informed approach to vendor/supply chain management
• Collaborate across Supply Chain, Legal, Cybersecurity, and the Technology Organizations to create a shared picture of supplier risk
• Support cross-functional teams to investigate, analyze, and make recommendations to leadership or process owners regarding technology solutions, security architecture, or security vulnerabilities
• When appropriate, collaborate across Cyber org to identify compensating controls for significant vendor-specific risks to the company and its customers
• Review vendor-proposed modifications to Master Service Agreements or Application Service Provider Agreements on behalf of TS to identify any unacceptable security risks associated with new language
• Understand, relate, and transform regulatory requirements into information security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines
• Maintain current knowledge of information security concepts, technologies, and practices

• Must be able to legally work in the US on our W2.
  Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time or work C2C
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field
• 10+ years’ experience in security risk assessment, risk management, compliance or auditing
• Strong knowledge of security control frameworks (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, ISO/IEC 27001:2013)
• Ability to communicate clearly, confidently, and knowledgeably to internal and external stakeholders regarding the Program and assessment results
• Demonstrated history of critical, independent, and creative thinking to enable continuous improvement or business success within the constraints of security imperatives
• Ability to holistically assess the risk of a third party engagement, considering control gaps, the nature of the vendor relationship, and the way a vendor’s products/services…