Third Party Management - Program Governance

Third Party Management Office (TPMO) Standards, Procedures & Governance Lead

Establish and run the TPMO’s standards and procedure governance function, ensuring enterprise‑wide third‑party lifecycle requirements are documented, effectively governed, kept current, and consistently adhered to. Accountable for managing TPMO‑owned standards/procedures (including change control and RACI alignment), producing executive‑ready risk committee materials, chairing the Third‑Party Working Group (TPWG), and driving transparency and escalation around operational performance.

• Standards & Procedure Governance: stand up and operate the TPMO standards/procedures governance model, own change control process, coordinate review cycles, maintain RACI, and drive consistency across job aids, playbooks, and trainings.
• Risk Committee Materials: lead development of recurring and ad‑hoc risk committee reporting packs, translate operational data into executive‑ready narratives, coordinate inputs and reviews, and maintain standardized templates for committee materials.
• Chair the Third‑Party Working Group: set agendas, drive decision‑making, document outcomes, manage follow‑through, and facilitate cross‑functional alignment on lifecycle adherence.
• Operational Metrics Oversight & SLA Exception Management: own performance review cadence, identify SLA breaches, produce insights and call‑outs, define thresholds and escalation paths, and report on timely completion of lifecycle activities.
• Quality Assurance, Exceptions, and Governance Controls: oversee QA/QC expectations across lifecycle artifacts, govern review/approval of standard‑related change requests, and support audit, regulatory, and RCSA requests.

• TPMO Standards & Procedures Governance Framework (charter, workflow, intake forms, approval matrix, publication process, review cycle calendar).
• Updated TPMO standard/procedure artifacts (including RACI updates and regulatory change alignment).
• Monthly/quarterly risk committee deck package (executive summary, KPI/KRI views, breaches, themes, remediation tracking).
• TPWG agendas, minutes, decisions log, and action tracking.
• SLA exception reporting and escalation log (with trend insights and persistent offenders/themes).

$70, USD (base pay). This is a good faith estimate of base pay.

• 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
• Other voluntary and well‑being benefits
• Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment‑based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity.

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