AVP Third Party Risk Management
Job in
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Listing for:
Peoples Trust
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-06-14
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Description
We are hiring for this position out of our Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver offices. Successful candidates who apply outside of these areas will be expected to relocate and reside in a location that is within a commutable distance.
Role Overview
The Assistant Vice President, Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) is responsible for leading the implementation and ongoing execution of the Peoples Group TPRM framework, including ownership of the TPRM policy, supporting toolkits, inventory, and compliance tracking. This role leads and develops a team accountable for running the TPRM program, providing effective challenge to third‑party risk and criticality assessments, and ensuring regulatory requirements are met across the enterprise.
The AVP prepares regular reporting for senior management and Board committees, partners closely with Technology on the development and maintenance of the TPRM system, and works collaboratively with Legal, Procurement, Information Security, and Relationship Owners to manage third‑party onboarding, contracting, cyber risk, and ongoing monitoring. Success in this role requires strong stakeholder and conflict management skills to balance business objectives, client expectations, and regulatory obligations, as well as the ability to build productive relationships across multiple departments and drive enterprise‑wide training and compliance with TPRM requirements.
About the day-to-day
Lead the implementation of the Peoples Group TPRM framework.Responsible for maintaining the TPRM Policy and Framework as well as the documentation supporting TPRM toolkits (Criticality and Risk Triage, Risk Assessment Template, Due Diligence Questionnaire, Contracting Requirements, Monitoring Plans, Contingency and Exit Planning, Exception Management).Manage a team of analysts and senior managers accountable for running the TPRM Framework. Lead the team in providing constructive challenge to the results of third-party risk and criticality assessments completed by the Relationship Owners.Own and manage the TPRM inventory and compliance tracker.Prepare regular reporting for the Operational Risk Management Committee, Corporate Risk Committee and Board Risk Committee.Work directly with the Technology team on the development and launch of the TPRM system to facilitate completion of the required toolkits and inventory of required Third-Party documentation. This includes accountability for User Acceptance Testing prior to launch and for regular patches and updates from the software provider.Successfully manage friction arising between business objectives, client expectations and regulatory requirements. Account Managers and their clients are important stakeholders in the success of TPRM. The successful candidate will be relied on to diffuse tensions when working with clients and counterparties to meet regulatory requirements for TPRM.Develop and coordinate enterprise-wide training on TPRM requirements.Work directly with Relationship Owners to clarify requirements for the onboarding and management of Third-Parties.Work closely with the Legal and Procurement departments to maintain control processes and compliance requirements when onboarding new Third-Parties and executing contracts.Coordinate with the Information Security Team to assess cyber-security control effectiveness at critical third parties.Working across all departments within PTC, partnering with relationship owners to maintain compliance and update third-party criticality and risk assessment. Collaboratively escalating gaps with requirements and facilitating approval of waivers where appropriate.Establishing productive relationships and working successfully with stakeholders across multiple departments is essential for success in this role.About the qualifications
10+ years experience working in risk management or operations at a Canadian Financial Institution, with at least 5 years of experience in a management role.Successfully delivered enterprise-wide risk projects requiring significant change management and training across departments.Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle in the context of enterprise…
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