Vendor Risk Consultant
Adobe
- Lehi, UT
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work closely with leadership and become a part of a diverse team, to support the management of Adobe’s Third-Party Risk Management program.
- Deploy multi-functional risk data management and operational improvement initiatives.
- Using a risk-based sampling approach, perform an evidence-based review of vendor responses to validate the completeness and accuracy of vendor risk questionnaires.
- Deploy process controls to continuously supervise and mitigate process or data gaps.
- Partner with many cross functional teams across the globe within Legal, finance and operations.
- Ensure timely completion of risk mitigation activities by vendors and business owners.
- Perform ad-hoc project-based work, including reporting and analyses as the need arises.
- Strong familiarity with TPRM and governance concepts
- Insights into TPRM industry standard methodologies to augment functional operating models
- Ability to serve as a change agent for the TPRM function across the organization
- Ability to analyze large datasets and uncover insights that lead to process improvements
- Ability to prioritize and structure business optimization projects
- Demonstrate ‘critical thinking’: i.e to analyze complex deal issues, make decisions and solve problem self-sufficiently, without requiring ongoing direction setting.
- Passionate about rapid value creation through quick wins and long-term balanced value creation.
- A strong change manager with the tenacity to follow through to closure
- 3-5 years of dynamic experience in IT, Procurement, or Operational Risk role(s) with a focus on third-party risk
- Strong understanding of the third party risk management lifecycle
- Experience conducting compliance or risk assessments, including ongoing monitoring of risk mitigation plans
- Experience evaluating various certification and attestation reports (e.g.: SOC2)
- In-depth understanding of risk principles, concepts, and best practices, including risk assessment methodologies and reporting processes
- Experience working with GRC tools & technologies
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent a must
- Experience in Risk/Audit management
- Proficient in MS Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, Teams (preferred))
- Preferred but not essential – Experience with ETL/data-prep tools like Alteryx, SnapLogic, etc.