Our Client unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world.

We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 39,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

We make a difference for people the world over by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help people live longer, healthier and more active lives. Central to all that we do are our talented and motivated professionals, circa 850 of whom are based at our Global Business Solutions centre in Little Island, Cork. There we boast vibrant workforce made up of over 44 nationalities.

Our client works with an extensive network of third party organizations to perform a vast range of activities across the enterprise. Known internal risks that impact our client such as privacy, information security, compliance, pricing, IT, etc. are amplified or compounded with the use of third parties. Today, third party oversight is decentralized. There are many functions working with third parties in some capacity including, but not limited to: Procurement, Third Party Management Organizations (TPMOs), Risk Domain Partners including Audit/Assessment Teams.

The TPRM organization is implementing a holistic program to support consistent, efficient, and effective decision making and determining potential inherent risk. The central team’s scope encompasses priority business and risk areas across all stages of the third party collaboration lifecycle.

Successful execution of this strategy will reduce third party risk, strengthen capabilities, drive consistency and efficiency, and reduce cost.

The scope of the TPRM hub team will include the following:

Create and maintain policies, procedures, and training to drive consistent TPRM for third party use. Liaise with Risk Domain Partners to create and maintain Risk Definitions, Tolerances, and Required Training for TPMOs, Engagement Owners, and Third Parties. Construct and own the overall TPRM Program. Own the enterprise TPRM technology solution. Provide oversight of the TPRM initial and on-going monitoring due diligence processes. Report progress and results to Senior Leadership including, but not limited to, the CPO, the SVP of Ethics & Compliance, and the Compliance & Enterprise Risk Management Committee (CERMC).

Role

The Risk Assessor teams will work in partnership internally, cross functionally and externally with third parties, and to assess and mitigate third party risk. Current risk domains in scope are Anti Corruption, Privacy, Information Security and Information Systems Quality, which will expand as we grow the programme. The Risk Assessor Team Manager will have oversight of team tasks and activities ensuring that all work is performed with excellence. The manager will also actively connect with the team and drive engagement to ensure a high performing team and culture.

Responsibilities:

People & Engagement

• Demonstrates Team behaviors including the values of Integrity, Excellence and Respect for People
• Creates and contributes to an environment of enthusiasm and accountability to enable the team to reach set goals
• Ensures the alignment between the goals of the business, TPRMs goals and individual goals
• Creates a safe environment where all team members feel they can share their unique opinions and ideas
• Provides support for direct reports, through Performance Management and Development planning conversations
• Monitors work, providing feedback and coaching on individual performance to ensure consistency in standards and ensuring the team meets or exceed targets

Operations

• Accountable for team day-to-day operations and resources tasks appropriately
• Ensures operational goals are met with best in class processes/systems and within compliance boundaries
• Facilitates team meetings to communicate team performance, goals, results and general business needs
• Accountability to ensure high quality assessments are conducted timely and in a coordinated manner

Overall responsibility for the ongoing monitoring activities that these scheduled and completed as per schedule

• Oversight of the findings management process to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Demonstrates a strong compliance oriented mindset & help to build a strong compliance culture within the team
• Cultivates a mindset of continuous improvement within the team
• Decides and acts promptly, using good judgment and anticipates or removes obstacles that get in the way of progress
• Supports efforts to implement processes and technologies to maximize efficiency and effectiveness
• Delivers and drives excellence in quality standards

Partnership

• Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with all functional stakeholders including Risk Domain Partners and RO/FO/EOs/TPMO/Procurement as required
• Works with peers to demonstrate a strong aligned leadership presence and perspective
• Participates in TPRM Steering Committee and Operations committee as required
• Partners with Data Insights lead to ensure business operations reporting and dashboards are in place to allow for oversight and enhanced decision making
• Participates at forums including but not limited to TPRM Steering Committee (Risk Domain Partner Leadership), Assessment Coordination and TPRM Operations Committee
• Supports TPRM Projects as required
• Partners with risk domain business functional areas to ensure TPRM activities are maintained and reflect current risks and expectations.

Qualifications/Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree and or CIPP/CIPT/CTPRP/CRISC/CISA/CISM qualification
• Experienced and proven people manager
• 3+ years Third party management experience or similar