Third Party Risk Management Analyst - USDS

Third Party Risk Management Analyst - USDS

Responsibilities

The USDS Security - Risk & Compliance team is responsible for managing USDS security compliance in accordance with US compliance requirements and objectives, and providing industry leading governance, risk, and compliance services. The core service offerings include:
Compliance & Security Risk Management, Controls & Compliance Framework, Security Compliance Policies, Charters, & Protocols, Vendor Program & Third-Party Risk Management, Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC) Platform, and Security & Compliance Behavior & Culture.

In order to enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, at this time, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office 3 days a week, or as directed by their manager/department. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time.

As a Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) analyst, you will be a subject matter expert and liaison between USDS and the lines of business as it pertains to vendor compliance screening, issues and vulnerability management, and cross-functional security and privacy control assurance. You will be responsible for owning and managing daily operations of assigned vendor compliance assessment coordination, technical writing, and USDS Vendor Lifecycle management.

Within this role, you will closely coordinate with USDS Procurement and Legal teams to ensure USDS Vendor Program and Procurement Policies requirements are implemented, enforced and communicated to business owners, program managers and other applicable internal teams.

• Coordinating between USDS TPRM, Procurement, and Legal operations about vendor lifecycle management, contract clauses verification and compliance assessment procedures
• Technical writing and communication between cross-functional teams and Non-USDS lines of business
• Validating vendor compliance screening assessments
• Reporting vendor security risk assessments for authorized and rejected vendors
• Coordinating between USDS Risk Management, Global Security Organization, and other applicable internal teams on unresolved findings and vulnerability management
• Enhancing USDS TPRM standard operating procedure as it pertains to emerging threats and USDS Vendor Program policy requirements
• Validating security standard controls and audits as applicable to the overall USDS TPRM program and process
• Managing assessment life cycles and dashboard reporting
• Coordinating and executing assessments for site visit assessments (physical and remote) and reporting related to Tik Tok USDS data centers and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in risk management or equivalent privacy, security, compliance, project management, or related discipline from an accredited college
• 3+ years of third party risk management or related security experience
• Fundamental understanding of Third Party Risk Management and direct experience partnering with Procurement and Legal functions
• Technical writing and verbal communication skills that enable executive reporting on Third Party Risk metrics
• Findings and vulnerability management experience related to the resolution and/or remediation of web vulnerabilities, bugs, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities
• Critical thinking and analytical decision making skills to forecast issues, events and/or risks pertaining to TPRM

Preferred Qualifications

• Supply Chain risk management experience related to software and hardware solutions/tooling to include but not limited to Bill of Materials (BOM) analysis
• Contract clause verification pertaining to security, privacy and business resilience controls
• Experience implementing vendor lifecycle procedures including Onboarding, Ongoing Monitoring and Offboarding requirements
• Experience with TPRM incident event management, policy development, enhancement and awareness
• Experience with OFAC Sanctions and foreign ownership compliance assessments

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