Head of Third Party Governance

St. James's Place; Cirencester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Generous Pension Scheme

Enhanced Parental Leave

Protection Benefits

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Job summary

St. James's Place in Cirencester is seeking a Head of Third Party Governance to lead global third-party risk and supplier management. You will ensure external vendor relationships are well-managed and risks mitigated, aligning with regulatory and internal policies.

You will define a comprehensive TPRM strategy, lead a distributed team, and provide executive guidance on risk and supplier performance while building a robust risk framework.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience across TPRM, Supplier/Vendor Management, Operational Risk / Procurement / Compliance.
• Experience designing and implementing TPRM operating models.
• Experience operating at senior leadership levels in a global organisation.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory frameworks and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement a global third-party risk management (TPRM) and supplier management strategy.
• Lead and develop a high-performing, distributed team responsible for third-party risk and supplier management.
• Act as the senior consultant to executive leadership on third-party risks and supplier performance.
• Build and improve the global TPRM framework, covering risk identification, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring.
• Coordinate end-to-end supplier lifecycle processes, ensuring onboarding, management, and offboarding.
• Establish and manage supplier performance metrics, driving continuous improvement and value generation.
• Ensure robust risk monitoring and reporting systems are in place for senior management.

Skills

TPRM

Supplier/Vendor Management

Operational Risk

Procurement

Compliance

Cross-functional Leadership

Senior Leadership

Job description

Are yo ready tochart yor own career path? With or refreshed strategy, we're bilding on or rich heritage and transforming or bsiness to be more scalable and efficient, nlocking the capabilities needed for ftre sccess. This incldes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleages feel engaged, empowered and accontable; where they can show p, speak p and perform - becase we believe in the difference or work makes.

At a glance:

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

Abot the role:

As the Head of Third Party Governance, yo will have the otstanding opportnity to develop and lead or global third-party risk and spplier management framework. Yor expertise will ensre that external vendor relationships are flawlessly managed, and risks are effectively mitigated, safegarding or organization's compliance with reglatory and internal policies.

What yo'll be doing:

• Define and pt into action or global third-party risk management (TPRM) and spplier management strategy.
• Lead and develop a high-performing, distribted team responsible for third-party risk and spplier management.
• Act as the senior consltant to exective leadership on third-party risks and spplier performance.
• Bild and improve the global TPRM framework, covering risk identification, de diligence, and ongoing monitoring.
• Coordinate end-to-end spplier lifecycle processes, ensring seamless onboarding, management, and offboarding.
• Establish and manage spplier performance metrics, driving continos improvement and vale generation.
• Ensre robst risk monitoring and reporting systems are in place to keep senior management informed.

Abot yo:

Yo are an ambitios and proven leader with a passion for governance and risk management. Yo excel in critical thinking and have a track record of sccessflly implementing world-class spplier management frameworks.

Essential Criteria:

• Extensive experience across TPRM, Spplier/Vendor Management, Operational Risk / Procrement / Compliance
• Extensive experience of creating TPRM strategy, designing and implementing TPRM operating models
• Experience operating at senior leadership levels in a global organisation
• Strong knowledge of reglatory frameworks and indstry standards
• Proven experience managing complex spplier ecosystems
• Experience working across cross fnctional environments.

What's in it for yo?

Whatever stage of life yo're in, or benefits are designed to provide the spport, flexibility, and peace of mind yo need to thrive both at work and beyond.

In addition to or discretionary annal bons scheme, which reflects both individal and company performance, yo'll benefit from a market-leading benefits package tailored to spport yor wellbeing, financial secrity, and family life.

Or benefits inclde:

• 8 days' annal leave pls bank holidays, with the option to prchase p to 5 additional days.
• Private Medical Insrance - company-fnded cover for yo and yor immediate family
• Generos Pension Scheme - a non-contribtory employer contribtion of 1%, increasing with length of service p to 15%, pls the opportnity to increase this throgh salary sacrifice
• Enhanced Parental Leave - p to 6 weeks' fll pay to spport growing families.
• Protection Benefits - company-fnded critical illness cover, income protection, and life assrance
• EV salary sacrifice scheme throgh Tsker

Reasonable Adjstments

We're an eqalopportnities employer and want to ensre or recritment process is accessibleand inclsive for all, if yo reqire reasonable adjstment(s) at any stageplease let s know by emailing s at [e-mail].k

Research tells sthat applicants (especially those from nderrepresented grops) can be pt offfrom applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been onan extended career-break. If yo think yo wold be a good match for this role andcan demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless ofwhether yo tick every box.

What's next?

As a bsinessreglated by the FCA we wold advise yo to familiarise yorself with thecondct reglations and in particlar consmer dty obligations prior to aninterview with SJP.