Senior Associate, Tech Risk Management & Governance

PFI Innovation Centre India; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 1,100,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

PFI Innovation Centre India seeks a Senior Associate in Tech Risk Management & Governance to strengthen the global governance model for vendor risk mitigation. The role emphasizes leading vendor control assessments and policy development across IT Security, Privacy, Compliance, and related domains.

The candidate should have 2–5 years in risk management and fluency in Japanese; strong communication and collaboration skills are essential for interfacing with global teams and vendor contacts.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in Procurement, Third-Party Risk Management, Risk & Controls, Operational Risk, Compliance, Audit, or related fields.
• Fluency in spoken and written Japanese required, with the ability to communicate with stakeholders in Japan and read, draft, and review Japanese-language business documentation.

Responsibilities

• Execute vendor control assessments for both new and existing vendors in accordance with PFI policies, standards and SOPs.
• Effective process, review and challenge evidence of vendor controls across multiple risk domains including IT Security, Cyber, Privacy, Compliance, Anti-Bribery, Financial and Operational.
• Communicate with vendor contacts, PFI vendor engagement manager, PFI risk control partners as needed to ensure thorough and accurate control assessments are completed.
• Represent subject matter expert on vendor control assessments including control acceptance criteria, assessment workflow, escalation procedures, issue creation and issue mitigation.
• Support the creation, maintenance, and enhancement of TPRM policies, standards, and SOPs.
• Execute on going monitoring activites for existing vendor engagements according to the policy, standards and SOPs.
• Collaborate when applicable with global resources across U.S., Asia, EMEA, and Latin America operations in an effort to ensure consistent vendor control assessments are being performed.
• Apply rigorous analytical methods to assess risk
• Deliver high-quality execution of control assessments

Skills

Vendor risk management

Procurement

Risk & Controls

Operational risk

Compliance

Audit

Communication

Global collaboration

Excel / reporting tools

AI-enabled environments

Tools

Process Unity

ZIP

Open Pages

Archer

Fusion

Conga

Job description

Senior Associate, Tech Risk Management &...

ID 344

Posted 1 Days ago

Job Location Gurugram (Hybrid)

Job Type Permanent

Job Description

The position plays a key role in strengthening the company’s global governance model as it relates to vendor risk mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Execute vendor control assessments for both new and existing vendors in accordance with PFI policies, standards and SOPs.
• Effective process, review and challenge evidence of vendor controls across multiple risk domains including but not limited to: IT Security, Cyber, Privacy, Compliance, Anti-Bribery, Financial and Operational.
• Communicate with vendor contacts, PFI vendor engagement manager, PFI risk control partners as needed to ensure thorough and accurate control assessments are completed.
• Represent subject matter expert on vendor control assessments including control acceptance criteria, assessment workflow, escalation procedures, issue creation and issue mitigation.
• Support the creation, maintenance, and enhancement of TPRM policies, standards, and SOPs.
• Execute on going monitoring activites for existing vendor engagements according to the policy, standards and SOPs.
• Collaborate when applicable with global resources across U.S., Asia, EMEA, and Latin America operations in an effort to ensure consistent vendor control assessments are being performed.
• Apply rigorous analytical methods to assess risk
• Deliver high-quality execution of control assessments

Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience in Procurement, Third-Party Risk Management, Risk & Controls, Operational Risk, Compliance, Audit, or related fields.
• Fluency in spoken and written Japanese required, with the ability to communicate with stakeholders in Japan and read, draft, and review Japanese-language business documentation.
• Strong verbal communication skills with ability to interact with PFI associates across functions and vendor contacts outside of PFI
• Ability to collaborate across global, matrixed environments.
• Proficiency in Excel or reporting tools preferred.
• Experience with TPRM / GSP software tools such as Process Unity, ZIP, Open Pages, Archer, Fusion, Conga or others preferred.
• Fluent in AI-enabled environments, using approved tools responsibly to improve throughput, accuracy, and insight while adhering to the company’s risk and governance standards. At a minimum, all GSP employees should be able to leverage AI tools to draft, extract, validate, and optimize content that is applicable to their respective function and utilize AI tools to consistently create new content, innovation, and idea generation.
• Demonstrate strong risk and control orientation
• Communicate with clarity and influence
• Exhibit accountability and ownership
• Demonstrate curiosity and problem-solving agility
• Champion a continuous improvement mindset

Senior Associate, Tech Risk Management & Governance