Senior Manager, Third Party Risk - Global Financial Services

BELVEDERE; Kraków; On-site; PLN 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive B2B rates

Global exposure

Risk frameworks

Career development

Training programs

Job summary

BELVEDERE in Kraków seeks a Senior Manager to lead Third Party Risk across global operations. You will provide technical guidance on risk control environments, influence senior stakeholders, and ensure regulatory alignment.

This contract role offers exposure to sophisticated risk frameworks, multi-location teams, and opportunities to shape the risk culture within a major financial institution.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in risk management within a globally significant financial institution.
• Understanding third party risk impact within a global banking group.
• Strong knowledge of the relevant regulatory landscape and ability to assess regulatory rule changes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advice globally on third party risk control environments and assessments
• Support teams to explain risk issues and events in accessible, non-technical terms
• Monitor external environments to identify emerging third party risks and mitigation strategies
• Deliver tailored expertise enabling first line teams to deploy key mitigating controls
• Provide technical guidance for regulatory reporting obligations including RAS and risk profile reporting
• Ensure root causes of operational risk issues and events are understood and treated
• Escalate concerns regarding key controls and material change programmes related to third party risk
• Support regulatory and audit engagement, ensuring compliance and timely action completion
• Lead training and capability development for Global Resilience Risk teams
• Develop networks with key stakeholders across a complex matrix structure
• Present complex technical concepts persuasively to non-technical audiences

Skills

Risk management

Third party risk

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Global banking

Education

BA/BS degree

Job description

Senior Manager, Third Party Risk - Global Financial Services

Location: Krakow, Poland Contract Type: Contract Salary: Competitive B2B rates

• Join a globally significant financial institution's risk management function
• Lead third party risk strategy across multiple international locations
• Shape risk culture and influence senior stakeholders globally
• Competitive B2B contract rates in Krakow
• Work with cutting-edge risk frameworks and regulatory standards

Company Overview

Our client is a globally significant financial institution operating across multiple markets and jurisdictions. Their Global Resilience Risk function sits within Group Risk and Compliance, providing a coherent Risk Management Framework, Risk Taxonomy, and tools to manage the organisation's overall risk position. The organisation focuses on strengthening risk culture across all operations, driving consistent risk management practices globally, and empowering teams to enable safe growth whilst meeting strategic objectives. This forward-looking approach ensures the bank remains resilient whilst pursuing commercial ambitions.

They are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Third Party Risk to join their team in Krakow. This contract role offers the opportunity to work within a sophisticated risk environment, providing technical expertise and guidance across a global organisation whilst contributing to the continuous improvement of third party risk management practices.

Position Overview

As Senior Manager, Third Party Risk, you'll provide technical expertise and guidance across the organisation's global operations. This role sits within the Global Resilience Risk Business & Functions team, where you'll support stakeholders in understanding and managing third party risk effectively. You'll monitor the external environment for emerging risks, deliver tailored expertise to enable first line of defence teams to deploy mitigating controls, and support regulatory and audit engagement. Your work will directly contribute to strengthening the control environment and ensuring the organisation manages third party relationships safely and in compliance with regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advice globally on third party risk control environments and assessments
• Support teams to explain risk issues and events in accessible, non-technical terms
• Monitor external environments to identify emerging third party risks and mitigation strategies
• Deliver tailored expertise enabling first line teams to deploy key mitigating controls
• Provide technical guidance for regulatory reporting obligations including RAS and risk profile reporting
• Ensure root causes of operational risk issues and events are understood and treated
• Escalate concerns regarding key controls and material change programmes related to third party risk
• Support regulatory and audit engagement, ensuring compliance and timely action completion
• Lead training and capability development for Global Resilience Risk teams
• Develop networks with key stakeholders across a complex matrix structure
• Present complex technical concepts persuasively to non-technical audiences

Requirements

• Proven experience in risk management at a globally significant financial institution
• Understanding of third party risk impact within a global banking group and its commercial context
• Strong knowledge of the relevant regulatory landscape and ability to assess regulatory rule changes
• Knowledge of financial institution business models, products, and key risk drivers
• Deep technical expertise in third party risk identification, assessment, monitoring, control, and mitigation
• Ability to lead and promote strong risk control culture and improve risk awareness
• Demonstrated ability to develop stakeholder networks in matrix organisations
• Experience supporting multi-locational professional teams
• Experience providing expert advice, robust challenge, and delivering risk management policies
• Ability to present complex concepts clearly to diverse audiences
• Team-oriented approach with ability to complete tasks independently to high standards
• BA or BS University Degree (advanced degrees such as MBA, MSc, or PhD preferable) and/or relevant qualifications

Benefits

• Competitive B2B contract rates
• Opportunity to work with a globally significant financial institution
• Exposure to sophisticated risk frameworks and regulatory standards
• Career development through complex, high-impact projects
• Training and capability development opportunities

You’ll work within a risk-focused environment that values expertise, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The organisation promotes a strong risk culture where your technical knowledge will be valued and your contributions will directly influence how third party relationships are managed across global operations.