Hybrid: Business Continuity & Vendor Risk Lead

Kitsap Credit Union; Bremerton (WA); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kitsap Credit Union is seeking a Business Continuity & Vendor Risk Manager to lead BCM and third-party risk programs across the organization. You will partner with IT, Compliance, and operations to strengthen resilience, assess risk, and drive governance.

This is an enterprise-wide individual contributor role reporting to the VP of Risk Management. The role demands analytical thinking, strong communication, and the ability to manage complex risk programs within a regulated financial environment.

Qualifications

• 5 plus years in risk management.
• Experience with NCUA, FFIEC, GLBA, privacy, cybersecurity, operational resilience, or third-party risk regulatory expectations.
• Experience managing or improving a vendor management, TPRM, business continuity, operational resilience, or GRC program.
• Professional certifications such as CBCP, MBCP, CRVPM, CTPRP, CTPRA, CRISC, CERP, PMP, or similar risk, continuity, vendor management, or governance credential.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage BCM program framework, including business impact analysis, continuity planning, recovery strategy, plan maintenance, testing, exercises, and issue tracking.
• Lead enterprise-level tabletop exercises, scenario testing, and post-exercise reviews; document results and remediation actions.
• Partner with business owners to clarify vendor ownership, monitoring expectations, documentation requirements, risk acceptance, and remediation accountability.
• Monitor vendor performance, control issues, incidents, emerging risks, and relationship changes affecting risk exposure.
• Coordinate with Compliance, Information Security, Finance, and business stakeholders to support contract risk review and ensure key risk considerations are addressed.

Skills

Business continuity

Operational resilience

Vendor management

Third-party risk

Risk governance

Regulatory knowledge

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

5+ years in risk management

Job description

Kitsap Credit Union is seeking a Business Continuity & Vendor Risk Manager to lead BCM and third-party risk programs across the organization. You will partner with IT, Compliance, and operations to strengthen resilience, assess risk, and drive governance.

This is an enterprise-wide individual contributor role reporting to the VP of Risk Management. The role demands analytical thinking, strong communication, and the ability to manage complex risk programs within a regulated financial environment.