Procurement Risk & Compliance Lead

Automotivemastermind; Centreville (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mobility Global is developing and building its third-party governance framework to support regulatory compliance, information security, and enterprise risk management. Reporting to the Global Head of Procurement, the Procurement Risk & Compliance Lead will lead a small team responsible for the operational implementation of the Company's vendor risk management process within Procurement.

While Legal Risk & Compliance will design and maintain the enterprise risk framework, this role will be

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Risk Management, Finance, or related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• 7 to 10+ years of experience in Procurement, Third-Party Risk, Compliance, or Governance.
• Experience in a publicly traded organization required.
• Strong understanding of third-party risk domains, including information security, data privacy, regulatory and compliance risk, and operational/financial risk.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize the vendor risk process and translate the framework into scalable procurement processes and policies.
• Define intake requirements and risk-tiering triggers with risk domain owners.
• Monitor the vendor risk management process and ensure timely reviews by risk owners.
• Drive continuous improvement in vendor risk governance and maintain documentation repositories.

Skills

Procurement

Third-Party Risk

Compliance

Governance

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business / related field

Tools

LogicGate

Job description

The Role

Mobility Global is developing and building its third-party governance framework to support regulatory compliance, information security, and enterprise risk management. Reporting to the Global Head of Procurement, the Procurement Risk & Compliance Lead, will lead a small team responsible for the operational implementation of the Company's vendor risk management process within Procurement. While Legal Risk & Compliance will design and maintain the enterprise risk framework, this role will be responsible for developing and building the third-party risk management function inside of procurement, aligning with enterprise risk domain owners (information security, HR, ethics and compliance, and finance), monitoring and mitigating supplier risk, and ensure proper governance across the procurement function. This role serves as the operational bridge between Procurement, Legal, Risk & Compliance, and Information Security.

Responsibility and Impact

• Vendor Risk Process Operationalization Translate the enterprise vendor risk framework into scalable procurement processes and policies.
• Work with risk domain owners to define intake requirements and risk-tiering triggers for vendor engagements.
• Monitor the TPRM process and ensure timely completeness of the risk reviews by the applicable risk domain owners.
• Drive continuous improvement in vendor risk governance processes.
• Maintain vendor risk attributes, classifications, and documentation repositories.
• Partner with Finance Systems and IT to enhance automation and reporting.
• Develop dashboards and reporting to monitor review completion, SLAs, and compliance trends.
• Policy & Documentation Development Draft and maintain procurement-facing vendor risk policies and SOPs.
• Conduct training sessions for business stakeholders.
• Risk Review Coordination & Enforcement Monitor review timelines and elevate exceptions.
• Maintain documentation of approvals, conditions, and remediation requirements.
• Track and report compliance metrics to Procurement and Finance leadership.
• Audit & Compliance Support Maintain audit-ready documentation of vendor risk approvals and workflows.
• Support SOX-related vendor governance controls where applicable.
• Partner with Internal Audit on third-party risk assessments.
• Support remediation efforts tied to vendor governance findings.
• Promote a culture of governance and risk awareness.

What We're Looking For

Basic Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Risk Management, Finance, or related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• 7 to 10+ years of experience in Procurement, Third-Party Risk, Compliance, or Governance.
• Experience in a publicly traded organization required.
• Strong understanding of third-party risk domains, including: Information security Data privacy Regulatory and compliance risk Operational and financial risk Experience developing policy documentation and process controls.
• Strong systems and workflow configuration experience.
• Must be a results-focused team player and adapt well to a multitasking, fast paced environment with changing priorities and challenges.
• Strong organizational, presentation and communication skills.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Technology, Legal, Finance, and Risk teams.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Experience with LogicGate or similar TPRM tool Governance-oriented with strong attention to detail. Systems-minded and process-driven. Confident cross-functional influencer. Able to enforce controls in a collaborative but firm manner. Comfortable operating in a transformation-oriented, post-spin environment.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

It is the policy of Mobility to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Mobility will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.