Senior TPO Vendor Manager: Risk & Compliance Lead

Aumni; Norwalk (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Chase Travel is seeking a Senior Associate, TPO Vendor Manager to establish and maintain supplier relationships in line with Third Party Oversight standards and regulatory obligations. You will enable onboarding, ongoing management, and safe exits for third-party engagements.

You will partner with security, privacy, compliance, architecture, legal, and finance teams to assess risks, drive remediation, and support audit readiness, while presenting portfolio updates to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of proven experience in vendor management, supplier governance, third-party risk management, or operational resilience
• Working knowledge of regulatory requirements that impact third-party supplier relationships
• Experience managing complex supplier portfolios and remediation activities
• Strong contract governance and lifecycle management capability
• Ability to interpret and apply risk assessments and due diligence outputs to support decisions
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across multiple teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready updates
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills

Responsibilities

• Support a portfolio of third-party supplier engagements from onboarding through termination, ensuring supplier engagements meet internal TPO standards, policies, and governance requirements
• Maintain accurate supplier inventory records and complete portfolio documentation, monitoring portfolio health, emerging risks, and remediation progress
• Coordinate onboarding activities, including required risk assessments and due diligence packages
• Drive cross-functional reviews and document inputs and approvals across key partner teams
• Support and facilitate engagement and inputs from FVA, Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, Architecture, Legal, and other review teams as needed
• Support contract lifecycle activities including negotiations, renewals, amendments, and terminations
• Confirm contractual obligations align with applicable policy and regulatory requirements
• Track renewal timelines and proactively manage remediation and exit activities
• Identify and manage third-party operational, compliance, cybersecurity, concentration, and resilience risks, driving remediation and supporting audit, exam, and ongoing regulatory readiness compliance
• Serve as the primary point of contact for business owners and supplier stakeholders, building strong internal and external partnerships while influencing cross-functional decisions and presenting risks, recommendations, and portfolio updates to senior leadership
• Partner with Finance to support the recurring process that ensures contractual commitments are met, including compliance monitoring, record updates, and coordination with internal teams

Skills

Vendor management

Third-party risk management

Regulatory requirements

Stakeholder management

Project management

Executive-ready updates

Job description

Chase Travel is seeking a Senior Associate, TPO Vendor Manager to establish and maintain supplier relationships in line with Third Party Oversight standards and regulatory obligations. You will enable onboarding, ongoing management, and safe exits for third-party engagements.

You will partner with security, privacy, compliance, architecture, legal, and finance teams to assess risks, drive remediation, and support audit readiness, while presenting portfolio updates to senior leadership.