Vendor Risk & Audit Governance Lead

Google LLC; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in the United States is seeking a Risk and Audit Governance Program Manager to design and scale governance policies for YouTube's Global Vendor Operations across vendor relationships, ensuring adherence to agreements, policies, and standards.

The role emphasizes leveraging AI tools to automate audits, leading post-mortems and RCAs, and partnering with Legal, Privacy, and other teams to manage vendor risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in risk management, audit, compliance, vendor operations, or a related field.
• Experience leading cross-functional investigations (e.g., RCAs, post-mortems) and presenting findings to executive leadership or executive stakeholders.
• Experience utilizing AI tools, LLMs, or automation software to optimize workflows, governance processes, or data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale a vendor risk assessment and audit framework across GVO, establishing governance policies and playbooks.
• Leverage AI to automate auditing vendor compliance, review outputs, resolve edge cases, and ensure ongoing monitoring.
• Lead post-mortems and RCAs for vendor failures or security breaches, synthesizing findings into executive briefings.
• Act as the primary contact for cross-functional teams regarding vendor compliance, controls, and business continuity planning.
• Develop a Corrective Action Plan process to track remediations, establish KRIs and dashboards, and educate internal teams.

Skills

Cross-functional investigations

Executive communications

AI tools / automation

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AI tools

Automation software

Job description

Google LLC in the United States is seeking a Risk and Audit Governance Program Manager to design and scale governance policies for YouTube's Global Vendor Operations across vendor relationships, ensuring adherence to agreements, policies, and standards.

The role emphasizes leveraging AI tools to automate audits, leading post-mortems and RCAs, and partnering with Legal, Privacy, and other teams to manage vendor risk.