Principal Consultant, Vendor Risk Management

Location: Remote in the United States

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED

The Position

The Principal Consultant, Vendor Risk Management will work with clients to identify client supply chain risk and cybersecurity challenges, advise on best practices in vendor risk management, and ensure successful delivery of BlueVoyant solutions to solve customer problems. The incumbent will consult directly with clients to establish and improve the management of vendor risks, implement third-party cybersecurity risk management programs and support the day-to-day review of and interaction with third party vendors.

This is a unique opportunity to help establish and build a third-party vendor risk consulting program with global enterprise clients.

Key responsibilities

• Manage third-party risk management consulting engagements as part of BlueVoyant’s Supply Chain Defense business
• Design and recommend Third Party Cybersecurity Risk Management programs at large commercial enterprises and government institutions
• Lead Third Party Risk Workshops at BlueVoyant Clients focused on the following topics:
  • Program Design & Governance
  • Vendor Identification and Stratification
  • Vendor On-boarding, Monitoring and Remediation
  • Cybersecurity Risk Questionnaire Development
• Project and program delivery, including project and process management, reporting, engagement in senior leadership meetings, drafting and reviewing materials for senior management and other governance activities
• Communicate findings and recommendations to client stakeholders, including C-level and board members on Third Party Cybersecurity Risk Management program design, best practices, tools and technology
• Manage a portfolio of commercial client accounts
• Mature standard operating procedures for customers to optimize utilization of BlueVoyant’s offerings
• Aid leadership in developing a talent pipeline to fill future hires required to scale the business successfully
• Enable business development in renewal, cross-sell, and up-sell opportunities of BlueVoyant offerings while maintaining client trust
• Create repeatable processes and frameworks portable across clients and industries to accelerate future Third-Party Risk Cybersecurity Risk Management implementations
• Travel to Clients as requested

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Third-Party Risk Management consulting (including vendor cybersecurity risk) at a Big 4 consulting firm or vendor risk management company
• 5+ years leading an enterprise risk management program, including Third-Party Risk, Internal Risk Maturity and Assessment, Risk Consolidation, and Risk Reporting
• Managing client accounts and P&L responsibility
• Information security/cybersecurity accreditation and background
• Experience working in a cybersecurity or technology organization
• Entrepreneurial nature and drive for results
• Clear communication and writing skills
• Ability to conduct deep client discovery to uncover root cause problems and build trusted relationships
• Ability to design programs and solutions with minimal guidance and oversight
• Ability to lead through influence, and a willingness to roll up sleeves and build materials as needed

About BlueVoyant

At BlueVoyant, we recognize that effective cyber security requires active prevention and defense across both your organization and supply chain. Our proprietary data, analytics, and technology, coupled with deep expertise, works as a force multiplier to secure your full ecosystem. Accuracy! Actionability! Timeliness! Scalability!

Led by CEO, Jim Rosenthal, BlueVoyant’s highly skilled team includes former government cyber officials with extensive frontline experience in responding to advanced cyber threats on behalf of the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unit 8200, and GCHQ, together with private sector experts. BlueVoyant services utilize large real-time datasets with industry leading analytics and technologies.

Founded in 2017 by Fortune 500 executives, including Executive Chairman, Tom Glocer, and former Government cyber officials, BlueVoyant is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Maryland, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, London, Budapest, and Latin America.

All employees must be authorized to work in the United States. BlueVoyant provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, BlueVoyant complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

Disclaimer: Please note that pursuant to contractual requirements and applicable law, in order for employees to perform work on some of the company’s federal contracts, U.S. citizenship is required. Accordingly, an employee’s ability to perform work on such contracts is contingent upon the company’s verification of the employee’s citizenship status. Furthermore, individuals may be subject to additional background checks and fingerprinting.

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