Senior Manager, Third Party Risk

Sr. Manager, Third Party Risk

Location: Remote (United States)

Type of Role: Full-Time

Overview

An organization is seeking a Manager, Third Party Risk to build, lead, and mature its enterprise Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) program. As one of the nation's leading clinical genetic testing laboratories, the organization entrusts vendors and partners with highly sensitive data, including Protected Health Information (PHI) and Sensitive Personal Information; this role ensures every third party that creates, receives, maintains, transmits, or accesses that data does so in compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, CLIA, CAPA, and other applicable regulatory requirements. Reporting to the Director of Information Security, the Third Party Risk Manager owns the full vendor lifecycle — intake, risk tiering, security and privacy assessment, onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and offboarding — for both upstream and downstream vendors. This role also leads the recurring User Access Review (UAR) program and drives audit readiness across ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, and HITRUST. Scope may evolve as organizational needs change.

Key Responsibilities

Third-Party / Vendor Risk Management

• Lead and continuously mature the enterprise Third-Party Risk Management program using a risk-based, lifecycle approach covering both upstream and downstream vendors.
• Own vendor intake and reassessment, inherent-risk scoring, risk-tier assignment, and lead security and cybersecurity reviews (SOC 2, HITRUST, ISO 27001) for medium- and high-risk vendors.
• Establish a standardized vendor onboarding, continuous monitoring, and reassessment process leveraging the SIG questionnaire, and draft the SOPs, policies, and documentation that govern intake, assessment, and monitoring.
• Conduct internal and external vendor audits, including "high-risk" upstream vendors with access to PHI and PII; categorize vendors by criticality, and maintain a vendor risk heat map and single source of truth.
• Operate ongoing monitoring (annual reassessment for high-risk, biennial for medium-risk vendors), track remediation, and collaborate with cross-departmental stakeholders to ensure BAAs/DPAs, DPIAs/TIAs, and sub-processor requirements are in place.

User Access Reviews & Governance

• Develop and manage the recurring (quarterly) User Access Review program across in-scope applications, including employees, contractors, temporary staff, and vendors, and extend coverage to administrator and privileged accounts.
• Enforce least-privilege access, collect attestations of completion, and produce evidence to support HIPAA, GDPR, IGTC, and other applicable audit requirements.
• Drive audit readiness and evidence collection across ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, and HITRUST, partnering with Privacy, Compliance, and Legal.

Reporting & Collaboration

• Produce regular reports, KPIs, and risk metrics for leadership on vendor risk posture, remediation status, and audit progress.
• Partner cross-functionally with Security, Privacy, Compliance, Procurement, and application teams; where vendors deliver software, review application-security evidence including static code analysis (e.g., SonarQube/SAST) results.
• Contribute to a culture of integrity and service, treating colleagues with respect and conducting business with the highest standards of professionalism.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned to support team and business needs.

Required Experience & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Risk Management, or a related field — or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 6–8 years of experience in information security, risk, or compliance, including demonstrated experience creating and running upstream and downstream vendor management programs.
• Hands-on audit experience with ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and ISO 42001.
• Demonstrated HITRUST experience (assessment, readiness, and/or certification support).
• Experience developing and managing recurring User Access Review (UAR) programs and least-privilege access controls.
• Working knowledge of vendor risk assessment methodologies (e.g., SIG) and risk scoring/tiering.
• Strong understanding of HIPAA, GDPR, and security requirements for PHI and sensitive PII.
• Strong analytical and risk-based judgment with meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to convey complex risk to technical and executive audiences.
• Program- and project-management skills, managing multiple concurrent assessments and deadlines.

Nice to Have

• Relevant certifications such as CTPRP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer.
• Experience with GRC platforms (e.g., TrustArc) and vendor risk tooling.
• Prior experience in a healthcare, clinical laboratory, or other regulated (HIPAA/PHI) environment.
• People- or program-management experience leading assessments and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

BigRio is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We value and promote diversity and prohibit discrimination based on various factors outlined by federal, state, or local laws. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.