Delivery Lead – Third-Party Risk Process Redesign (VP)

Role: Delivery Lead – Third-Party Risk Process Redesign (VP)

Location: Knutsford

Start Date: October 2026

End Date: 12-month contract

Daily Rate: Inside IR35

Payroll provider – Rockford Payroll Info for Contingent Workers – Rockford Pay This is an exciting opportunity to join Deloitte Operations for an engagement with one of our clients.

The Role We are seeking an experienced VP-level Third-Party Risk specialist to support the review, redesign and implementation of key third-party risk management processes across a large, complex and highly regulated financial services organisation.

The role will focus on assessing current-state processes and designing enhanced future-state capabilities across key risk domains including supplier exit planning, single/sole source risk, exit testing, material subcontractor (nth-party) oversight and third-party assurance.

The successful candidate will be responsible for aligning processes to industry best practice, emerging regulatory expectations and strategic business objectives, before supporting pilot execution, implementation planning and enterprise-wide rollout.

Experience & Skills Required · Strong thought leadership and practical experience in Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), supplier governance, outsourcing or operational risk within a regulated environment, ideally financial services.

· Proven ability to review, design and enhance TPRM processes, frameworks and operating models to improve risk management effectiveness, governance and user experience.

· Experience simplifying and optimising supplier lifecycle processes while maintaining regulatory compliance.

· Strong understanding of third-party, fourth-party and nth-party risk, including supplier dependencies, concentration risk and single points of failure.

· Experience developing and embedding governance frameworks, escalation protocols, decision-making models and accountability structures that support effective risk ownership and oversight.

· Strong knowledge of regulatory and industry expectations relating to outsourcing, operational resilience and third-party risk management.

· Experience identifying process, control and data gaps and translating findings into practical remediation plans and sustainable operating model improvements.

· Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across multiple Risk domains and Business Units to drive change and embed new ways of working.

· Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory and risk requirements into practical business outcomes.

Desirable Experience · Experience delivering TPRM transformation or large-scale control enhancement programmes.

· Experience supporting initiatives relating to concentration risk, vendor lock in risk, supplier dependencies or nth-party risk management.

· Experience reviewing and enhancing supplier controls, governance processes and escalation mechanisms.

· Knowledge of TPRM tooling, workflow automation and data-driven risk management solutions.

· Experience leveraging AI, automation or advanced analytics to simplify processes, improve risk insight and reduce manual effort.