Third Party Risk Manager

Job Title: Third Party Risk Manager

Location: Kingston Head Office & Rotterdam, Netherlands

JOB PURPOSE

Using a risk led and threat informed approach, this role will assess regional third-party cyber risk in line with Unilever’s risk appetite. With an aim to drive informed decision making and secure behavior throughout the business, this role is tasked with assessing our third parties for cyber risk, both before we begin doing business with them, and on an ongoing basis. The role will also work with the cyber risk teams to collate risks and report metrics for the region.

Role Summary:
Key areas under the role delivered through the third-party risk management team include:

- Identifying and assessing third parties for cyber risks during the onboarding and contracting processes. Any potential risks are identified, and compensating controls will be agreed with the business.
- Assessing third party cyber risk and governance on an ongoing basis with existing suppliers utilizing a risk-based approach.
- Reporting on third party cyber risk within the region.
- Working with education, awareness, and engagement teams to ensure the organisation understands the cyber risks associated with third parties.

This role will work with the with the Governance, Risk, Assurance, and Compliance team to provide visibility of third party cyber risks within the region and enable risk based decision making at the organizational level.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for assessing third party cyber during the onboarding and contracting processes with new businesses.
- Responsible for assessing third party cyber risk on an ongoing basis for existing suppliers using a risk based approach.
- Responsible for working with the cyber education awareness, and engagement teams to help the business understand the cyber risks associated with third parties.
- Responsible for reporting on third party cyber risk in the region.
- Attracting, managing, developing, and leading colleagues.

ALL ABOUT YOU

**Skills**:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to be understood by both technical and non-technical personnel.
- Proven ability to lead, develop and motivate teams.
- The ability to lead through accountability with delegated responsibilities.
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities and multiple tasks.
- Stakeholder management and interpersonal skills at both a technical and non-technical level.
- Outstanding influencing ability.
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment with international team members.
- Outstanding critical reasoning and problem-solving skills - sticking to the problem until it is resolved.
- Customer-orientated, whether responding to queries or delivering new services.
- Skills in Programme and Project Management.
- While the primary business language of Unilever is English, proficiency in various European languages such as French, Spanish, German or Italian is a plus.

**Experience**:

- The role holder will have previously held a role in Cyber Security.
- Understanding of and experience with global best practice standards (e.g. NIST, CIS, or ISO), Information Security standards and controls, and the three lines of defense model for appropriate segregation of duties and risk transparency.
- International experience with Global 500 companies or similar preferred, but not required.
- Experience and proven track record in Cyber Security including cyber risk management and governance.
- Excellent strategic and operational business awareness, with a deep understanding of the key drivers, levers, issues, and constraints of digital businesses.
- Experience within a customer focused environment.

Behaviours:

- Agility - Flexes leadership style and plans to meet changing situations with urgency. Learns from the past, envisions the future, has a healthy dissatisfaction with the status quo.
- Personal Mastery - Actively builds wellbeing and resilience in themselves and their team. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others. Sets high standards for themselves and always brings their best self.
- Passion for High Performance - Inspires the energy needed to win, generating intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver quality results at speed.

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’

What We Offer

Not only do we offer