Google Looking For Senior Leader, Third-Party Risk Management, Procurement Center of Excellence at California Full Time

Applications will be accepted through July 1, 2022.

Note: Google’s hybrid workplace includes remote roles.

Remote location: California, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

15 years of experience in third party, supplier risk, and/or procurement

Experience managing projects, timelines, and deliverables

Experience influencing multiple business stakeholders to drive transformational initiatives

Preferred qualifications:
Master’s degree

Industry recognized risk certifications

8 years of managerial experience, including experience managing teams of executive professionals and managers and establishing performance expectations

Experience working in third party risk management, enterprise risk, security, audit, or consulting

Experience in procurement or functional transformation, and in the design and continuous improvement of P2P/Risk processes

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to build cross-functional partnerships and develop stakeholder relationships

About the job

The Procurement team is a centralized team which is tasked with building procurement scale and efficiency while maintaining the independence and nimbleness of Google’s product team. T Google Procurement Organization (GPO) builds the foundation of a full capabilities solution. Our goal is to unlock value for Google to reinvest in what matters most.

Within GPO, you will support the Center of Excellence team that is responsible for developing, deploying, and ingraining best practices throughout the organization related to activities such as procurement process, systems, metrics, reporting, or training, building infrastructure for the team.

The name Google came from “googol,” a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. And nobody at Google loves big numbers like the Finance team when providing in depth analysis on all manner of strategic decisions across Google products. From developing forward-thinking analysis to generating management reports to scaling our automated financial processes, the Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to the business.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement a Third Party Risk Management program in partnership with key stakeholders and compliance in alignment with industry best practices and in support of Google’s business needs.

Develop relationships with key stakeholders and business partners (Compliance, Legal, Security Engineering, and Privacy) and implement actions to streamline risk due diligence processes and systems.

Design and deliver relevant third party governance policies, procedures, and practices including managing issues and escalation, risk acceptance or remediation.

Partner with relevant Google partners in the design and development of supplier risk programs such as identification, ranking, and tracking of supplier risks.

Assist in the transformation and continuous improvement of systems, processes, and controls that enable the procurement lifecycle through P2P, being focused on user experience.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.