Third Party Risk Specialist - Secondment

Job Description :

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function:

Our Global Business Operations (GBO) team are facilitators, providing strategic, financial, and business services that are critical to the day-to-day performance of our business. With a team of over 2,000 dedicated and passionate people supporting 21 markets across the world, we have offices in Bangalore, Budapest, Bogota, and Manila.

Our global remit offers huge learning opportunities. We encourage learning and development in skills needed now and in the future across digital, industry, professional, and domain. Wherever you start, you’ll be rewarded with a world view and the recognition you deserve in our inclusive and supportive culture.

About the role:

Our TPRM vision: “We aspire to conduct business with third parties that are ethical and adhere to the same standards as we do, by proactively managing their relationships to have positive impact on our communities, the environment and consequently protect our reputation”.

The TPRM solution will act as a single point of entry for all suppliers across the third-party lifecycle covering the in scope six risk domains and using a tailored risk methodology already defined.  Our TPRM solution will be the enabler of the programme allowing central visibility and one source of the truth, interfacing with external data feeds for an improved identification of risks.   A central capability (“TPRM Control Tower”) will be key to support the business and operate the TPRM framework to drive consistent third party risk management across Diageo.

·        The TPRM Control Tower is a part of the TPRM function and acts as a first line of defence.

·        The TPRM Control Tower is seeking an Assessor to support them in conducting third party risk assessments, both at onboarding and throughout the lifecycle as part of Diageo’s TPRM programme.  

·        The successful candidate will have exposure to conducting third party risk assessments in global organisations, with robust knowledge of third party risks and controls. Prior experience working with third parties in some capacity is a must. Experience working across countries is desirable, as the scope for TPRM across Diageo may expand and develop regionally and globally.

·        This position repots to the Operational Lead of the TPRM Control Tower.

Role Purpose & Accountabilities:

The Third - Party Risk Specialist (TPRS) role is responsible for executing risk assessments to ensure that the Diageo adequately identifies risk associated with Suppliers, conducts the appropriate due diligence, and puts in place mitigating controls in discussion with Risk domain owners. The TPRM Control Tower Assessor will:

• Validate the requests for new third party engagement, working with business or procurement to ensure data is complete and accurate and inherent risks are identified.

• Perform initial due diligence activities, complete inherent risk questionnaire (IRQ) and document outcome in the TPRM tool

• Coordinate the distribution of assessment questionnaires to the third parties, review submitted questionnaires for completeness and control gaps, and agree remediation actions and plans with the third party with support from the Risk Owners as required. Record all the actions and outcomes in the TPRM tool.

• Escalate and report on material risk elements to Risk Owners and leadership, as needed.

• Draft third party risk report outlining the recommendations, risks, and agreed remediation activities with the third party.

• Escalate any TPRM technology defects or operational issues to the Operational Head of the TPRM Control Tower in a timely manner.

·        Work in collaboration with cross-functional teams to address information security policy/risk or compliance issues

• Responsible for identifying and tracking continuous monitoring activities to ensure the risks associated with vendors has not changed or exceeded risk tolerance thresholds

• Perform continuous monitoring on vendor population for external events or impacts

• Manage task and remediation action plans for open risks to completion

• Escalate past due items to senior leadership

• Collaborates within Non-Financial Risk Management teams, Procurement, SMEs and key stakeholders to complete governance assignments as applicable

Experience / skills required:

• 3 - 7 years of experience in a similar role in Third Party Risk Management focussing on anti-bribery and corruption and human rights, Operational Risk, Enterprise Risk, or Internal Audit; overall 6-8 years of experience of Procure to Pay

·        Bachelor’s degree in related discipline or equivalent combination of education and/or training

·        Familiar with third party risk regulations such as FCPA,

• Strong understanding of risk management principles

·        Understanding of vendor inherent risk questionnaires, review of due diligence documentation, and development of mitigating controls

• Strong communication skills and ability to deliver difficult messages

• Critical thinking and ability to use judgment

• Resilient and capability to adapt and adjust to changing requirements in a fast-paced environment

• Strong work ethic dedicated to getting the job done

• Ability to execute with little supervision or guidance

• Excellent reporting writing skills and ability to articulate findings in a business-friendly language.

• Process driven and ability to develop standardised approaches.

• Big 4, consulting, or audit experience preferred

• Strong presentation skills

• Able to understand and work with globally dispersed teams 

• Self drive and contribute to adding value to the project during simulation testing, pilot, & go-live.

• Training the local stakeholders and address queries coming through SSH or emails or over meeting calls

• Engage with Vendor Master team, Procurement Ops, Business Users, Risk Domain Owners in getting the New Supplier Requests, IRQ, TPQ completed.

• Ensure TAT, KPIs and SLAs are met as per the timelines agreed and manage escalations and closure process as per the process design.

Advanced Leadership Standard Capabilities:

·        Win through Execution:  Lead bold execution in a fast-moving world

·        Inspire through Purpose:  Amplify our purpose internally and externally

·        Shape the Future:  Create focus and ownership for shaping Diageo’s future ambition

• Invest in Talent:  Maintain the focus on nurturing and coaching our team and related functional stakeholders on effective comms strategy to influence business transformation and change. Ability to grow and develop a team towards best in class practices and benchmarks. Strong leadership, coaching and inter-personal skills

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re

supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

We recognize and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Bogota - EOB

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-04-28