Cyber Security Supply Chain Risk Specialist

Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a company who is a provider of banking and financial services. The company operates through two divisions, Retail Banking and Services, and Corporate and Institutional Banking Position: Cyber Security Supply Chain Risk Specialist Location: Montreal, QC, H3A 2A6 Duration: 12 Months Job Type: Temporary Assignment Work Type: Onsite Shift: 08:00 am to 05:00 pm

Description:

The Cyber Security Supply Chain Risk Specialist ensures that third party services across North, Central, and South America meet Client's business, regulatory, and security standards. The role partners with Relationship Managers, Vendor Management, and global security teams to translate global vendor due diligence findings into actionable local mitigations, run continuous monitoring programs, and lead third party security transformation projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Supply Chain Risk Management

• Review and understand vendor services and define assessment scope using the Client's Vendor Questionnaire.
• Conduct security assessments or work with global team to ensure appropriately scoped assessments are performed; deliver findings in both English and Spanish.
• Evaluate final assessment reports, define appropriate risk levels, taking into account local control environment (Low/Moderate/Notable, High), and develop implementable corrective actions.
• Discuss findings with business lines, come to agreement on next steps, and formalize action plans in the system of record
• Perform periodic outreach to service providers verifying mitigation steps for current treats and open action plans.

Transformation & Projects

• Understand business priorities, key initiatives, planned programs and aspirations; collaborate closely with cybersecurity leadership to ensure programs are aligned and communicated
• Lead initiatives and deliverables within information security domain environments
• Lead end to end delivery (design, development, testing, implementation, operation and maintenance) of new and existing Third Party and Information Security projects
• Assist in identifying opportunities for automation through data analysis

Operational Efficiency

• Support and promote automation of repetitive and complex data management tasks to improve efficiency across information security functional areas
• Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) Data with a firm understanding of how to shape datasets using a mixed environment
• Design, maintain, and review KPI dashboards that monitor third party risk performance and drive continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years in information security or risk management roles, including 2 years delivering security projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• Technical Skills
  • Vendor risk assessment frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SIG).
  • Proficiency with security questionnaires (SIG, CAIQ).
  • Scripting basic competency in PowerShell, Python, or equivalent.
  • ETL tools (SQL, Alteryx, Python pandas).
• Fluent written & spoken English and Spanish mandatory (French not required for this role).
• Certifications (desired): CISSP, CISA, CRISC, or Certified Third Party Risk Professional (CTPRP).

Soft Skills:

• Strong written & verbal communication; ability to convey complex security concepts concisely in both languages; excellent stakeholder management; adaptability to shifting priorities; rigorous documentation habits.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management experience delivering IT products in a banking environment.
• Prior audit experience (internal or external).
• Additional language(s): Portuguese or French.
• Experience with cloud service security (IaaS/PaaS SaaS) assessments.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.