Vendor Management Program Manager

Sezzle

Vendor Management Program Manager at Sezzle overseeing vendor risk management and compliance in a fintech environment. Collaborating with legal and security teams to maintain high standards.

Posted 6/25/2026contractRemote • 🇨🇱 ChileSeniorLead💰 $5,000 - $7,500 per monthWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work cross-functionally with IT, Legal, and Compliance teams to establish and maintain third-party risk standards and governance practices.
Conduct comprehensive vendor due diligence and ongoing monitoring activities, including evaluating consumer-impact risk, complaint analysis, and confirming privacy and data protection standards.
Manage third-party risk documentation and reporting, including maintaining the vendor and data processor inventory, ensuring timely onboarding and offboarding due diligence, and executing periodic compliance reviews.
Execute day-to-day risk assessments to determine vendor criticality and identify inherent risks in categories such as PII handling, BSA/AML, and credit decisioning.
Work cross-functionally with Legal to ensure effective contracts are in place and with Information Security to validate the technical safeguards of our third-party partners.
Identify, track, and escalate risk events or performance failures to senior leadership and bank partners through established issue-tracking systems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of professional experience in vendor risk management, procurement, or third-party compliance, preferably within the fintech or regulated financial services industry.
Understanding of third-party risk management lifecycle and regulatory guidance (e.g., PCI-DSS, SOC 2, GLBA, and BSA/AML).
Proven track record of managing a high volume of vendor assessments and maintaining a state of 'audit-readiness' for bank partners and regulators.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, or equivalent practical experience.
Demonstrated experience working with Claude or equivalent large language model tools is required; candidates must be comfortable leveraging AI to enhance productivity, research, and communication.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Compensation range is $5,000 - $7,500 USD gross per month in a contractor role.

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Hard Skills & Tools

vendor risk managementdue diligencerisk assessmentsprivacy standardsdata protectionBSA/AMLPII handlingcontract managementcompliance reviewsaudit-readiness

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillsanalytical skillsescalation managementperformance trackingstakeholder engagementissue resolution