Vendor Management Program Manager

Sezzle

Vendor Management Program Manager at Sezzle, overseeing compliance and risk within vendor partnerships. Collaborating with IT and Legal to uphold high standards in vendor operations and governance.

Posted 6/25/2026contractRemote • 🇧🇷 BrazilSeniorLead💰 $5,000 - $7,500 per monthWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Engage 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.
Collaborate 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

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

vendor risk managementthird-party compliancedue diligencerisk assessmentsprivacy standardsdata protectionBSA/AMLPII handlingcontract managementaudit-readiness

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillsanalytical skillsattention to detailescalation managementstakeholder engagementperformance tracking