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Senior Vendor & Audit Contract Manager reporting to the CIO to lead third-party -party risk, IT audit readiness, remediation, and policy lifecycle management, aligning public sector systems with NIST, SOC, and enterprise IT security baselines.

The client is seeking a Senior Vendor & Contract Manager reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to lead enterprise-wide vendor compliance, third-party governance, IT audit readiness, and policy lifecycle management across our technology ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), establishing vendor vetting, risk scoring, and continuous compliance oversight across cloud providers, software vendors, and system integrators.
• Oversee IT audit readiness and execution, evaluating vendor SOC 1/SOC 2 Type II reports, ISO certifications, and independent third-party control attestations.
• Manage finding remediation lifecycles, driving technical root-cause analyses with IT teams and verifying artifact evidence to close internal and external audit deficiencies.
• Author, update, and maintain all public-facing and internal IT security, privacy, and technology governance policies, standards, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure continuous alignment with NIST, state, and federal mandates.
• Enforce IT General Controls (ITGC), access governance, and data protection baselines across internal platforms and external vendor environments.
• Collaborate with Legal and Procurement to review and enforce compliance exhibits, Data Processing/Sharing Agreements, SLAs, and right-to-audit clauses.
• Advise the CIO directly on enterprise compliance posture, delivering executive risk scorecards, audit tracking dashboards, and mitigation strategies.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount	Experience you have in years
IT Compliance, ITGC & Audit Governance in Enterprise Environments		8
Authoring & Updating Enterprise IT Security, Governance & Regulatory Policies		7
Audit Finding Remediation, Technical Root-Cause Analysis & Action Plans		7
Alignment with NIST (SP 800-53 / CSF) and ISO 27001 Security Frameworks		7
Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) & Cloud/SaaS Vendor Qualification	Highly desired	7
Evaluating SOC 1 / SOC 2 Type II Reports & Independent Security Attestations	Highly desired	7
Bachelor's Degree minimum		0