Third Party Risk Management Senior Manager

The Entain vision is to be the world leader in sports betting and gaming entertainment by creating the most exciting and trusted experience for our customers.

As the Third-Party Risk Management Senior Manager, you will support the implementation and ongoing operation of Entain's Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) platform and framework, working closely with risk subject matter experts, Procurement, business owners, and other key stakeholders to ensure proportionate third-party risk processes are embedded and sustained across the organisation.

The Third-Party Risk Management Senior Manager will help support our ambition by bringing practical TPRM expertise, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and enthusiasm for using technology to improve risk management within Procurement and across the wider business.

This is a hands-on role and will be important in embedding effective Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) practices, supporting the development of a consistent risk methodology, configuring TPRM processes and workflows, and running high-quality BAU activity across the Entain group.

Key Responsibilities:

• TPRM framework support: Coordinate and support the ongoing development and operation of a Procurement-led, group-wide third-party risk management framework, working with risk SMEs and business stakeholders to ensure end-to-end TPRM processes are implemented, maintained, and aligned with regulatory expectations, industry good practice, and business needs.
• Rollout and operationalisation: Support the phased rollout and ongoing operationalisation of the TPRM framework across business units and regions, helping transition agreed design principles into a sustainable business-as-usual (BAU) model.
• BAU delivery and team coordination: Coordinate day-to-day TPRM activity, support effective ways of working within the TPRM team, and help ensure roles, responsibilities, and hand-offs are clear across Procurement, SMEs, and business owners.
• Stakeholder engagement and education: Act as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders regarding third party risk, working with SMEs, business units, and key suppliers to support risk awareness, clear ownership, and consistent use of TPRM processes.
• Third party risk assessment and oversight: Support and coordinate the identification, assessment, and monitoring of risks associated with third parties, including:
  • Due diligence, onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and termination processes.
  • Maintaining centralised supplier risk repository for visibility to third party risks and action plans, timelines, and ownership, including creating regular reports on multi-dimensional supplier and supply chain risk.
  • Coordinating supplier criticality assessments using a unified and holistic approach deployed across the supplier lifecycle, and using criticality dimensions to support proportionate risk process prioritisation.
  • Coordinating third party risk assessments and regular updates for critical suppliers across the supplier lifecycle, using a central risk tool, working with business leads and SMEs to obtain required inputs, and supporting automation of relevant metrics where appropriate.
  • Coordinating, supporting preparation of, and participating in joint reviews of mitigation actions, working with business leads and risk SMEs and escalating when necessary.
  • Coordinating, supporting preparation of, and participating in escalation governance and risk committees (i.e., cross-functional governance meetings, executive level governance meetings).
• Communication and engagement: Work with HR and Communications team to coordinate and launch training and communications plan for ongoing process awareness across the group, including on and off-platform.
• Performance monitoring and reporting: Maintain and support key risk indicators, metrics, and reporting outputs to monitor third party risks and resilience performance at group level, providing regular updates to senior stakeholders and governance forums as required.
• External reporting: Support all relevant external reporting endeavours.

Risk management approach: Partner with category teams, business owners, and risk SMEs to understand the supplier landscape and configure TPRM processes to provide appropriate enterprise risk visibility, including immediate mitigations, future-dated mitigation plans, and risk acceptance routes where required

Resilience planning: Work with relevant SMEs and business owners to support the assessment and enhancement of third party resilience, including continuity planning, exit strategies, and incident response preparedness.

Continuous improvement: Establish and promote best practices in relation to third party risk management and a sustainable and resilient supply chain, across the organisation; regularly review practices based on industry trends, regulatory changes, and organisational needs and address emerging challenges and opportunities; leverage best practices for continuous improvement.

Essential:

• 10 years' experience in risk management within a large multinational, publicly held company is highly preferred.
• Subject matter expertise in TPRM frameworks and global system implementations.
• Strong track record in launching, scaling, and optimising supply chain and procurement risk programs, ideally for multinational or regulated sectors.
• Experience introducing risk automation, dashboarding, and workflow digitalization for vendor management.
• Proficiency in cross-functional program management, working closely across procurement and other core business areas; tax, finance, ethics, legal etc.
• Empathy, integrity, and a practical mindset for engaging internal teams and external partners.
• Demonstrable ability to balance risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, commercial agility, and operational efficiency.
• Strong knowledge of risk management policies and procedures, preferably related to third parties.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively communicate with senior leadership team and third parties.
• Superior business and analytical skills, ability to focus on key issues and solve problems, bring an enterprise mindset, and effectively track and create visibility and report on risk processes and outcomes.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, team environment; ability to cultivate and maintain effective business partner relationships through earned respect and trust; collaboration extends beyond Business Partners and suppliers to include other functional areas with risk SMEs and business owners.
• Able to lead direct and cross-functional teams in a collaborative manner to drive successful outcomes.
• Adept at influencing and bringing innovative ideas and information that create tangible value to business.
• Able to establish and maintain effective business partner relationships at highest levels within the organisation; gained their respect and trust; Thoughtful and active listener; able to think quickly and effectively articulate points of view.
• Ability to establish and lead an effective governance program that continues to elevate third party risk management and oversight for the company.

Competencies/Behaviors

• Agile Thinker
• Influential with key stakeholders
• Drives Results
• Self-Aware
• Strong project management and organisational skills. Able to create detailed project plans, including an understanding of dependencies as well as critical path elements for larger, more involved projects. Track record of successful execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives.

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning.

Depending on your role and location, you can expect to receive benefits like:

• Generous group bonus scheme
• Hybrid working - 2 days in the office
• Private medical insurance
• Pension Scheme - matched to 6%
• Ability to buy and sell holiday
• Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind
• Entain & Enhance days – 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development
• Sharesave Scheme
• Paid subscription to Udemy Learning

And outside of this, you'll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes. Join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.