Director, Procurement Risk, Audit and Compliance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the enterprise procurement risk, audit, and compliance strategy.

• Convert priorities into governance, control measures, and assurance plans.

• Develop and manage a procurement risk-management framework.

• Lead the integration of AI tools to enhance and streamline risk and compliance functions.

• Propel the PRAC 2026–2028 capability roadmap forward.

• Implement continuous AI-driven monitoring and preventive compliance controls.

• Automate audit requests, exception tracking, risk routing, and crisis-response prioritization.

• Design and supervise risk-based audits for procurement, supplier management, sourcing, contracting, purchasing, and payment controls.

• Monitor corrective actions until closure.

• Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, internal policies, ethical sourcing requirements, delegated authorities, and contractual obligations.

• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, Internal Audit, IT Security, Cybersecurity, Quality, and Business Continuity teams.

• Oversee supplier and third-party risk management, including due diligence, segmentation, monitoring, remediation, and business continuity.

• Define compliance metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.

• Lead investigations and remediation efforts concerning procurement compliance issues, control failures, and audit results.

• Develop policies, standards, training materials, and communications.

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Risk & Compliance team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, finance, accounting, law, risk management, or a related field.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, enterprise risk management, audit, compliance, internal controls, or related areas, including leadership roles.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing risk-based compliance and audit strategies within a complex, regulated, or global organization.

• Strong understanding of procurement lifecycle controls, strategic sourcing, contracting, supplier management, third-party risk, and purchase-to-pay processes.

• Comprehensive enterprise risk-management experience encompassing IT security, procurement, cybersecurity, business continuity, quality, supplier management, and/or legal aspects.

• Familiarity with relevant compliance, governance, and control frameworks.

• Advanced degree is preferred.

• CPA, CIA, CISA, CRMP, CCEP, or equivalent certification is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan.

• Long-term incentive programs.

• Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

• Equal opportunity employment.