Director, Procurement Risk, Audit and Compliance

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

📋 Description

• Lead the strategy for enterprise procurement risk, audit, and compliance.

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

• Create a procurement risk management framework that encompasses identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, escalation, and reporting.

• Incorporate future-state AI tools to automate and enhance risk and compliance functions.

• Propel the PRAC capability roadmap for 2026–2028.

• Execute continuous AI-driven monitoring to transition compliance controls from detective to preventive.

• Streamline routine audit requests, exception tracking, and risk routing using AI methodologies.

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

• Monitor corrective actions until their resolution.

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

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

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

• Establish compliance metrics, dashboards, and leadership reporting.

• Lead investigations and remediation efforts related to procurement compliance issues, control failures, and audit findings.

• Develop policies, standards, training, and communication strategies.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, finance, accounting, law, risk management, or a related discipline.

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in procurement, enterprise risk management, audit, compliance, internal controls, or related fields.

• Proven leadership experience.

• Experience in designing and executing 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.

• Extensive enterprise risk management expertise across IT security, procurement, cybersecurity, business continuity, quality, supplier management, and/or legal domains.

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

• An 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).

• Eligibility to participate in long-term incentive programs.