Vendor Security Manager

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of and uphold Nebius’s vendor security standards framework across carriers, third-party logistics providers, freight forwarders, security companies, and last-mile service providers.

• Manage vendor-facing security requirements, obligations, and compliance benchmarks.

• Establish and enforce a zero-tolerance compliance policy with defined escalation procedures for non-compliance.

• Ensure that vendors accept NGSCS security standards prior to operational engagement.

• Collaborate with leadership, legal, and procurement to incorporate security requirements into contracts and service agreements.

• Perform regular, unannounced, and scheduled on-site compliance inspections on a global scale.

• Physically verify vendor controls and procedures, including access control, personnel screening, CCTV, handling procedures, tamper-evidence, and chain of custody.

• Evaluate compliance with TAPA FSR, TAPA TSR, and NGSCS requirements.

• Document findings from inspections and create compliance reports and gap assessments.

• Identify systemic risks and escalate them with recommendations for remediation.

• Issue corrective action notices and establish mandatory timelines for remediation.

• Monitor, verify, and re-inspect corrective actions.

• Maintain a comprehensive global vendor compliance register.

• Escalate ongoing or severe non-compliance with suggestions for sanctions, suspension, or replacement.

• Act as the primary NGSCS liaison for global vendor security compliance.

• Conduct vendor security evaluations and performance assessments.

• Generate global vendor compliance reports for NGSCS leadership.

• Propose systemic enhancements to standards and enforcement mechanisms.

• Contribute to the development of NGSCS standards, policies, SOPs, and vendor-facing documentation.

• Coordinate with regional supply chain security managers.

• Travel internationally for on-site vendor inspections.

• Report directly to the Head of Global Supply Chain Security.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in supply chain security compliance, vendor auditing, or enforcement of security standards.

• Proven history of conducting physical security inspections and compliance assessments in complex, multi-vendor settings.

• Experience in issuing and managing corrective action processes, including escalation and resolution follow-through.

• Strong familiarity with supply chain security standards, including TAPA FSR and/or TAPA TSR.

• Solid working knowledge of physical security controls pertinent to logistics environments, such as access control, CCTV, personnel screening, tamper-evidence, and chain of custody.

• Assertive and direct communication style with the capability to hold vendors accountable at all organizational levels.

• Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail and an ability to manage a complex global compliance workload.

• Capacity to operate independently across multiple geographical locations with minimal oversight.

• Proficiency in English, both spoken and written.

• Applicants must have authorization to work in the country where they apply and provide proof of employment eligibility as a hiring condition.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Opportunities for career growth and learning.

• Flexibility and ownership of your work.

• A collaborative and innovative culture.

• Chance to work on impactful AI projects.

• An international environment with talented teams.

• Fast-paced work atmosphere.

• Encouragement of bold thinking.

• Continuous growth opportunities.

• Meaningful impact in your role.

• Trust and genuine ownership over your work.

• Opportunity to influence the future of AI.

• Commitment to equal employment opportunities.

• Accommodations available upon request during the application process.