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CrowdStrike, Inc. Manager, Vendor Risk Management (Remote) in Kirkland, Washington
CrowdStrike, Inc. Full time R19938 About the Role: The Manager, Vendor Risk Management will be responsible for overseeing and managing CrowdStrike's vendor cybersecurity risk management program. They will be accountable for the identification, assessment, measurement, monitoring, and reporting of information security risks through CrowdStrike's Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) program. The Manager, Vendor Risk Management is primarily an operational function that includes identifying information security risks in relation to CrowdStrikes supply chain and leading the auditing, and management of controls to address those risks within the Information Technology and Corporate environments. They will also lead the organizational efforts in defining, establishing, managing and enforcing cybersecurity policies, standards and procedures. The ideal candidate will have an expert-level understanding of current processes and proactively search for ways to improve CrowdStrike's risk posture and GRC program in ways that support a fast-paced, secure, and empowered environment in the tech industry. This role requires a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of cybersecurity principles, supply chain risk management and the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. What You'll Do:
Creating and enhancing a cybersecurity vendor risk management program, including the identification, evaluation and mitigation of risks across the organization
Conducting Third Party controls evaluation to determine risk;
Proactively identifying areas of improvement within the Cyber GRC, and leading efforts to address and remediate areas of improvement;
Working across organizations to help align organizations with shared compliance goals and objectives; Coordinating with IT and business units to implement effective cybersecurity measures and integrate security practices into business processes;
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including procurement, legal, and IT, to ensure comprehensive vendor risk management;
Performing other duties within the scope of governance and risk.
What You'll Need:
At least 10+ years job-related experience, with a preferred BA or BS / MA or MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Math, Information Security, Information Systems, Information Assurance, Information Security Management, Intelligence Studies, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or other related field with at least 12 years experience.
Demonstrated experience in conducting vendor risk assessments, managing vendor relationships, and implementing risk mitigation strategies, including working with a GRC tool implementation (ServiceNow).
Practical experience with policy and regulatory mandates such as COBIT, SOC1/SOC2, CSA-CCM, ISO27001/27002/27031, GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS and NIST Risk Management Framework and associated standards such as sp800-34, sp800-53, FedRAMP, CMMC, etc.;
Prove experience working across teams and global regions to achieve company objectives and review goals
Ability to build rapport and maintain relationships across a multitude of functions within the company, with external vendors, and with governmental teams;
Advanced technical understanding of key technologies such as operating systems, networks, application development, databases, virtualization, and cloud infrastructures;
Program and project management experience in scoping, work break-down, critical path analysis, resourcing, managing time and cost estimates, project risks, and quality.
Ability to think strategically about risks and tie those risks to tactical organizational activities.
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