Vendor Management Program Manager

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Sezzle

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2016

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

Fintech • B2C • eCommerce

Sezzle is a financial technology company that offers a "buy now, pay later" service, allowing consumers to purchase products and pay for them in four interest-free installments over six weeks. The Sezzle app provides users with a flexible financing alternative to traditional credit cards, enabling instant approval decisions without impacting credit scores. Sezzle partners with various top brands, including Amazon, Walmart, and Target, to offer in-app and in-store payment options. The company's mission is to empower consumers financially by providing more financial freedom and control. It is available as a mobile app, with millions of downloads and high user ratings, and works towards accessibility and inclusion on its platform.

📋 Description

• Work cross-functionally with IT, Legal, and Compliance teams to establish and maintain third-party risk standards and governance practices. • Conduct comprehensive vendor due diligence and ongoing monitoring activities, including evaluating consumer-impact risk, complaint analysis, and confirming privacy and data protection standards. • Manage third-party risk documentation and reporting, including maintaining the vendor and data processor inventory, ensuring timely onboarding and offboarding due diligence, and executing periodic compliance reviews. • Execute day-to-day risk assessments to determine vendor criticality and identify inherent risks in categories such as PII handling, BSA/AML, and credit decisioning. • Work cross-functionally with Legal to ensure effective contracts are in place and with Information Security to validate the technical safeguards of our third-party partners. • Identify, track, and escalate risk events or performance failures to senior leadership and bank partners through established issue-tracking systems.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience in vendor risk management, procurement, or third-party compliance, preferably within the fintech or regulated financial services industry. • Understanding of third-party risk management lifecycle and regulatory guidance (e.g., PCI-DSS, SOC 2, GLBA, and BSA/AML). • Proven track record of managing a high volume of vendor assessments and maintaining a state of "audit-readiness" for bank partners and regulators. • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, or equivalent practical experience. • Demonstrated experience working with Claude or equivalent large language model tools is required; candidates must be comfortable leveraging AI to enhance productivity, research, and communication.

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