Hybrid Senior TPRM Advisory Consultant

at Aravo Solutions - Integrated Risk & Resilience

• Job title: Senior TPRM Advisory Consultant
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Irving, United States

About the role

• Senior TPRM Advisory Consultant at Aravo, providing risk management advisory and solution design expertise. Collaborating on TPRM programs for global clients utilizing the Aravo platform.

Responsibilities

• **Key Responsibilities:**
• · Act as a TPRM subject matter expert during sales and solution design engagements, advising clients on program structure, governance models, and risk lifecycle best practices.
• · Lead discovery conversations focused on TPRM maturity, regulatory drivers, risk domains, and operating models, not just product capabilities.
• · Translate client TPRM requirements (e.g., inherent risk models, due diligence workflows, issue management, ongoing monitoring, reporting) into practical, demonstrable Aravo configurations.
• · Advise clients on adherence to TPRM-relevant industry standards and regulatory expectations, including (as applicable): OCC, EBA, PRA, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, and data privacy regulations (e.g., CCPA, GDPR, etc.).
• · Design and present solution architectures that reflect real-world TPRM program challenges, tradeoffs, and operational realities.
• · Support executive-level discussions by persuasively articulating program value, defensibility, and audit/regulatory readiness, not just system functionality.
• · Partner with Sales to support complex enterprise pursuits by contributing TPRM credibility, program insight, and risk-based storytelling.
• · Collaborate with Implementation and Customer teams to ensure continuity from solution vision to program execution.
• · Provide ongoing feedback to Product and Strategy teams based on observed gaps, emerging regulations, and practitioner needs.
• · Ability to travel up to 25%.

Requirements

• **Qualifications:**
• · 7+ years of hands-on experience in Third-Party Risk Management, Vendor Risk Management, Operational Risk, or GRC, gained through:
• o In-house enterprise roles (e.g., TPRM Lead, Vendor Risk Manager, Operational Risk Manager), or
• o Advisory/consulting roles supporting enterprise TPRM programs.
• · Demonstrated experience designing, managing, or advising on end-to-end TPRM programs, including:
• o Third-party onboarding and segmentation
• o Inherent and residual risk assessment
• o Due diligence and controls evaluation
• o Issues management and remediation
• o Ongoing monitoring and reporting
• · Strong understanding of regulatory expectations and examiner/audit scrutiny related to third-party risk.
• · Ability to persuasively communicate complex risk concepts clearly to both practitioners and executives.
• · Hands-on experience working with TPRM and/or GRC technology platforms (vendor-agnostic experience strongly valued).
• **Preferred Qualifications/Skills/Soft Skills: (Optional)**
• · Executive presence and confidence engaging senior risk, compliance, procurement, and business stakeholders.
• · Consultative mindset with strong diagnostic and advisory skills (e.g. background in risk advisory, internal audit, compliance, or operational risk consulting).
• · Experience supporting regulated industries (e.g. financial services, healthcare, energy, life sciences, insurance).
• · Deep TPRM domain expertise with the ability to apply best practices pragmatically.
• · Ability to balance regulatory rigor with operational feasibility.
• · Strong storytelling skills: connecting risk, process, and technology into a persuasive narrative.
• · Structured, organized approach to complex problem-solving in ambiguous environments.
• · Collaborative orientation (e.g. with Sales, Product, and Delivery teams).
• · Exposure to TPRM and/or GRC program transformation initiatives, including technology selection or operating model redesign.
• · Comfort facilitating workshops, working sessions, and executive briefings.
• · Familiarity with data-driven risk reporting, KPIs, and board-level metrics.
• · Experience partnering with Sales, Product, or Technology teams in a client-facing advisory capacity.
• · And last, but certainly not least: insatiable curiosity across all aspects of TPRM and client success.

Benefits

• 100% Employer Paid Medical Insurance options for the Employee and Family
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401K with Company Matching
• Equity Participation
• 4 Weeks of Vacation
• Fully Stocked Kitchens
• Company-Sponsored Charitable Day of Giving Events
• ......and many more!
• **Aravo Solutions Inc. is registered as an employer in many, but not all, states. If an applicant is not in or able to work from a state where Aravo Solutions Inc. is registered, they may not be eligible for employment. The eligible states include: FL, GA, MA, MO, NC, NH, NV, OR, PA, SC, TN, and TX.**