In this role, youâll help advance our supplier risk strategy across the full third-party lifecycle, from due diligence through ongoing monitoring and periodic reassessment. Youâll support the design and ongoing enhancement of our governance frameworks, strengthen compliance practices, contribute to actionable reporting, and collaborate across sourcing, legal, cyber, and business teams to evaluate and manage third-party risk, informing decisions that safeguard operations and enable growth.
Weâre looking for someone who is curious about risk and controls and comfortable working in structured, framework-driven environments. Experience in procurement, third-party risk, control frameworks, audit, or controllership is a plus but not required. You should be comfortable working with contract terms, understanding how they tie to risk and controls, and helping translate framework requirements into practical, repeatable processes and metrics. Ideal candidates bring hands-on experience applying control or risk frameworks in a business setting, designing or refining processes, aligning them to policies and standards, and measuring effectiveness.
You are highly analytical and comfortable using data to create clear, executive-ready insights and recommendations. You have strong relationship-management skills and a proven track record of taking initiative and independently driving cross-functional projects, working across departments for input, alignment, and delivery of results. Over time, youâre interested in growing into broader leadership, potentially stepping into higher-level responsibilities and owning larger portions of the third-party risk program.
Work Arrangement: This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires in-office presence in Columbus, Ohio two days per week.
Location Requirement: Candidates must be based within a commutable distance to Columbus, Ohio.
Work Authorization: This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT Extension program.
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Job Description Summary
Procuring goods and services necessary to successfully run and grow our business is critical. Whether working to enable the processes that support buying decisions or finding the best supplier, price or contract terms, we bring expertise, skill and talent to the task. If you are collaborative, a top-level communicator, highly ethical and have the ability to manage key relationships by providing outstanding service, we want to know more about you!Job Description
Key Responsibilities:Â
Supports and may serve as a project lead in the development, implementation, and administration of the Enterprise Supplier Risk Management (ESRM) program and governance processes, including procedures, analysis and coordinating supplier risk efforts with internal partners.
Provides in-depth consulting towards the development and implementation of risk strategies in alignment with respective business unit initiatives. Supports the development and implementation of risk policies, procedures, processes and programs to ensure availability, confidentiality, integrity, and authentication.
Monitors and reports on supplier risks at the supplier, risk type and aggregate levels.
Drives the implementation and maintenance of supplier risk information and reporting, including defining standard supplier risk metrics/measures, trend analysis and developing reporting and analysis standards and requirements.
Owns the engineering, planning, design, implementation and testing of complex enterprise risk management technologies, including research and development of best practices and the implementation of complex and comprehensive mitigating solutions for business applications.
Reviews and provides detailed analysis of internal data in relation and comparison to business strategies, market research, and other external benchmarking to provide strategic insight, consideration of opportunities and alignment of the supplier risk framework to the enterprise goals.
Manages due diligence associated with identified supplier risk and tracks ongoing monitoring efforts in alignment with the framework.
Leads implementation efforts, including documentation, training and communications. Reviews and recommends revisions to the framework with risk assurance partners and senior management input. Monitors framework is in use and effectively adopted.
Assists efforts related to discovery and response to regulatory and external requests. Guides business unit partners in understanding and responding to risk audits and assessments.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reporting Relationships:Â Reports to Director, Procurement Risk Management. Individual Contributor; serves in project lead capacity.
Typical Skills and Experiences:Â
Education:Â Undergraduate degree with studies in finance, accounting, procurement or supply chain management is preferred.
License/Certification/Designation: Supplier risk management or risk assessment certifications such as CTPRP, CRMP, PMI-RMP, ERM, PRM, FRM or other related certifications are preferred, but not required.
Experience:Â Typically, 8 or more years of business experience in risk assessment, risk assurance or supplier risk management or closely-related equivalent professional experience.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:Â Knowledge of risk management and/or supply chain management. Strong project management and analytical skills to resolve moderately complex risk management problems. Technical expertise to analyze and synthesize data for reporting purposes. Ability to execute activities associated with the implementation of risk management processes. Dynamic individual with proven interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, including presentation and training skills. Ability to display confidence and establish credibility. Project management, analytical, and business savvy. Process improvement approach. Skills in mathematical, financial or statistical concepts to support various aspects of planning and analysis.
Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.
Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring managerâs leader and HR Business Partner.
Values:Â Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.
Job Conditions:Â
Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)
Working Conditions: Normal office environment.
ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.Â
Benefits
We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.
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