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The Risk Team at Copper maintains and embeds an effective Enterprise Risk Management Framework across the organisation, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, treated and monitored. The team partners with business lines and operational functions to proactively manage the current and future risks that Copper may face.

Role Purpose:

The TPRM Lead is responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing the Third-Party Risk Management framework to ensure that risks associated with third-parties, outsourcing arrangements and critical ICT systems are effectively identified, assessed, and managed. This role ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and supports operational resilience by embedding robust controls across the vendor lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities of the role

• Lead the development and execution of the Third-Party Risk Management framework, policies, and procedures.
• Oversee risk assessments and due diligence for vendors, ensuring alignment with regulatory and internal standards.
• Monitor and report on third-party risk exposure, escalating material issues to senior management and governance committees.
• Collaborate with procurement, legal, technology, and business teams to embed risk controls throughout the vendor lifecycle.
• Liaise with entity risk managers and leadership to understand outsourcing profiles and maintain accurate registers of information.
• Drive continuous improvement of TPRM processes, tools, and reporting to enhance efficiency and resilience.

Your experience, skills and knowledge

• Proven experience in third-party risk management within a regulated financial services or fintech environment.
• Strong understanding of vendor lifecycle management, outsourcing regulations, and operational resilience requirements.
• Ability to interpret and apply regulatory frameworks (e.g., FCA, EBA, DORA) to third-party risk practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience leading risk assessments, assurance reviews, and remediation activities for critical vendors

Desirable

• Familiarity with contract risk clauses, SLA management, and exit planning.
• Experience with third-party risk technology platforms and automation tools.
• Knowledge of information security and data protection requirements in vendor relationships.
• Understanding of associated practices such as asset registers and continuity planning.
• Exposure to broader operational risk frameworks and resilience testing.

The interview process at Copper

Our interview process is designed to be thoughtful, efficient, and engaging. While specific steps may vary slightly depending on the role, the typical journey includes:

1. Initial Screening A brief conversation with our Talent Acquisition team to explore your background, motivations, and alignment with the role.
2. Technical Interview A virtual session conducted via Microsoft Teams, where you'll engage with team members to discuss relevant skills, problem-solving approaches, and technical experience.
3. In-Person Interview A conversation focused on team dynamics, collaboration style, and any final technical questions. This may be with cross-functional peers or leadership.

Additional steps may be added based on the role's complexity or seniority. We aim to keep the process transparent and respectful of your time.

Benefits

In return for everything you can bring to Copper, we can offer you an exciting, challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with career opportunities and welcoming working environment. Some of our key UK benefits are highlighted below:

• Private Health Insurance
• Competitive employer contribution pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• Annual Leave - A minimum of 35 days of paid time off per year, inclusive of public holidays. Employees also receive one additional day of annual leave for each year of service.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Help@Hand: Learning and Development opportunities

In return for everything you can bring to Copper, we can offer you an exciting, challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with career opportunities and welcoming working environment.

If you think you have everything we're looking for and more, then we'd love you to apply for the opportunity.