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Senior Vendor & Contract Mgr

Sunrise Systems, Inc.Trenton, NJ🇺🇸United States

Why this role stands out

This high-impact role offers the unique opportunity to work directly with the CIO, providing professional growth as you shape enterprise-wide vendor governance and compliance strategies. You will thrive in this hybrid position if you are a detail-oriented strategist who enjoys navigating complex security frameworks while earning a highly competitive hourly rate. Apply today to lead critical initiatives that will elevate your career and strengthen your influence in IT leadership.

Quick overview

Salary$80 - $86/hr

SeniorityMid Senior

Work modeHybrid

LocationTrenton, NJ, United States

SOC 2ComplianceExternal AuditProcurementRisk Management

Job description

Job Title: Senior Vendor & Contract Mgr
Job ID: 26-05333
Location: Trenton, NJ
Duration: 06 months' contract
Description:
Senior Vendor & Audit Contract Manager reporting to the CIO to lead third-party -party risk, IT audit readiness, remediation, and policy lifecycle management, aligning public sector systems with NIST, SOC, and enterprise IT security baselines.
We are seeking a Senior Vendor & Contract Manager reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to lead enterprise-wide vendor compliance, third-party governance, IT audit readiness, and policy lifecycle management across our technology ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities:

Lead Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), establishing vendor vetting, risk scoring, and continuous compliance oversight across cloud providers, software vendors, and system integrators.
Oversee IT audit readiness and execution, evaluating vendor SOC 1/SOC 2 Type II reports, ISO certifications, and independent third-party control attestations.
Manage finding remediation lifecycles, driving technical root-cause analyses with IT teams and verifying artifact evidence to close internal and external audit deficiencies.
Author, update, and maintain all public-facing and internal IT security, privacy, and technology governance policies, standards, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure continuous alignment with NIST, state, and federal mandates.
Enforce IT General Controls (ITGC), access governance, and data protection baselines across internal platforms and external vendor environments.
Collaborate with Legal and Procurement to review and enforce compliance exhibits, Data Processing/Sharing Agreements, SLAs, and right-to-audit clauses.
Advise the CIO directly on enterprise compliance posture, delivering executive risk scorecards, audit tracking dashboards, and mitigation strategies.

Qualifications:

8+ years of IT compliance, third-party risk management (TPRM), and audit governance experience within large-scale enterprise environments.
Proven track record authoring and operationalizing enterprise IT security, governance, and data compliance policies.
Deep technical familiarity evaluating SOC 1/SOC 2 Type II reports, ITGCs, and NIST/ISO control frameworks.
Strong background presenting risk metrics, compliance status, and audit readouts directly to executive leadership.

Skill Table:

Skill	Required / Desired	Amount	of Experience
IT Compliance, IT& Audit Governance in Enterprise Environments	Required	8	Years
Authoring & Updating Enterprise IT Security, Governance & Regulatory Policies	Required	7	Years
Audit Finding Remediation, Technical Root-Cause Analysis & Action Plans	Required	7	Years
Alignment with NIST (SP 800-53 / CSF) and ISO 27001 Security Frameworks	Required	7	Years
Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) & Cloud/SaaS Vendor Qualification	Highly desired	7	Years
Evaluating SOC 1 / SOC 2 Type II Reports & Independent Security Attestations	Highly desired	7	Years
Bachelor's Degree minimum	Required

Compensation:
The hourly rate for this position is between $80.00-86.00 per hour.
Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate].
Benefits:
Sunrise offers ACA compliant medical coverage/dental insurance/vision insurance to all employees. We also offer Sick time benefits as required per State regulations.