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The Senior Third-Party Management (TPM) Analyst serves as the organization's senior subject matter expert for Vendor Risk Management, providing technical leadership, governance oversight, and strategic direction for the TPM program. This role is responsible for driving program maturity, strengthening governance practices, enhancing assessment quality, and influencing enterprise-wide third-party risk decisions for the organization's highest-risk vendor relationships. The Senior TPM Analyst partners across Enterprise Risk Management, Procurement, Information Security, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, and business stakeholders to improve risk management processes, implement continuous program improvements, and ensure the organization maintains a mature, scalable, and regulatory-compliant third-party risk program.
- Lead governance oversight of Tier 1 and Tier 2 third-party risk assessments, ensuring consistent application of enterprise risk standards and defensible risk decisions.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance the effectiveness, scalability, and maturity of the Third-Party Risk Management program.
- Lead quality assurance reviews of complex vendor assessments, challenge risk determinations, and ensure consistency across assessment teams.
- Develop and maintain third-party risk methodologies, assessment playbooks, procedures, governance documentation, and risk standards.
- Develop executive dashboards, Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), metrics, and reporting that provide meaningful insight into third-party risk exposure and program effectiveness.
- Lead oversight of issue management activities, ensuring timely remediation of vendor findings and appropriate escalation of unresolved risks.
- Evaluate complex third-party relationships and provide independent risk challenge regarding onboarding decisions, residual risk acceptance, and ongoing monitoring strategies.
- Mentor junior analysts and provide technical guidance, coaching, and quality review to improve assessment consistency and professional development.
- Identify opportunities to improve automation, reporting, workflows, and third-party risk technology capabilities.
- Lead special projects supporting strategic initiatives, regulatory changes, and continuous enhancement of enterprise third-party governance capabilities.
- 5+ years of experience in third-party risk management, vendor risk management, audit, compliance, or a related governance function.
- Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Information Security, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong understanding of the third party management lifecycle and applicable risk management frameworks.
- Advanced analytical skills with the ability to assess complex risk findings, synthesize information, and recommend practical, risk-based solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing and delivering executive-level reporting.
- Ability to mentor peers and provide effective challenge while influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
- High attention to detail with a strong focus on documentation quality, defensibility, and regulatory readiness.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Proactive and self-directed, with the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across functions.
Base Pay Information
The national base pay range at the end is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental’s assessment of the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity.
Pay Grade 21. $81,265 - $176,073
- Competitive base and incentive pay
- 401(k) with robust matching and non-matching contributions
- Rich medical & pharmacy benefits
- 100% employer-paid dental and vision benefits
- Holistic wellbeing program with deep financial incentives
- Generous paid time off plus 12 paid holidays and your birthday off
- Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program
- Family support: adoption assistance, fertility treatment, child, elder & pet care assistance
- Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
- Employee discount program
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in third-party risk management, vendor risk management, audit, compliance, or a related governance function
- Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Information Security, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Strong understanding of the third-party management lifecycle and applicable risk management frameworks
- Advanced analytical skills for assessing complex risk findings and recommending risk-based solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting experience
- Ability to mentor peers and provide effective challenge while influencing stakeholders without direct authority
- High attention to detail with a focus on documentation quality, defensibility, and regulatory readiness
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Proactive and self-directed, with the ability to work independently and collaborate across functions
Delta Dental Insurance Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Delta Dental Insurance Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Delta Dental Insurance Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, including a sizable automatic 401(k) contribution plus additional matching. This boosts overall total-rewards value even when base pay is viewed as only mid-market in some areas.
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Affordable Benefits — Core coverage is framed as unusually low-cost to employees, including fully employer-paid dental and vision and low employee contribution medical options. This creates meaningful take-home value beyond cash compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as generous, including broad PTO/holidays and additional paid leave features such as parental leave. These policies increase perceived rewards and help balance workload demands.
Delta Dental Insurance Company Insights
What We Do
At Delta Dental, we’re behind millions of smiles and counting. For over 68 years, we’ve served our communities by increasing access to affordable, quality care – but that commitment to care extends beyond the people we serve, to the dedicated employees who make those smiles genuine. We've come this far by building programs that offer opportunities for advancement, create meaningful connections, and improve the lives of our employees and their families. Because we know that when we take exceptional care of each other, we can make a positive impact for all. We champion an inspirational workplace through our commitment to trust, service, excellence and innovation. Joining us means working for a company that offers stability and balance, opportunities for leadership at all levels, and a work environment. Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental of New York, Inc., Delta Dental of Pennsylvania, and Delta Dental Insurance Company are members, or affiliates of members, of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of 39 Delta Dental companies throughout the country. Together with our affiliate companies, form one of the nation’s largest dental benefits delivery systems, covering over 31 million enrollees. Headquartered in San Francisco, we are members of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of companies that provides dental coverage to 80 million people. Delta Dental provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Delta Dental complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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