At Bath & Body Works, everyone belongs. We are committed to creating a culture of belonging focused on delivering exceptional fragrances and experiences to our customers. We focus on recruiting, retaining, and advancing top talent. In addition, we work to improve our communities and our planet to help the world live more fully.
The Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) Director will support Bath & Body Works’ Ethics & Compliance Department and is responsible for leading the company’s enterprise-wide vendor and third-party risk program, ensuring that risks from suppliers, service providers, and business partners are identified, assessed, mitigated, and monitored throughout the third-party lifecycle.
This role is critical in a retail environment with complex, high-volume vendor relationships across merchandising, supply chain, logistics, marketing, technology, data/AI, payments, and store operations. This role will partner closely with Legal, Procurement, Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, Finance, and business leaders to enable informed risk-decisions while supporting business agility and growth. The TPRM Director reports to the Deputy General Counsel.
Responsibilities
• Own and continuously evolve the enterprise TPRM framework, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Support the build, implementation, and management of a scalable, risk-based framework for vendor onboarding, risk tiering, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring.
• Align the TPRM program with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and industry standard processes.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on third-party risk management.
• Lead a high-performing TPRM team.
• Set performance expectations, establish key performance indicators, and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with business partners to embed risk management into sourcing and contracting workflows.
• Oversee third-party risk assessments across multiple risk domains, including: information security and cyber risk, operational and resilience risk, compliance and regulatory risk, financial viability, and ethical sourcing and reputational risk.
• Ensure appropriate due diligence for high-risk vendors, including critical and consumer-facing vendors. Call out material risks, control gaps, or incidents and drive remediation planning with partners.
• Prepare risk reporting and metrics for senior leadership and governance committees.
• Support enterprise risk assessments, audits, and regulatory inquiries related to third parties.
• Cross-functional collaboration on contracts, security assessments, ERM, and advise business leaders on risk acceptance and mitigation strategies.
• Be responsible for third-party risk technology platforms and improve efficiency through automation, standardized workflows, and analytics.
• 8-12+ years’ experience in third party risk management, vendor risk, enterprise risk, compliance, or information security.
• 3+ years of people and/or program leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of third-party risk in large, complex organizations, preferably in retail, consumer, or omnichannel environments.
• Excellent partner management and executive communication skills.
• Experience in retail, e-commerce, payments, supply chain, or consumer data environments.
• Experience working closely with Legal, Procurement, and Information Security.
Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in business, risk management, law, information systems, or a related field.
Core Competencies
• Lead with Curiosity & Humility
• Build High Performing Teams for Today & Tomorrow
• Influence & Inspire with Vision & Purpose
• Observe, Engage & Connect
• Strive to Achieve Operational Excellence
• Deliver Business Results
Benefits
Bath & Body Works associates are the heart of our business. That’s why we're proud to offer benefits that empower you to Dream Bigger & Live Brighter. Benefits for eligible associates include:
• Robust medical, pharmacy, dental and vision coverage. Plus, access to our onsite wellness center and pharmacy located at the Columbus, OH home office.
• 401k with company match and Associate Stock Purchase program with discount
• No-cost mental health and wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunity for paid time off and paid parental leave. Plus, access to family and lifestyle programs including a family building benefit, childcare discounts, and home, auto and pet insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement and scholarship opportunities for post-secondary education programs
• 40% merchandise discount and gratis that encourages you to come back to your senses!
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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws. Please see links: Los Angeles Fair Chance In Hiring Ordinance, Philadelphia Fair Chance Law, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not make employment decisions based on an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status, and we comply with all laws concerning nondiscriminatory employment practices. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for associates and job applicants with disabilities. Our management team is dedicated to ensuring fulfillment of this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, associate activities and general treatment during employment. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.
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