Director, Supplier Governance and Reporting, ESG & Risk

McKinsey - Tampa, FL

Full-time - Senior

Tampa, FL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Optimize is the global procurement capability of the firm, enhancing and protecting the firm's resources and reputation by making responsible buying easy and creating leading solutions and experiences across our supplier ecosystem. We are hiring for a Director to lead the Supplier Governance & Reporting pillar within Optimize's Supplier Risk & Social Responsibility team. This highly visible role will report directly to the Director of Supplier Risk & Social Responsibility. In this role, you will work with senior leaders on the risk, compliance, legal and global social responsibility teams to ensure the firm's global procurement function sets the standard for accountability and compliance in a rapidly evolving global regulatory environment. You will be responsible for owning all strategy and implementation related to supplier risk governance, ESG & Risk reporting, policies, and compliance. You will also work with category leads and other stakeholders across the Optimize function to ensure ESG & risk governance principles are successfully embedded into our procurement strategies and principles. You will shape, drive and execute McKinsey's vision, strategy and overall approach to ESG & Risk reporting, policies, and compliance, with a focus on continuous improvement to keep pace with new/emerging regulations and threats to our supplier base.

Responsibilities

• Own all strategy and implementation related to supplier risk governance, ESG & Risk reporting, policies, and compliance.
• Work with category leads and other stakeholders to embed ESG & risk governance principles into procurement strategies.
• Develop a strategy and approach to advance compliance with regulatory, voluntary and internal ESG & risk reporting.
• Lead the development and implementation of internal and external policies and processes to mitigate risk in the supplier chain.
• Stay on top of trends and cutting-edge thinking on ESG supplier risk, compliance and reporting topics.
• Provide deep expertise and act as a thought partner to senior leaders on supplier ESG risk, compliance and reporting topics.
• Lead ESG and risk related policy updates, training and reporting.
• Collaborate with data analysts to provide data and drive insights for ESG and Risk reporting.
• Lead an existing team of experts and expand a team over time.

Requirements

• 10+ years relevant experience in sustainability, third-party risk management, ESG regulatory disclosure and reporting or related fields with focus on procurement or supply chain.
• Demonstrated success as a senior people leader managing high performing and expert teams.
• Demonstrated ability to create and implement ESG supplier risk management strategies in a complex global organization.
• Commanding knowledge of ESG and sustainability principles, frameworks and best practices.
• Experience presenting at the C-Suite level and influencing leadership as a peer.
• Experience operating within the EU regulatory environment and understanding of the EU governance processes preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple perspectives while working towards a syndicated solution.
• Excellent problem solving, communication, and project management skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience advising senior executives (e.g., CPOs).
• Comfort navigating ambiguous situations with thoughtfulness and pragmatism.
• Ability to appropriately pivot between big-picture strategy and detail orientation as needed.