Senior Associate - Supply Chain Cyber Security Specialist / Senior Associate - Supply Chain Cyber Security Specialist

Your Team

As a Senior Associate in our Cybersecurity and Privacy team, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing and expanding our supply chain cyber risk capability across various client sectors. Your efforts will assist clients in reinforcing their third-party cyber risk management programs, ensuring compliance with evolving regulatory expectations such as DORA and NIS2, and addressing emerging threats within complex, global supply chains.

This is a growth-focused position, supporting engagements across multiple financial and non-financial services clients, many of which are part of extensive multi-year transformation initiatives.

Your Impact

As a member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy team at PwC Switzerland, you will engage in the following activities:

• Delivering client engagements focused on supply chain cybersecurity, third-party risk, and compliance with DORA, NIS2, and related regulations across various industries.
• Designing and implementing supplier segmentation, cyber risk assessments, control testing, continuous monitoring, and incident response processes, integral to broader Supplier Risk and IT GRC transformations.
• Collaborating with clients to define and operationalize future state Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) operating models, including delineating roles and responsibilities, escalation paths, and response plans.
• Building AI-augmented TPRM capabilities and workflows leveraging platforms such as ServiceNow, ProcessUnity, BitSight, RiskRecon, and SecurityScorecard, including tooling configuration and integrations.
• Developing pragmatic recommendations and roadmaps to enhance cyber risk governance, continuous monitoring, and incident/issue management across the third-party lifecycle.
• Leading and contributing to workshops, reporting, and executive-ready presentations for CISO, CIO, Risk, Compliance, and Procurement stakeholders.
• Supporting internal capability development, contributing to thought leadership, market propositions, proposal responses, and initiatives for account expansion.
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members while fostering a high-performance, inclusive team culture.

Your Skill Set

We are looking for a Senior Associate who embodies our core values and demonstrates a strong background in cybersecurity:

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, third-party risk, or supply chain risk management.
• A master's or bachelor's degree or an equivalent professional qualification in business administration or computer science. Additional certifications such as CISM, CRISC, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, or CISSP are advantageous.
• Proven experience collaborating with financial services clients, ideally within regulatory-driven engagements (e.g., DORA, NIS2).
• A strong understanding of supply chain cybersecurity frameworks, supplier risk segmentation, control testing, and cyber risk quantification.
• Familiarity with supply chain risk platforms such as ProcessUnity, ServiceNow, BitSight, RiskRecon, or equivalent tools.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and client-facing skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities to interact effectively with all levels of management and staff.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in German and/or French is a plus.
• A high degree of initiative, self-organization, and a strong sense of responsibility.

How to Apply

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