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 capabilities across various sectors. Your efforts will help clients fortify their third-party cyber risk management programs, adhere to evolving regulatory requirements such as DORA and NIS2, and respond to emerging threats within intricate global supply chains.
This position is growth-focused, providing support across multiple financial and non-financial services clients, many of which are engaged in multi-year transformation initiatives.
Your Impact
As part of the Cybersecurity and Privacy team at PwC Switzerland, you will be involved in:
- Delivering client engagements centered 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 as part of broader Supplier Risk and IT GRC transformations.
- Collaborating with clients to define and operationalize future state Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) operating models, including roles and responsibilities, escalation paths, and response plans.
- Building AI-augmented TPRM capabilities and workflows by 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 throughout the third-party lifecycle.
- Leading and contributing to workshops, reports, and executive-ready presentations for stakeholders such as CISO, CIO, Risk, Compliance, and Procurement.
- Supporting internal capability development, contributing to thought leadership, market propositions, proposal responses, and account expansion initiatives.
- Coaching and mentoring junior team members while promoting a high-performance, inclusive team culture.
Your Skill Set
We are seeking a Senior Associate who exemplifies our core values and possesses a robust background in cybersecurity:
- 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 a plus.
- Proven experience with financial services clients, preferably in regulatory-driven engagements (e.g., DORA, NIS2).
- Strong understanding of supply chain cybersecurity frameworks, supplier risk segmentation, control testing, and cyber risk quantification.
- Familiarity with supply chain risk management platforms such as ProcessUnity, ServiceNow, BitSight, RiskRecon, or similar.
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to engage stakeholders and serve clients effectively.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with all levels of management and staff.
- Fluency in English, and knowledge of German and/or French is ideal.
- A high degree of initiative, self-organization, and a strong sense of responsibility.
Apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.