Third Party Risk Manager, APAC

OpenAI, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Singapore

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end third-party risk management execution across APAC, ensuring scalable risk assessment, onboarding, and monitoring of third parties, with a focus on electronics and device manufacturing supply chains.
• Support audits, regulatory compliance, and internal policy adherence by partnering with Procurement, Legal/Compliance, Security, Privacy, and business teams to embed risk controls into supplier onboarding, contracting, and ongoing monitoring.
• Build and oversee supplier risk frameworks tailored to electronics and device manufacturing environments, drive due diligence, establish KRIs and reporting mechanisms, and continuously improve TPRM processes, tools, and controls to support scale and efficiency.
• Develop expertise in managing geopolitical, operational, and compliance risks across critical suppliers, support incident response for supplier-related issues, and gain deep exposure to global AI infrastructure supply chains while advancing OpenAI’s mission of safe and beneficial AI deployment.

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in supplier risk, third-party risk management, supply chain risk, supplier compliance/auditing, or related fields
• Strong experience in complex electronics or device manufacturing ecosystems (contract manufacturing, component ecosystems, multi-tier supply chains)
• Demonstrated ability to run onsite audits and drive remediation outcomes (not just policy)
• Regional Experience: Experience working with Asia-based suppliers or operating in APAC markets
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of privacy, cyber risk, data security, operational resilience, and financial/vendor risk principles
• Analytical Expertise: Skilled in analyzing risk data, identifying trends, and producing actionable reporting
• Strong written and verbal communication—able to translate complex risk into clear decision narratives
• Business-level Mandarin is required, as this role regularly manages vendor communications and documentation with vendors who conduct business primarily in Mandarin

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to build and lead a world-class supplier risk and third-party risk program supporting OpenAI’s global growth
• Exposure to cutting-edge AI infrastructure and hardware supply chains at the forefront of technological innovation
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams including Procurement, Legal/Compliance, Security, Privacy, and business leaders
• Professional development in managing geopolitical, operational, and compliance risks in complex global supply chains
• Based in Singapore with 30% to 40% travel within Asia to engage directly with supplier sites
• OpenAI’s commitment to safety, equity, and inclusion in AI development, with equal opportunity employment practices

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About OpenAI, Inc.

OpenAI is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015. It develops large-scale AI models such as GPT, DALL-E, and Codex, providing cloud APIs and consumer applications like ChatGPT. Originally established as a non-profit, it later created a capped-profit subsidiary to attract capital while maintaining its mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

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