We’re transforming the way healthcare is done. Our purpose is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. This is at the core of who we are, making us a healthcare provider that strives to deliver meaningful change.

The Opportunity 

In this newly created role, the Third-Party Governance Manager will play a pivotal role in uplifting the end-to-end policy, risk and governance activities undertaken across Bupa’s third parties, APAC region.

Reporting to the Head of Third-Party Governance, you will work closely together to enable Bupa’s Third-Party Management Framework by implementing processes, a system and helping to establish a diverse team of specialists across analytics, systems, policy, risk, and governance to uplift third-party management capability. 

As a dynamic leader, you’ll empower 1-2 Analysts to reach their full potential, driving success through collaboration and innovation. This position will be part of Bupa’s Finance – Procurement division. A permanent, full-time position and may be based at our Sydney or Melbourne offices with flexible hybrid work arrangements available. 

Key responsibilities:

As a senior member of the Third-Party Governance team, you will work with the business owner for systems and processes to enable Third-Party Supplier Management, providing guidance and education on supplier policies, risk and governance activities.

In addition, this role will:

• Manage supplier assessments for onboarding into Coupa.
• Work closely with the risk and commercial procurement teams to gain better visibility and control over supplier risk and management through Coupa.
• Manage and maintain appropriate systems and reporting, accurately reflecting the control environment across all aspects of third-party management and governance. 
• Provide guidance to peers on internal and external risk factors responding to business needs in relation to management of third-party risk. 
• Support monitoring and continuous improvement of Bupa’s third-party management processes, platform, and service to Bupa’s suppliers and internal customers.
• Understand and respond to current and emerging risks across the third-party landscape.

Why work at Bupa? 

We keep our people smiling by helping them improve their lives in and outside of the office. We’re a welcoming lot, no matter who you are or where you’ve come from. We welcome all talents and backgrounds and embrace our differences, so you can bring your true self to work. We support our people to be the best version of themselves, physically and mentally. With a healthy work/life balance, leadership support, reduced private health cover, study leave, volunteering options and a commitment to promoting from within. 

Our employees can access wide range of benefits: from our own products (incl. health insurance subsidies) to many other products and services via our partnerships program (like Apple, Samsung, JB Hi-Fi, plus gym and spa discounts to name a few). We reward our people and celebrate their success, provide initiatives that develop careers and look after our people’s health, wellbeing, and futures.

What do I need?

The Third-Party Governance Manager will demonstrate sound commercial knowledge and have a natural ability to build a strong and trusting rapport with stakeholders, while maintaining a level of pace to prioritise and manage deliverables.

In addition, you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience in people leadership, developing and uplifting small teams. 
• Deep experience in third-party supplier management and procurement risk gained in a large matrix organisation. 
• Relationship management and consulting skills to collaborate, influence and negotiate while operating at a high level of integrity. This role may also present in steering committees to senior leaders.
• An understanding of industry regulations (e.g., CPS 230, GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001) highly desirable
• Previous third party/supplier management system experience and/or Coupa certification desirable, but not essential
• Initiative-taker with continuous improvement and customer service mindset.
• Tertiary qualifications in business, accounting, law, risk management, or supply chain operations or similar discipline.

To learn more about working at Bupa please visit our website: www.bupa.com.au/careers

Bupa is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring equality in recruitment, development, retention, and promotion of staff and that no-one is disadvantaged based on their gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or identity, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. 

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. If you require any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know at the time of your application.