Senior Associate - Supply Chain Cyber Security Specialist (f/m/d) - Cyber Risk Advisory

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Your Team

As a Senior Associate in our Cybersecurity and Privacy team, you will play a key role in delivering and growing our supply chain cyber risk capability across all sectors of clients. You will help our clients strengthen their third-party cyber risk management programs, comply with evolving regulatory expectations such as DORA, NIS2, and respond to emerging threats across complex, global supply chains.

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

Zürich

As per agreement

100%

Advisory

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ID: 616652WD

Your Impact

As part of the Cybersecurity and Privacy team of PwC Switzerland, you will work on:

delivering client engagements focused on supply chain cyber security, third party risk, and compliance with DORA, NIS2, and related regulations across 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 leveraging platforms such as ServiceNow, ProcessUnity, BitSight, RiskRecon, and SecurityScorecard, including tooling configuration and integrations;
developing pragmatic recommendations and roadmaps to improve 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 building, contributing to thought leadership, market propositions, proposal responses, and account expansion initiatives; and
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 brings a strong background in cyber security:

You have at minimum 5 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, third-party risk, or supply chain risk management.
You have a master's or bachelor's degree or an equivalent professional qualification in business administration or computer science. Additional certificates such as CISM, CRISC, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, CISSP are a plus.
Proven experience working with financial services clients, ideally within 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 platforms such as ProcessUnity, ServiceNow, BitSight, RiskRecon, or equivalent.
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and client-facing skills.
You have strong verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with all levels of management and staff.
You are fluent in English and (ideally) also in German and/or French.
You have a high degree of initiative, self-organisation and sense of responsibility.

Your Benefits

Hybrid Flexible Working Model Our work model enables you to spend part of your time working in the office and part at home (provided this is your preference) – unless you’re at your clients’ premises, which is of course always the priority. This approach allows you to tailor your schedule to your personal working style.

Learn and Grow Our learning and development approach helps you gain valuable skills and knowledge to advance your career, not just at PwC. We offer a variety of internal and external courses for training and upskilling. Identify your strengths and areas for improvement and gain new skills to achieve your professional goals. You’ll build confidence, enhance your job performance, and take your career to the next level.

Sustainable Performance PwC is committed to creating an environment of sustainable performance. We therefore offer a range of resources such as sustainable performance workshops, self-leadership trainings, resilience and mindfulness sessions, nutrition webinars, and yoga courses.

Vacation and Leave From maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to vacation and paid leave, we know it’s essential to take time away from work. At PwC, you can enjoy a variety of leave options to recharge, relax, or achieve personal milestones.

Volunteering Are you passionate about doing good and making a difference? That’s great, because so are we at PwC. We encourage you to participate in volunteer work by offering paid time off for volunteering activities. Our Corporate Sustainability programmes help you find purpose and fulfilment while working with us.

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Your Contact

Patricia Santos

Recruitment Team

Any questions? We are happy to help.

Tel. +41 58 792 15 78

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