Risk & Sustainability Manager (18 month term)
About Kinaxis
In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, 6 global office and a best-in-class HQ in Ottawa, Canada. As winners of several Top Employer awards globally, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.
Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration, powering complex global supply chains, and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful, AI infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains, enabling our customers to make faster, better decisions. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today’s volatility and disruption. With more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries, we are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.
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About the team
The role operates with a high degree of independence and partners closely with senior and cross-functional stakeholders to provide practical, decision-relevant risk insight in a fast-moving global technology environment. The Manager, Enterprise Risk also supports the consistency and effectiveness of risk governance, reporting, and risk-informed decision-making across the enterprise.
This is a full-time, 18-month position.
Vacancy Status
What you will do
- Lead core ERM activities, including annual risk refreshes, quarterly monitoring, risk assessments, mitigation follow-up, and reporting.
- Facilitate risk interviews, workshops, and discussions with stakeholders across the business.
- Prepare clear and concise risk updates, heatmaps, summaries, and presentations for executives, leadership teams, and governance committees.
- Maintain the enterprise risk register, including risk statements, owners, impacts, mitigation actions, status updates, and supporting documentation.
- Partner with risk owners to assess and monitor key strategic, operational, financial, technology, compliance, reputational, and emerging risks.
- Provide practical risk advisory support to business stakeholders by identifying risk considerations, challenging assumptions, and advising on mitigation approaches for initiatives, projects, and business decisions.
- Coordinate and support the Third-Party Risk Management program, including vendor intake and prioritization, risk assessment coordination, stakeholder follow-up, documentation, and continuous improvement of the operating model.
- Support the development and maintenance of risk policies, guidance, governance practices, and risk culture initiatives.
- Monitor external trends, regulatory developments, and emerging risks to inform program priorities, reporting, and risk discussions.
- Support ad hoc risk-related projects and cross-functional initiatives as required.
What we are looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, or a related field.
- 5 to 7 years of experience in enterprise risk, internal audit, advisory, compliance, governance, or a similar role, ideally within a global technology, SaaS, or software company.
- Experience leading or coordinating ERM activities, including risk assessments, mitigation tracking, risk registers, and executive-level reporting.
- Strong facilitation skills, including experience conducting structured interviews, workshops, or stakeholder discussions.
- Excellent writing and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for senior leaders and governance audiences, including preparation of materials for executive, board, audit committee, or similar forums.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to challenge and refine risk statements, root causes, interdependencies, and action plans.
- Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority, build credibility quickly, and provide practical risk advice on business initiatives, projects, and decisions.
- Highly organized, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
- High degree of professionalism, sound judgment, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Working knowledge of third-party risk management, including coordination across procurement, legal, privacy, security, and business teams, is considered an asset.
- Familiarity with strategic, operational, financial, commercial, technology, compliance, reputational, and emerging risk categories is preferred.
- Professional designation such as CPA, CIA, CRMA, or similar is preferred.
Why join Kinaxis?:
Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Unilever, P&G, ExxonMobil, Cisco and more.
Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to a long-term net-zero operations strategy. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.
People matter at Kinaxis and here are some of the perks and benefits we offer, which may vary by location and employee:
- Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)
- Flexible work options
- Physical and mental well-being programs
- Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
- Mentorship programs, training, and career development
- Recognition programs and referral rewards
- Hackathons
For more information, visit the Kinaxis website at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com.
Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education, experience, and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.