Third Party Governance Manager
Date Posted: 15/01/2026
Location: London
Job Type: Full time
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Location: London- hybrid
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time- 35 hours
Purpose of the role
As the Third Party Governance Manager you will support the delivery of Just's Third Party Governance programme, ensuring compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
You will work with business stakeholders to onboard, monitor, and manage third parties in identifying, monitoring and managing risk, whilst collaborating with Relationship Managers to regularly review third party performance and address risks.
About Just
We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose-led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do.
This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.
Key responsibilities
Maintain repository of information on Third Parties: Manage and maintain Just’s contract management and third party repository system, Gatekeeper, implementing enhancements to improve risk coverage and user adoption. Ensure quality of input and structure of data captured is useful for analysis and oversight.
Support Relationship Managers (RM): RMs reside in the business and are responsible for the supplier relationships they manage. The Third Party Governance Manager supports the RMs in understanding their duties and sets expectations for deliverables. This includes ensuring that RMs meet the requirements of scheduled governance activities such as monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews, obtaining completed due diligence questionnaires from third parties and reviewing responses, compliance attestations, supporting materiality assessments and updates to the Register of Third Parties.
Risk assessment and performance management of Third Parties: Support maintaining the risk assessment framework in order to monitor the ongoing suitability of criteria used to identify High, Medium and Low Risk third parties. Support due diligence processes for both existing and proposed third parties. Ensure new third parties are assessed as part of the onboarding process. Facilitate annual risk reviews and ensure identified third-party risks have ownership, acceptance, or mitigation actions established and documented. Support the business in overseeing third party performance reviews and documenting review frequency.
Reporting and analysis: Support preparation of regular group-wide third-party risk reports enabling the business to understand their third party risk exposure. Analyse exposure and monitor changes in this exposure and where risk management approaches need to evolve accordingly.
What we’re looking for:
Financial services regulatory background and knowledge (possibly also pharmaceutical) is essential for the role
SRM certified / CIPS qualified is desirable
Knowledge of the Financial Services industry and regulatory environment (PRA and FCA).
Experience in a Third Party Risk or Third Party Governance role
Ability to perform tasks effectively within a decentralised environment
Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders who work to oversee a broad range of suppliers
Demonstrable stakeholder management abilities.
Skilled in planning, organisation, and managing varied workloads.
Self-driven, works well with minimal supervision.
Effective team player, manages time and stakeholder expectations efficiently.
Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication.
Strong problem analysis and resolution abilities.
Experience and confidence with data analysis, including Power BI
Our behaviours
At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.
What’s in it for you
A competitive salary, pension scheme and life assurance
25 days annual leave plus an additional day on us for your birthday
Private medical cover and income protection, just in case
A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme
Opportunities to progress your career in-role and within the company
Free access to the Headspace app, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and trained physical and mental health first aiders
A variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal
Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones
Explore our full range of benefits on our dedicated benefits page.
Belonging at Just
Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just.
We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.
Application details
Please submit your CV using the 'apply now’ button. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted regarding next steps which may include an initial phone interview and in-person assessment.
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