The International Potato Center (CIP) is seeking a highly qualified and experienced Senior Technical Lead – Risk and Compliance to join our team. This role is central to implementing, monitoring, and continuously improving CIP's corporate risk, compliance, assurance, and internal control frameworks.

The role provides institutional coordination, technical guidance, constructive challenge, and follow‑up across functions, country offices, science programs, and corporate service units, strengthening CIP's second line of defense. It carries no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead the implementation and continuous strengthening of CIP’s Risk Management, Internal Control, and Issue Escalation frameworks aligned with COSO and ISO 31000. Maintain risk registers, dashboards, and reporting tools; identify control gaps; and drive proportionate, risk‑based corrective actions across the organization.
2. Coordinate CIP’s Assurance Map, working closely with Internal Audit, external auditors, and process owners to identify coverage gaps and strengthen oversight. Ensure the Policy Framework stays aligned with institutional risks and support the rollout of new policies through training and practical guidance.
3. Champion the integration of ESG‑related risks—environmental, social, governance, safeguarding, and supply chain—into corporate risk registers, due diligence, procurement, and reporting processes, equipping teams with practical tools to manage these risks.
4. Oversee the end‑to‑end issue management cycle: documentation, root cause analysis, escalation, and tracking of corrective actions. Coordinate audit follow‑up (internal and external) and prepare clear, timely reports for senior management and governance bodies.
5. Design and deliver training on risk, compliance,



and internal controls; provide expert guidance to country offices and science programs, and champion a culture of accountability, ethics, and continuous improvement across CIP.

Requirements

- Master’s degree in a relevant field and 8+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or a related function.
- Strong knowledge of governance, risk, compliance, assurance, and internal control principles.
- Solid understanding of COSO Internal Control, COSO ERM, ISO 31000, the Three Lines Model, and good practice in governance, risk, and compliance.
- Working knowledge of assurance mapping, policy implementation, control design, compliance monitoring, issue management, risk registers, key risk indicators, and management action tracking.
- Understanding of ESG‑related risk concepts, including governance, safeguarding, environmental, social, reputational, partner, and supply chain risks.
- Ability to assess risks, identify root causes, analyze control gaps, and propose practical mitigation measures.
- Strong writing, analytical, and reporting skills with the ability to prepare clear reports for senior management and governance audiences.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills and the ability to work effectively with senior management, process owners, country offices, science programs, and corporate service units.
- Ability to challenge constructively, exercise sound judgment, and maintain professional independence.
- High level of integrity, discretion, accountability, and attention to detail.
- Fluency in English.

Benefits

- 1‑year contract with possibility of renewal based on performance.
- Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience.
- An excellent, collaborative working environment.

The position reports to the Director of Operations and is based in Lima, Peru.

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📌 Senior Technical Lead Risk and Compliance (26-36) (Lima)
🏢 CGIAR
📍 Lima