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. While it carries no direct supervisory responsibilities, the position provides institutional coordination, technical guidance, constructive challenge, and follow‑up across functions, country offices, science programs, and corporate service units.

The role strengthens CIP's second line of defense , ensuring risk management processes, compliance requirements, internal controls, policies, assurance activities, and escalation mechanisms are consistently applied across the organization.

About CIP

CIP is part of the CGIAR integral research partnership committed to transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. CIP’s mission is to develop and share science‑based innovations in potato, sweetpotato, and other root and tuber crops. CIP partners with organizations in over 20 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to strengthen agri‑food systems and provide economic, social, and nutritional benefits, especially for women and youth. We integrate social and biophysical sciences to address complex challenges in food and agriculture. For more information, please visit

The position

This role supports the operationalization of CIP's Risk Management Framework, Risk Appetite Statement, Assurance Map Framework, Policy Framework, Internal Control Framework, and Issue Management processes — aligned with CIP's institutional priorities, CGIAR expectations,



ESG‑related risk considerations, and recognized international standards including COSO, COSO ERM, and ISO 31000. The position reports to the Director of Operations and is based in Lima, Peru.

Key Responsibilities

- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.

📌 Senior Technical Lead Risk and Compliance (26-36) (Lima)
🏢 International Potato Center (CIP)
📍 Lima