Senior Technical Lead Risk and Compliance (26-36)
- Resource Type National Recruited Staff (NRS)
- Region LAC
- Date Opened 07/15/2026
- Job Type Full time
- Industry Research and Development
- City Lima
- State/Province Lima

Job Description

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 general 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, sweet potato, and other root and tubercle 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 https://cipotato.org/about/.

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 recogniz

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