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Senior Manager of Contingent Workforce Risk Management

McKinsey & Company
parental leave, paid time off
United States, Colorado, Denver
Sep 10, 2025
Procurement
Senior Manager of Contingent Workforce Risk Management
Job ID: 100285

Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges-the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you've come to the right place.
Your Impact
You will be part of Optimize, McKinsey's global procurement capability, enhancing and protecting our firm's resources and reputation by making responsible buying easy and creating leading solutions and experiences across our third-party ecosystem.
You will work with a global cross-functional team to build strategy and manage a global third-party onboarding program, and technology focused specifically on third party external talent (e.g. Advisors, Contingent labor such as independent contractors). You will be based out of London, Philadelphia, New York/New Jersey, Atlanta, Denver, Boston, Miramar, or Washington DC.
In your role you will be responsible for co-creating risk strategy and managing risk-based processes that will enable an efficient and effective end-to-end external talent risk program. This includes the ongoing development and implementation of McKinsey's third-party risk framework and delivering risk programs to achieve excellence in managing external talent risk.
You will foster strong partnership and team regularly with global firm functions including Compliance, Legal, Talent, Client Service Risk, Cyber Risk to continuously enhance the external talent focused third party risk program and address complex issues. You will also work with the operations team to ensure effective risk management, raise risk issues and escalations to the relevant stakeholders, with recommendations for resolution.
To further build the firm's capabilities, you will play a leading role in continually improving the risk management capabilities, technologies, data sources and documentation of the external talent onboarding program. You will support the development of standards, reporting and other program materials and documentation while ensuring that the onboarding program processes are auditable. You will partner with the broader Third-Party Risk team to foster and coach a risk first awareness culture at McKinsey.
You will stay ahead of risk issues and drive special projects that address emerging risks, market developments and/or internal customer needs. You can expect to manage a broad range of interesting projects on a global level.
Your Growth
You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.
When you join us, you will have:
  • Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
  • A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You'll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
  • Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm's diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
  • Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
Your qualifications and skills
  • Bachelor's/university degree required; degree in business, risk management, or related field; advanced degree preferred
  • 10 years of professional experience out of which a minimum of 5 years, in contingent workforce management, employment/labor law, or compliance ideally in a professional services/ consulting firm
  • Deep knowledge of contingent labor risks (e.g. worker classification, co-employment, regulatory issues)
  • Experience in designing internal controls, processes and risk management frameworks
  • Excellent judgment and exceptional integrity, as well as distinctive interpersonal and collaborative skills
  • Proven success in leading cross-functional, complex projects from concept to execution
  • Curious mindset and demonstrated ability to learn new concepts and ideas, and to apply those concepts across multiple content areas
  • Strong professional computing skills, including Microsoft Office products (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
  • Comfortable with ambiguity in a work-setting, knowing how to address and manage unpredictable outcomes
  • Superior communication & interpersonal skills, including the ability to present to a global audience on a regular basis, build and maintain highly effective and collaborative relationships
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Additionally, we provide a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our commitment to the wellness of our colleagues and their families.
This includes medical, mental health, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, a generous retirement contributions program, financial guidance,
and paid time off.

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Job Skill Group - N/A

Job Skill Code - SPMN - Senior Procurement Manager

Function - Firm Administration

Industry - High Tech

Post to LinkedIn - Yes

Posted to LinkedIn Date - Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 GMT 2025

LinkedIn Posting City - Atlanta

LinkedIn Posting State/Province - Georgia

LinkedIn Posting Country - United States

LinkedIn Job Title - Senior Manager of Contingent Workforce Risk Management

LinkedIn Function - Other;Supply Chain

LinkedIn Industry - Legal Services;Management Consulting

LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level
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