Director of Cyber Third-Party Assurance

Overview

Full-Time, Boston, Springfield

The Opportunity

As the Director of the Cyber Third-Party Assurance team you will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment overseeing the onboarding and continuous monitoring of Mass Mutuals third-parties. The Director of Cyber Third-Party Assurance (CTPA) leads the enterprises vendor and supplier cybersecurity risk management function. This role is responsible for ensuring that third-party engagements meet Mass Mutuals cybersecurity standards and comply with regulatory expectations. The position manages a team responsible for four critical verticals : onboarding new vendors, conducting risk-based assessments of returned questionnaires, actively monitoring critical vendors through continuous oversight and managing third-party risk questionnaires received when Mass Mutual serves as a vendor. This role ensures that there is a consistent, risk-driven approach to protecting the enterprise from supplier-related cyber threats.

Responsibilities

• Vendor Onboarding & Due Diligence : Oversee the vendor onboarding process, beginning with inherent risk assessments and tailored due diligence questionnaires. Lead the review of questionnaire responses, assign risk scores, and determine requirements for follow-up remediation or reassessment. Partner with Procurement, Legal, and Governance to ensure contract language reflects cyber requirements.
• Ongoing Vendor Monitoring : Direct continuous monitoring of critical and high-risk vendors using third-party risk intelligence tools (e.g., RiskRecon). Oversee periodic reassessments based on vendor tier, risk exposure, and regulatory requirements. Ensure supplier vulnerabilities and incident notifications are addressed and escalated appropriately.
• Third-Party Questionnaire Responses : Manage the function that responds to cybersecurity questionnaires MassMutual receives as a third party to other organizations. Ensure responses are accurate, consistent, and aligned with enterprise security posture and regulatory expectations.
• Governance, Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement : Provide executive-level reporting on third-party cyber risk posture, metrics, and emerging risks. Align with Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, and Internal Audit to ensure defensible oversight. Partner with BISOs, platform engineering, and security control owners to ensure vendor cyber risk is accurately identified and managed.

The Team

The Cyber Third-Party Assurance (CTPA) team plays a critical role in protecting Mass Mutuals enterprise by managing cyber and operational risks across its vast supplier ecosystem. This team serves as a strategic partner to the business, providing assurance that our vendors and SaaS providers maintain the highest standards of security, compliance, and resilience. Leveraging advanced tools and regulatory expertise, CTPA delivers proactive risk insights, drives remediation of control gaps, and strengthens the organizations ability to meet stringent expectations from regulators, clients and the board. The team operates at the intersection of governance, procurement, and enterprise risk, ensuring that third-party dependencies do not become enterprise vulnerabilities. By leading this function, the incoming director will directly influence Mass Mutuals risk posture, reputation and ability to innovate securely with trusted partners.

The Impact

The Minimum Qualifications

The Ideal Qualifications

Salary Range : $148,300.00-$194,600.00

At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair equitable pay, by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component.

Why Join Us

Weve been around since 1851. During our history, weve learned a few things about making sure our customers are our top priority. In order to meet and exceed their expectations, we must have the best people providing the best thinking, products and services. To accomplish this, we celebrate an inclusive, vibrant and diverse culture that encourages growth, openness and opportunities for everyone. A career with MassMutual means you will be part of a strong, stable and ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits. And your voice will always be heard.

We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company owned by our policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to put customers first. Its more than our company structure its our way of life. We are a company of people protecting people. Our company exists because people are willing to share risk and resources, and rely on each other when it counts. At MassMutual, we Live Mutual.

MassMutual is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome all persons to apply.

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