Job Title:           Senior Risk Management Specialist 

Department:     Operations Engineering

Revision Date:  11/10/2025

Level:                 P3

Rate of Pay:       $115,000 - $150,000 USD

Location:           Annapolis, MD, Broomfield, CO, or Stoughton, MA, (Remote OK)

Company Overview:

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is a leading global technology company providing terrestrial and wireless network solutions, next-generation 9-1-1 emergency services, satellite and space communications technologies, and cloud-native capabilities to commercial and government customers around the world. Our unique culture of innovation and employee empowerment unleashes a relentless passion for customer success. With multiple facilities located in technology corridors throughout the United States and around the world, Comtech leverages our global presence, technology leadership, and decades of experience to create the world's most innovative communications solutions. For more information, please visit www.comtech.com.

Purpose:

The Senior Risk Management Specialist is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with external parties, including customers, vendors, partners, and service providers. This role ensures that external entities comply with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards, helping to safeguard the organization's assets, data, and reputation. The specialist collaborates with cross-functional teams to conduct due diligence, monitor risk exposure, and drive continuous improvement in third-party risk management practices.

This position plays a vital role in managing customer-facing quality, security and compliance communications. This includes leading responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Information (RFIs), due diligence questionnaires, and audit requests. The role ensures that accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information is provided to customers regarding the company's security, privacy, and compliance posture. This individual serves as a liaison between internal teams—including Security, Compliance, Legal, IT, Sales, and Product—to coordinate, validate, and deliver timely responses and documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Support quality & security response to internal and external audits regarding third-party and customer audits, RFP's, RFI's, security & quality questionnaires.
• Support the audit and due diligence process, including documentation preparation and live reviews
• Perform risk assessments on external entities such as vendors, customers, and partners.
• Monitor and track third-party risk levels across the organization and maintain a risk register.
• Develop and implement external risk management strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Support due diligence processes for onboarding new vendors or customers.
• Liaise and collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g., Program & Technology managers, Legal, Procurement, Compliance, Information Security teams, etc.) to evaluate external risk posture, gather, and validate information.
• Manage and maintain a centralized repository of standard responses and supporting documentation.
• Log and track all external entity requests related to external entities.
• Identify gaps or concerns and coordinate remediation efforts with stakeholders for identified risks or compliance gaps.
• Generate regular reports on external risk metrics and present to senior leadership.
• Facilitate training and awareness programs related to external risk and compliance obligations.
• Track and manage deadlines and ensure timely completion of deliverables in time.
• Liaise and advise with Legal on contractual obligations related to quality & security.

Requirements:

• Excellent writing, project management, presentation and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple departments and manage shifting priorities.
• Experience using document management systems, project tracking tools (e.g., SharePoint, Jira).
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Team player with a customer-centric approach and attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience with customer assurance programs and audit response.
• Knowledge of supply chain risk management practices.
• Team player with a customer-centric approach and attention to detail.
• Experience with customer assurance programs and audit response.
• Familiarity with contract risk analysis and third-party governance models.
• 35 years of experience in responding to Risk Management, RFPs, RFIs, customer audits, or similar compliance communications.
• Familiarity with common security and compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, HIPAA, GDPR).
• Experience conducting due diligence and risk assessments with/ for external parties.

Qualifications: 

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Security, Communications, or a related field.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.