Vendor & Outsourcing Manager (d/f/m)

Solaris is a tech company with a full German banking license. Our Banking-as-a-Service platform enables businesses to offer their own financial products. With our straightforward APIs, our partners can access and integrate a wide range of solutions such as digital banking, payments, cards, identification and lending services. As a market leader we are driven by bringing transformational change to the financial services industry.

We love what we do and we love our team. We are 500+ people from over 70 nationalities - a unique blend of techies, fintech enthusiasts, bankers and entrepreneurs from various industries. Our routines are built around genuinely valuing and exchanging different perspectives as well as actively sharing knowledge as we drive our business as a team. We believe and invest in personal growth.

Your Role

• Take ownership of implementing and executing the Outsourcing & Procurement Policy, including Outsourcing Management, Controlling, and Reporting.
• Maintain Outsourcing Inventory and Information Register up to date.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory obligations, including reporting to regulators on new, changed, or cancelled material outsourcings.
• Provide input to TPRA Pre-Assessments and coordinate collection of Third Party inputs for TPRA assessments.
• Sign-off TPRA outputs as Outsourcing Officer and notify BaFin as required.
• Conduct and oversee audits on provider management tasks, collecting evidence, coordinating with internal audit, and demonstrating compliance with internal policies.
• Oversee daily operations of Third Parties, including managing requests (e.g., scripts, settings, identification queries) and supporting account management where applicable.
• Conduct regular service review meetings, quarterly business reviews, and other strategic meetings to assess performance, align on objectives, and monitor contractual and regulatory obligations.
• Monitor and reconcile invoices, ensuring evidence storage and logging in the monitoring cockpit.
• Track SLA compliance and maintain documented evidence.
• Lead monthly Third-Party Reporting (TPRR) including SLA compliance, credit score monitoring, risk logging, evidence upload, and sign-off.
• Support Management reporting with focus on data analytics, plausibility checks, and performance insights.
• Provide transparency on control gaps, drive mitigation measures, and coordinate escalations with Contract Owners / Retained Organization.
• Support regulatory and process-driven contract negotiations, e.g., contract amendments due to DORA or other regulatory updates.
• Translate regulatory and business requirements into operational processes, ensuring compliance with KWG, MaRisk, DORA, EBA/ESMA.
• Act as the central liaison between Business, Control Functions, Procurement & Sourcing, and Third Parties.
• Mentor junior team members and provide guidance to stakeholders on outsourcing and vendor governance.

We'd love to see 

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• Academic background in Law, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, IT Management, or related fields. Advanced degrees or certifications in risk, compliance, or procurement are a plus.
• Minimum 4 years experience in Vendor Management, Outsourcing Governance, Third-Party Risk Management, or similar—preferably in financial services.
• Strong knowledge of outsourcing regulations (KWG, MaRisk, DORA, EBA/ESMA).
• Very good stakeholder communication, presentation, and analytical skills with diverse teams and hierarchy levels (internally and externally).
• Fluent German (C1/C2) and strong English language communication skills.
• Ability to work accurately and independently while keeping the bigger picture in mind for multiple stakeholders.
• Very strong stakeholder communication and presentation skills, able to engage with diverse teams
• High level of regulatory awareness, ensuring solutions remain compliant with outsourcing, procurement, and risk requirements.
• Strong sense of responsibility, integrity, and reliability in a multi-stakeholder environment
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to balance business needs, regulatory expectations, and operational realities

Benefits 

• Home office budget.
• Learning & development budget of €1000 per year and a transparent growth framework to support your career goals.
• Competitive salary and a variable remuneration program.
• Monthly meal allowance.
• Deutschland ticket subsidy.
• 28 vacation days, increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years with Solaris.
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year.

 

While job ads usually paint an ideal picture of a candidate, studies show that most applicants meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Unfortunately, many promising candidates tend to apply only if they meet all the criteria. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single item in the job description, please contact us anyway. We'd love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us.

At Solaris, we are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment, where all Solarians feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of color, ethnicity, religion, sex, origin, disability, marital status, citizenship, or gender identity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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