Senior Director, IT Enterprise Resilience
Core
Lead enterprise disaster recovery governance, business continuity alignment, and crisis readiness for a global technology estate, ensuring cold start capabilities and recovery execution during disruptive events.
Role type
Senior Director, IT Enterprise Resilience
Builds
Enterprise recovery standards, exercise calendars, and crisis response capabilities for critical technology services.
Domain
Technology resilience, disaster recovery, business continuity, and crisis management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
enterprise disaster recovery governance, business continuity planning, cold start capability design, recovery exercise orchestration, cross-functional program leadership, executive reporting, risk management, audit coordination, crisis command coordination, international resilience standards (ISO 22301/22316/22320/22361/31000), dependency mapping, recovery time/objective validation
Preferred skills
CBCP, MBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer/Auditor, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, ITIL certifications
Technologies
Fusion platform, ISO 22301, ISO 22316, ISO 22320, ISO 22361, ISO 31000, COSO ERM
Responsibilities
Own enterprise disaster recovery governance including recovery standards, critical dependencies, and RTO/RPO validation; Lead the Minimum Viable Company program coordinating cross-tower and site-level inputs; Define and validate cold start capabilities for essential technology services; Chair the quarterly Recovery Owners' Council to align on standards and risks; Build and manage the enterprise recovery exercise calendar including tabletops, simulations, and failover tests; Coordinate with Business Resilience leaders on playbooks, BIAs, ORAs, and communication protocols; Lead recovery and restoration activities as a peer to the Incident Commander during crises; Report resilience readiness, risks, and audit results to CISO, CIO, and audit stakeholders; Drive continuous improvement of resilience capability through KPIs and lessons learned.
Seniority
Senior Director, strategic leadership & cross-functional coordination
