Director, Crisis & Resilience Consulting

This position may be based in San Francisco or Los Angeles.

We seek a highly motivated, detail oriented, business-minded professional with creativity, initiative, teamwork, and project management skills to help drive our crisis and resilience consulting practice inclusive of crisis management, business continuity, enterprise risk management, supply chain risk management, emergency response, and the range of various impact reduction consultancy engagements.

The role of Director, Crisis and Resilience Consulting is that of a fee-earning consultant who will be expected to market, sell and deliver end-to-end crisis management, business continuity, enterprise risk management and supply chain risk management and related resilience consulting engagements.

Tasks and responsibilities:

Work with team members on crisis and resilience consulting engagements of diverse scope and complexity consistent with industry best practice and drawing on personal experiences. Specifically:

• Assess, design, implement and improve end-to-end programs and capabilities across all previously stated focus areas
• Develop, design and deliver scenario-based exercises for client training and testing
• Independently identify prospects and lead business development activities, including, but not limited to, conducting client meetings, scoping, and writing proposals
• End-to-end project management of client engagements, including being the primary contact to the client and managing a delivery team
• Author thought leadership / white papers on topics that are relevant to our client’s operating environments and risk profiles
• Collaborate across Control Risks to help us better solve complicated client problems

Requirements

Knowledge and experience:

• Excellent client relationship skills with a track record of sales and engagement delivery success in a high-performing management consulting environment
• Ownership and accountability to drive success both within the team and across Control Risks
• Exceptional written and interpersonal communications skills
• Creative and analytical problem-solving skills
• The ability to multi-task and balance competing requirements, including client-facing, business development related, and internal matters
• A minimum of 8-10 years of work experience, including significant experience in crisis management and business continuity and at least some experience in enterprise risk management, supply chain risk management, and/or emergency response
• Ability to travel 50-60% of the time and on short notice
• Bachelor’s degree; Master's degree desired
• Some experience delivering security (physical or IT) consulting engagements preferred
• ABCP or higher certification from DRII or equivalent organization preferred
• Experience in multiple client industries preferred

Behaviors:

• Committed, enthusiastic and with a ‘can do’ approach
• Confident, solution oriented and with a positive attitude
• A high level of integrity, loyalty and discretion
• A large degree of flexibility with regards to work schedule and peaks in work intensity
• Collaborative
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills

The base salary range for this position in California is $155,000-$165,000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program