Enterprise Continuity Manager

Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Enterprise Continuity Manager to spearhead the design and execution of comprehensive enterprise resilience and business continuity strategies for our organization. Operating fully remotely from the United Arab Emirates, this full-time role requires a mid to senior-level professional adept at coordinating across diverse operational and functional domains to ensure robust crisis preparedness and rapid recovery capabilities.

About the Organization

Our firm is dedicated to fortifying resilience, securing operational continuity, and enhancing crisis management and organizational recovery within a multifaceted business ecosystem. Collaborative efforts span across departments such as Risk Management, IT, Facilities, Security, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Communications, Business Units, and Executive Leadership to safeguard vital operations, personnel, assets, and corporate value.

Role and Responsibilities

• Formulate and enforce enterprise-wide continuity and resilience strategies, frameworks, policies, standards, and governance protocols.
• Establish and manage a business continuity management program encompassing all critical business components including processes, personnel, facilities, technology, suppliers, data, and infrastructure.
• Create and maintain policies, standards, methodologies, playbooks, templates, and operational procedures related to enterprise continuity.
• Develop governance mechanisms that clearly define roles, responsibilities, decision authority, escalation procedures, reporting lines, and executive oversight.
• Oversee the continuity management lifecycle involving risk assessment, business impact evaluation, strategy formulation, planning, implementation, testing, and continuous optimization.
• Lead and coordinate enterprise-wide Business Impact Analyses to identify crucial business processes, dependencies, and recovery priorities.
• Define recovery objectives such as Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), minimum operational requirements, and maximum tolerable disruption periods.
• Identify and map dependencies among people, facilities, technology, applications, suppliers, and third-party services supporting critical operations.

Ideal Profile

• Extensive experience in business continuity, enterprise resilience, crisis and emergency management, disaster recovery, or risk management, preferably within multinational, financial, technology, energy, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, retail, or government sectors.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing enterprise-wide business continuity and resilience frameworks.
• Proficiency conducting Business Impact Analyses, dependency mapping, and continuity risk evaluations.
• Strong knowledge of recovery metrics like RTO, RPO, and strategies for rapid restoration of essential operations.
• Experienced in preparing and maintaining business continuity plans, crisis management procedures, disaster recovery coordination, and recovery playbooks.
• Skilled in organizing and facilitating tabletop exercises, simulations, crisis response drills, disaster recovery tests, and managing post-exercise improvements and remediation efforts.