Head of Cyber Resilience

Job Description:

This role requires a rare combination of executive leadership, regulatory expertise, business partnership, and hands-on resiliency experience. The ideal candidate has built their career within operational resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, and cyber resilience functions and possesses the executive presence to engage Boards, regulators, and senior business leaders while maintaining deep involvement in program execution and continuous improvement

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The successful candidate will elevate an established resiliency program, strengthen enterprise engagement, and help embed resilience as a core business capability across the organizatio

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Key Responsibilit

• iesDevelop and execute a comprehensive operational resilience strategy aligned with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and industry best practic
• es.Establish and monitor resilience objectives, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and governance framewor
• ks.Drive enterprise-wide adoption of resilience principles across business and technology organizatio
• ns.Continuously assess emerging threats, industry trends, and regulatory developments to enhance resilience capabiliti
• es.Lead enterprise-wide Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) progra
• ms.Ensure critical business functions maintain appropriate recovery capabilities and operational readine
• ss.Oversee business impact analyses, recovery planning, recovery testing, and continuous improvement initiativ
• es.Partner closely with technology leadership to ensure Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) are effectively defined, tested, and achiev
• ed.Oversee enterprise incident management and cyber resilience framewor
• ks.Lead crisis response planning, cyber recovery exercises, and enterprise-wide tabletop simulatio
• ns.Ensure effective coordination during operational disruptions involving technology, cybersecurity, third parties, and business operatio
• ns.Integrate cyber resilience practices into broader operational resilience and risk management progra
• ms.Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards governing operational resilien
• ce.Serve as a primary liaison during regulatory examinations, audits, and resilience assessmen
• ts.Develop policies, standards, and governance structures supporting enterprise resilience objectiv
• es.Provide regular reporting and updates to executive leadership, governance committees, and Board stakeholde
• rs.Establish and oversee resilience standards for critical third-party service providers and vendo
• rs.Evaluate third-party resilience capabilities and recovery preparedne
• ss.Develop contingency plans and alternative operating strategies to mitigate vendor-related disruptio
• ns.Partner with procurement, risk, and compliance teams to embed resilience requirements into vendor management process
• es.Partner with cybersecurity, operational risk, and business leaders to identify emerging threats and vulnerabiliti
• es.Monitor operational risk indicators and resilience metrics across the enterpri
• se.Drive continuous improvement efforts based on lessons learned from incidents, exercises, audits, and assessmen
• ts.Promote proactive risk identification and mitigation strategies across the organizati
• on.Lead and develop a high-performing operational resilience te
• am.Foster strong partnerships across technology, operations, risk management, compliance, and business leadersh
• ip.Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership regarding resilience strategy, preparedness, and enterprise risk exposu
• re.Promote a culture of resilience awareness and accountability throughout the organizati

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Required Qualificat

• ions15+ years of experience in Cyber Resilience, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Cyber Resilience, Operational Risk, Crisis Management,
• etc.Significant experience within banking or financial serv
• icesDemonstrated success leading enterprise-wide resilience programs and transformation initiati
• ves.Experience interacting directly with executive leadership, Board members, regulators, and audit
• ors.Deep knowledge of Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Disaster Recovery (DR), Crisis Management, and Incident Response methodolog
• ies.Strong understanding of operational risk management and enterprise resiliency framewo
• rks.Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in complex organizational environme
• nts.Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Business Administration, Risk Management, or a related fi