Business Continuity Expert

skeyes; Steenokkerzeel; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

skeyes is seeking a seasoned Business Continuity Expert to shape how a safety‑critical organization anticipates disruption, strengthens resilience and safeguards continuity. You will lead cross‑functional initiatives, coordinate BIA analyses, contingency planning and crisis exercises, and advise senior leadership in partnership with the Head of Risk & Resilience.

Fluency in English and Dutch and/or French is essential; security screening applies.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 8+ years in BC, crisis management or resilience.
• Knowledge of ISO 22301 and BCM certifications.
• Strong risk management and scenario thinking.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Fluency in English and Dutch and/or French.

Responsabilités

• Define and drive risk and resilience strategy across the organisation.
• Develop and embed robust Business Continuity capabilities.
• Lead cross‑department Business Impact Analyses with strong business ownership.
• Coordinate contingency and crisis management exercises.
• Strengthen governance and reporting on resilience activities.
• Build internal and external networks of Business Continuity stakeholders.
• Maintain up‑to‑date expertise and provide advisory support.

Connaissances

Business Continuity

Crisis Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Influence

Scenario Thinking

Leadership

Formation

Master's degree

Description du poste

When uncertainty hits, leadership and preparedness make a difference.

At skeyes, business continuity is a strategic capability. Your impact goes beyond plans and procedures—ensuring preparedness translates into decisive action when it matters most. As an experienced Business Continuity Expert, you shape how a safety‑critical organisation anticipates disruption, strengthens resilience and safeguards continuity. Acting as a trusted advisor, you translate complex risk scenarios into pragmatic, business‑owned solutions.

You are not just coordinating continuity efforts—you are driving organisational resilience. As a senior expert, you lead through deep expertise and influence rather than formal authority, taking initiative to shape future‑proof resilience capabilities in close partnership with the Head of Risk & Resilience.

What do you do as a Business Continuity Expert?

• Drive the Risk and Resilience vision and strategy by providing expert input that directly influences skeyes’ strategic pillars: partnering with our customers, partnering with our people, and building a future-proof company.
• Develop and integrate robust, future-proof Business Continuity capabilities, embedded in organisational management and aligned with the strategic vision
  • Deploy the Business Continuity Strategy as a core resilience capability.
  • Define, maintain and continuously enhance the Business Continuity Management framework, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, regulatory expectations and best practices, including the CER and NIS2 Directives.
  • Monitor national and international regulatory developments, standards and best practices, with a strong focus on aviation and critical infrastructure.
  • Act as a key counterpart in internal and external audits related to business continuity and resilience, demonstrating the maturity and effectiveness of organisational capabilities.
• Strengthen skeyes’ resilience and competitive positioning through advanced, integrated Business Continuity Management, supporting future‑proof operations.
• Influence and align key stakeholders to drive joint initiatives embedding Business Continuity across the organisation and its wider ecosystem.
• Coordinate Business Impact Analyses
  • Define, maintain and continuously improve the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) framework, ensuring it serves as a foundational input for skeyes’ resilience architecture, including continuity, contingency and recovery design.
  • Lead and facilitate cross‑departmental Business Impact Analyses, ensuring depth, consistency and business ownership, while identifying critical dependencies, vulnerabilities and realistic, risk‑based continuity requirements.
  • Provide expert input to management‑level prioritisation and resilience‑building decisions.
• Strengthen Organisational Contingency Preparedness
  • Define, maintain and review contingency plans with key skeyes divisions, ensuring alignment with industry practices, technology developments and regulatory requirements.
  • Support the design and coordination of contingency and crisis management exercises, including annual executive‑level table‑top exercises.
  • Maintain and enhance notification, escalation and crisis activation processes, ensuring consistent understanding and application.
  • Evaluate exercises and incidents, translating lessons learned into sustained improvements in contingency preparedness and crisis readiness.
• Foster a strong resilience culture and awareness throughout the organisation
  • Position Business Continuity as an integral part of skeyes’ Risk & Resilience ecosystem, enhancing organisational preparedness
  • Strengthen Business Continuity governance and reporting to support informed decision‑making, effective post‑crisis monitoring and structured engagement with external authorities.
  • Contribute to the development and maturation of an effective Crisis Communication Framework in close collaboration with Communications.
  • Design and deliver Business Continuity training and awareness programmes across the organisation.
• Develop and maintain a strong internal and external network of Business Continuity stakeholders to support long‑term collaboration and organisational resilience.
• Maintain a high level of expertise within your own and related domains, ensuring up‑to‑date knowledge and reinforcing professional credibility through well‑informed advisory support.

Candidate profile

• You hold a Master’s degree and have at least 8 years of relevant professional experience in Business Continuity, Crisis Management or Operational Resilience, preferably in a critical infrastructure, industrial or aviation environment, or equivalent senior expertise
• Knowledge relevant standards such as ISO 22301 and relevant BCM certifications are a pls
• You have an affinity with Risk Management, scenario thinking and systemic risk
• You combine the ability to see the broader organisational picture with a pragmatic, solution‑oriented mindset
• You are comfortable working with incomplete information and exercising sound judgement under pressure.
• You have proven ability to challenge and influence stakeholders and build trust across multidisciplinary teams
• You are a results‑driven professional with a keen eye for recognizing opportunities and meeting deadlines
• You naturally build bridges between strategy, operations and technical domains
• You consider ethics to be of paramount importance and act accordingly
• You communicate clearly and effectively, and are fluent in English and Dutch and/or French

Security screening. In light of the vacancy to which you respond we would like to draw your special attention to the fact that prior to being employed by skeyes candidates have to undergo a security screening which will be carried out by the National Security Authority. More info