Embedded Crisis & Resilience Lead

Control Risks; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) retirement

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Control Risks is seeking an embedded Business Resilience Specialist to support a Fortune 50 technology client and strengthen enterprise-wide preparedness.

You will drive standards and methodology across crisis leadership teams, delivering cross-program initiatives spanning Business Continuity, Employee Readiness, and Crisis Management to move senior stakeholders from strategy to execution—measurably improving resilience at both the function and product level.

Qualifications

• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A professional with a proven history of working in a fast-paced environment; comfortable with ambiguity and shifting goals.
• 2-5 years of work experience in an operation, project management, consulting, or equivalent environment.
• 1+ years of work experience in the Risk and Resilience space, crisis management preferred.
• Experience helping to mature a global resiliency program.
• Autonomy to translate strategic direction into actionable plans with minimal guidance.
• Experience being a connector across teams and managing projects against KPIs through to completion.
• Experience developing and documenting procedures and workflows.
• Organizational skills with attention to detail and a commitment to follow-up

Responsibilities

• Organize activities supporting crisis and resiliency activities relating to special projects and business units.
• Drive consistent methodology, approach, and standards for planning, training, and exercising across crisis leadership teams.
• Undertake projects addressing aspects of the crisis program—strategy, governance, response structures, and supporting training for executives.
• Work across resilience programs including Business Continuity, Employee Readiness, and Crisis Management to develop major projects on emerging risks.
• Collaborate with HR, Legal, and product teams to bolster function- and product-level resiliency planning.
• Drive global initiatives that integrate lessons from exercises and crises.
• Collaborate with partners to build program awareness, improve user experience, and advance preparedness capabilities.
• Innovate new tools to accelerate the implementation of resiliency program management plans and capabilities.

Skills

Client-facing

Written communication

Verbal communication

Adaptability

Risk & resilience

Global resiliency

Autonomy

Project management

Process documentation

Attention to detail

Job description

Control Risks is seeking an embedded Business Resilience Specialist to support a Fortune 50 technology client and strengthen enterprise-wide preparedness.

You will drive standards and methodology across crisis leadership teams, delivering cross-program initiatives spanning Business Continuity, Employee Readiness, and Crisis Management to move senior stakeholders from strategy to execution—measurably improving resilience at both the function and product level.