Global Resilience & Response Strategist

McKinsey & Company; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 113,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Global community

Continuous learning

Job summary

McKinsey & Company is seeking a resilient, analytical professional to join the Risk & Resilience function in a crisis-response oriented role. You will lead portfolio risk analysis, develop executive-ready insights, and coordinate rapid reports and regional briefings across time zones.

You will mature the Business Continuity Program, collaborate with Disaster Recovery, and co‑develop playbooks for critical capabilities.

Qualifications

• U.S. Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred
• 5+ years of corporate and/or professional services experience, including time in a complex, cross-functional, and global organization; background in consulting preferred
• Familiarity with the principles of risk, intelligence, crisis response, resilience, business continuity, and emergency management
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work on complex, sensitive, and time-critical issues while demonstrating creative thinking and practical solutions
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize them, and carry them out independently in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment while remaining mindful of the big picture; project management experience preferred
• Sensitivity with confidential information and adherence to the highest professional and process standards
• Comfort working alongside different functions and with senior leadership, with a non-hierarchical approach, the ability to build consensus, and a track record of seeking out and acting on feedback
• Experience working across cultures, with the ability to contextualize problems and solutions within varied settings
• Aptitude for handling data in various formats and software applications, such as web-enabled databases, Excel, Access, and Tableau (knowledge of SQL a plus) and GenAI tools; comfort working with technical teams, processes, and frameworks
• Entrepreneurial and innovative mindset, with strong attention to emerging technologies, solutions, and approaches and a desire to bring cutting-edge thinking to the firm
• Ability to work in-person and travel as needed (team schedules and office locations may vary)
• Demonstrated ability to collect, organize, and synthesize unstructured and narrative information for executive-level reporting, with exceptional attention to detail and strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• You will support all three pillars of the Resilience & Response team's work-portfolio: risk analysis, intelligence, resilience, and response, frequently driving several workstreams in parallel as risks evolve
• As a core team member on portfolio risk analysis projects, you will own slide deck updates, identify emerging issues and patterns, collect input from firm experts, and conduct financial modeling to translate complex analysis into executive-ready perspectives
• Draft and quality-control rapid-turnaround reports in response to priority disruptions, while coordinating timelines, stakeholders, and source inputs for biannual updates
• Help mature the Business Continuity Program by tracking progress against the roadmap, supporting governance routines, and implementing continuity approaches for critical operation centers
• Co-develop continuity playbooks for critical technical capabilities and coordinate inputs, KPIs, and toolkit refreshes to build resilience against threats
• Codify analytic frameworks and lessons learned from past disruptions into a centralized knowledge resource
• Support activation of cross-functional response structures during material matters by maintaining day-to-day cadence, tracking actions, and managing communications
• Adapt templates and toolkits from historical responses to fit new situations and contribute to developing and rolling out response tools and engagement rules

Skills

Risk & resilience knowledge

Crisis response expertise

Data analysis

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

SQL

GenAI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Access

Tableau

SQL

GenAI tools

Job description

McKinsey & Company is seeking a resilient, analytical professional to join the Risk & Resilience function in a crisis-response oriented role. You will lead portfolio risk analysis, develop executive-ready insights, and coordinate rapid reports and regional briefings across time zones.

You will mature the Business Continuity Program, collaborate with Disaster Recovery, and co‑develop playbooks for critical capabilities.