Head of Enterprise Resilience & Crisis Leadership

Nextpower; Fremont (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Nextpower in Nashville, TN is seeking a Director of Enterprise Resilience & Crisis Management to build and lead the company’s capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant disruptions across manufacturing, supply chain, cyber, and operations.

This is an executive role focused on setting standards, governance, and enterprise visibility while ensuring accountability remains with business and functional leaders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise resilience, business continuity, crisis management, operational risk, emergency management, or related disciplines.
• Experience in manufacturing, energy, industrial technology, critical infrastructure or global supply chains.
• Demonstrated experience working with senior executives during significant disruptions or crisis simulations.
• Calm judgment and influencing skills for tough situations.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Professional credentials such as CBCP/MBCP, CBCI/MBCI, ISO 22301 preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish enterprise resilience framework with governance, standards, and executive reporting.
• Identify operational dependencies, vulnerabilities, and single points of failure; implement mitigations.
• Monitor leading indicators of potential disruption across functions and regions.
• Embed resilience into major changes, new capabilities, and acquisitions.
• Develop and maintain crisis management framework including classification, escalation, and decision rights.
• Lead enterprise crisis management during significant events and coordinate cross-functional actions.
• Ensure engagement of Communications and Legal from crisis onset.
• Establish program of business impact assessments, continuity planning, and crisis simulations.
• Collect lessons learned with accountable corrective actions and measurable improvements.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Crisis management

Executive communication

Risk assessment

Influencing skills

Operational risk

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Advanced degree preferred

Professional resilience credentials (CBCP/MBCP, ISO 22301) preferred

Job description

Nextpower in Nashville, TN is seeking a Director of Enterprise Resilience & Crisis Management to build and lead the company’s capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant disruptions across manufacturing, supply chain, cyber, and operations.

This is an executive role focused on setting standards, governance, and enterprise visibility while ensuring accountability remains with business and functional leaders.