IT Risk Director - Resiliency & Business Continuity

Huntington National Bank; Tupelo (MS); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington National Bank seeks an IT Risk Director, Resiliency & Business Continuity to shape the strategic vision and execution framework for enterprise resiliency across assigned business segments. You will lead a team and partner with risk, technology, and business leaders to identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor resiliency risks in line with enterprise standards and regulatory expectations.

The role requires strong leadership, communication, and regulatory-examination experience, with a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent level of work experience.
• 10+ years in a related role.
• Advanced knowledge of operational resilience, business continuity, crisis management, and risk management frameworks.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leadership and drive strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent review and challenge of business continuity and resiliency activities performed by business units.
• Facilitate completion of Business Impact Analyses, continuity plans, and resiliency assessments.
• Monitor adherence to enterprise resiliency policies, standards, and risk appetite requirements.
• Aggregate and report resiliency risks, issues, metrics, and control effectiveness to senior management.
• Provide consultation and guidance regarding resiliency requirements and regulatory expectations.
• Track remediation activities and validate closure of identified resiliency gaps.
• Escalate material resiliency risks, control weaknesses, and testing failures to appropriate governance forums.
• Lead a high-performing team responsible for business continuity, resiliency, crisis management, and recovery planning activities.
• Provide leadership and oversight for BIAs, continuity plans, recovery strategies, scenario testing, and resiliency assessments.
• Partner with senior business leaders to identify critical business services, supporting processes, dependencies, and recovery requirements.
• Oversee continuity and resiliency testing programs, including tabletop exercises and recovery validation activities.
• Drive continuous improvement of resiliency capabilities through analysis of testing results, events, incidents, and industry best practices.
• Monitor resiliency-related metrics and risk indicators to keep risks within appetite.
• Represent the First Line Risk & Controls organization in governance committees, examinations, audits, and exec forums.
• Provide leadership during disruption events and support crisis management activities as required.
• Foster collaboration with ERM, Technology, Info Security, Facilities, Third-Party Risk, and other risk disciplines.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements related to resilience and business continuity.

Skills

Leadership

Executive presence

Communication

Stakeholder management

Regulatory examinations experience

Analytical thinking

Strategic planning

Crisis management

Operational resilience knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent level of work experience

10+ years in a related role

Tools

CBCP / MBCP / CRISC / CISA / CISM / CISSP / PMP

Job description

Huntington National Bank seeks an IT Risk Director, Resiliency & Business Continuity to shape the strategic vision and execution framework for enterprise resiliency across assigned business segments. You will lead a team and partner with risk, technology, and business leaders to identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor resiliency risks in line with enterprise standards and regulatory expectations.

The role requires strong leadership, communication, and regulatory-examination experience, with a