Strategic IT Resilience & Continuity Director

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. is seeking an IT Risk Director, Resiliency & Business Continuity to lead the enterprise resiliency program across business segments.

You will shape vision, governance, and execution for continuity, recovery, and crisis management, partnering with risk, technology, and business leaders. You will drive independent reviews, BIAs, and testing programs, while escalating material risks and guiding remediation to align with regulatory expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent level of work experience.
• 10+ years in a related role in risk, resiliency, or business continuity.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing large programs.
• Advanced knowledge of operational resilience, business continuity, crisis management, and risk frameworks.
• Experience leading regulatory examinations, audits, and issue remediation activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent review and challenge of BCM and resiliency activities.
• Facilitate completion of BIAs, continuity plans, and resiliency assessments.
• Monitor adherence to resiliency policies, standards, and risk appetite.
• Aggregate and report resiliency risks, issues, metrics, and control effectiveness.
• Lead a high-performing team for business continuity, resiliency, crisis management, and recovery.
• Oversee testing programs including tabletop exercises and recovery validation.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to identify critical services and recovery requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement of resiliency capabilities through testing results and industry best practices.
• Represent the First Line Risk & Controls in governance, examinations, audits.

Skills

Leadership

Executive presence

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Regulatory examinations experience

Analytical skills

Strategic planning

Risk management

Crisis management experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Certifications: CBCP, MBCP, CRISC, CISA, CISM, CISSP, PMP

Job description

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. is seeking an IT Risk Director, Resiliency & Business Continuity to lead the enterprise resiliency program across business segments.

You will shape vision, governance, and execution for continuity, recovery, and crisis management, partnering with risk, technology, and business leaders. You will drive independent reviews, BIAs, and testing programs, while escalating material risks and guiding remediation to align with regulatory expectations.