Strategic Risk & Resilience Advisor

Spectrum Business; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RapidScale is building a Risk & Resilience advisory practice and seeks a Strategy & Engagement Manager to shape and deliver advisory services for enterprise clients. You will define complex business problems, structure solutions, lead client workstreams, and coordinate experts across security, cloud, AI, and compliance.

You will collaborate with sales and delivery teams to translate client needs into actionable strategies, roadmaps, and outcomes, while developing reusable assets and scalable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 6 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 4 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 10 years’ experience in a related field.
• Experience in consulting, advisory services, risk, resilience, cybersecurity, technology transformation, or a related discipline.
• Experience structuring complex or ambiguous business problems and translating them into clear, actionable recommendations and execution plans.
• Experience leading client-facing workstreams or complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Experience developing executive-level presentations, recommendations, proposals, scopes of work, workplans, or other client-facing deliverables.
• Working knowledge of enterprise risk, resilience, cybersecurity, AI, cloud, governance, or compliance concepts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex business and technology topics to both technical and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a fast-paced evolving environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to define and structure complex challenges related to enterprise risk, resilience, cybersecurity, AI, cloud, governance, compliance, and operational readiness.
• Lead advisory workstreams from discovery and problem definition through recommendations, execution planning, and executive readout.
• Prepare and facilitate client workshops with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, risk, compliance, security, and transformation leaders.
• Translate business and technology risks into clear priorities, recommendations, roadmaps, and practical execution plans.
• Develop executive-ready presentations, assessments, recommendations, and client deliverables.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and effectively navigate complex enterprise environments.
• Develop engagement workplans and lead day-to-day execution across active client workstreams.
• Coordinate subject matter experts across cybersecurity, cloud, AI, compliance, architecture, and delivery while maintaining ownership of the broader client outcome.
• Identify risks, dependencies, decisions, and actions throughout engagements and ensure they are effectively communicated and managed.
• Maintain strong client and executive communication throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Balance multiple pursuits and client engagements in a fast-moving environment.
• Help develop repeatable Risk & Resilience methodologies, frameworks, SOW templates, assessment approaches, and delivery assets.
• Create reusable client- and seller-facing collateral that supports the continued growth of the practice.
• Contribute to seller enablement and help internal teams identify and position Risk & Resilience opportunities.
• Capture lessons learned and translate client engagements into scalable practice capabilities.
• Partner with practice leadership to continue evolving RapidScale's Risk & Resilience advisory point of view and go-to-market approach.

Skills

Client advisory leadership

Executive communication

Problem structuring

Stakeholder management

Business strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline

Tools

Proposal development

Job description

RapidScale is building a Risk & Resilience advisory practice and seeks a Strategy & Engagement Manager to shape and deliver advisory services for enterprise clients. You will define complex business problems, structure solutions, lead client workstreams, and coordinate experts across security, cloud, AI, and compliance.

You will collaborate with sales and delivery teams to translate client needs into actionable strategies, roadmaps, and outcomes, while developing reusable assets and scalable