Strategic Risk & Resilience Engagement Leader

Spectrum Business; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 61,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

RapidScale is building a Risk & Resilience advisory practice and seeks a Strategy & Engagement Manager to shape and deliver this growing capability for enterprise clients. You’ll define complex problems, structure advisory solutions, lead workstreams, and translate risk and technology challenges into actionable strategies.

You’ll collaborate across security, cloud, AI, governance, and compliance, develop repeatable methodologies, and help grow the practice with practical, executive-ready

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with 6 years of experience.
• Experience in consulting, advisory services, risk, resilience, cybersecurity, technology transformation, or a related discipline.
• Ability to structure complex business problems 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; able to communicate complex topics to technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to define and structure complex challenges related to risk, resilience, cybersecurity, AI, cloud, governance, compliance, and operational readiness.
• Lead advisory workstreams from discovery through recommendations, execution planning, and executive readout.
• Prepare and facilitate client workshops with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs and other 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

Consulting experience

Risk management

Cybersecurity

Cloud transformation

Executive communication

Client leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

RapidScale is building a Risk & Resilience advisory practice and seeks a Strategy & Engagement Manager to shape and deliver this growing capability for enterprise clients. You’ll define complex problems, structure advisory solutions, lead workstreams, and translate risk and technology challenges into actionable strategies.

You’ll collaborate across security, cloud, AI, governance, and compliance, develop repeatable methodologies, and help grow the practice with practical, executive-ready