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Business Resilience Specialist

Control Risks
Washington, DC Remote Full Time
POSTED ON 11/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/3/2027

We’re seeking an embedded Business Resilience Specialist to support a Fortune 50 technology client and strengthen enterprise-wide preparedness. In this role, you’ll drive standards and methodology across crisis leadership teams, deliver cross-program initiatives spanning Business Continuity, Employee Readiness, and Crisis Management, and help senior stakeholders move from strategy to execution—measurably improving resilience at both the function and product level.

  • Organize activities supporting crisis and resiliency activities relating to supporting special projects and business units  
  • Drive consistent methodology, approach, and standards for planning, training, and exercising across crisis leadership teams.   
  • Undertake projects/initiatives that address various aspects of the crisis program – overall strategy, governance, response structures, and support training and development needs of senior executives.  
  • Work across different resilience programs including Business Continuity, Employee Readiness, and Crisis Management to help develop and deliver major projects relating to emerging risks, such as, but not limited to contentious elections.  
  • Work with team leads in the of strategies that bolster function-level (such as HR, Legal, etc.) and product-level resiliency planning.  
  • Drive the initiation of global initiatives that integrate lessons gleaned from both exercises and actual crises.  
  • Collaborate successfully with partners across the ecosystem to build program awareness, enhance the user experience, and drive the further improvement of preparedness capabilities.  
  • Innovate new tools to expedite the implementation of new resiliency program management plans and capabilities. 
  • Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills. 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  
  • A professional with a proven history of working in a fast-paced environment; demonstrated comfort with ambiguity and shifting goals. 
  • 2-5 years of work experience in an operation, project management, consulting, or equivalent environment.  
  • 1 years of work experience in the Risk and Resilience space, crisis management preferred.  
  • Experience helping to mature a global resiliency program.  
  • Autonomy to translate strategic direction into actionable plans with minimal guidance.  
  • Experience being a connector across teams and managing projects against KPIs through to completion.  
  • Experience developing and documenting procedures and workflows.  
  • Organizational skills with attention to detail and a commitment to follow-up
  • Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
  • We operate a discretionary bonus scheme that incentivizes, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
  • Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
  • Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
  • Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
  • As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

The base salary range for this position is $95000-$105000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Control Risks is committed to a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.

Control Risks participates in the E-Verify program to confirm employment authorization of all newly hired employees. The E-Verify process is completed during new hire onboarding and completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, at the start of employment. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates. For more information on E-Verify, please visit www.uscis.gov.

Salary : $95,000 - $105,000

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