Senior Manager Crisis Management and Business Continuity

Job Description & Summary

Every crisis brings its own complexities, affecting different parts of the organisation of our client in varying ways. Do you want to help our clients with designing, communicating and practicing an integrated, enterprise-wide crisis management program? Enabling our clients to be prepared to navigate those nuances with confidence when a disruption hits. You will have a lead role together with the existing team to further build our crisis, resilience and business continuity footprint and services.

Through acquiring a lot of experience in the domains of continuity, crisis and resilience management and leadership, we have a strong team which seeks to grow due to accelerated developments in this market.

We are looking for Senior Manager Crisis Management and Business Continuity to join the team in growing the practice. The successful candidate should have a good working knowledge and experience with of at least one of the following areas appropriate:

• Crisis Management
• Business Continuity Management
• Organisational resilience
• IT Disaster Recovery

What will you be doing?

You will have the opportunity to undertake a variety of tasks ranging from collaboration in solution development, supporting business development and at a prominent place: delivery of projects together with other subject matter experts. In your day-to-day job you will guide clients in making them more resilient towards internal and external disruptions.  You will:

• Support in the preparation and execution of client engagements, including: 
• Crisis and business continuity maturity assessments and roadmaps;
• Advising clients on their resilience strategy including business continuity and crisis management;
• Support selection and implementation of technology platforms supporting crisis management and business continuity;
• Developing crisis simulation scenarios and crisis management training.
• Work with partner and director team on lead generation and follow-up
• Coach and support career development for more junior colleagues
• Work on our portfolio by working on external market visibility for crisis management, resilience and business continuity (e.g. conferences and thought leadership)
• Maintain relation with joint business relations (e.g. technology vendors for crisis management, resilience and business continuity solutions)
• Work with colleagues in other service areas and support our clients’ Crisis and Resilience needs, including Risk Consulting, Supply Chain Consulting and Internal Audit to name a few. 

Does this describe you?   

• You have a minimum of 8 years experience working with resilience, crisis management and/or business continuity, experience in the public sector is preferred; 
• Experience in consulting and advice roles for clients
• People management and coaching skills
• Experience in commercial activities (e.g. lead generation and follow-up)
• Experience with best practice frameworks such as ISO 22301, ISO 22316 and ISO 22320 and holder of associated certificates (e.g. from PECB)
• Preferred experience with regulations such as NIS2 and DORA
• Language skills: Dutch (strongly preferred) and English, both verbal and written; 

What are we offering? 

At PwC, you will have the opportunity to be yourself, get the best out of yourself in a high-performance organisation and grow within our global network. As part of our team we offer:

• A competitive salary, permanent contract, attractive pension plan and the opportunity to grow rapidly;
• Customised training for professional growth and leadership development;
• Motivating work environment where collaboration with ambitious colleagues and recognition for your contributions are highly valued;
• Comprehensive benefits including "well-being budget" for physical and mental health;
• Flexibility of hybrid working, including ergonomic home office and fixed expense allowance including internet allowance;
• Attractive mobility options, including electric lease car, car waiver allowance and the possibility of using different shared transport providers;
• 32 vacation days per year.

These are just a handful of our terms of employment. Find more information on our website. 

Getting started at PwC 

Are you interested in this vacancy? Then let us know what motivates you and fill in your details. After we’ve received your application,  

• You’ll immediately receive confirmation in your inbox; 
• If your qualifications match the profile that we have in mind, then we’ll contact you within two weeks for a short introduction meeting; 
• If everyone is enthusiastic, we’ll schedule an online assessment. Depending on the result, you'll receive an invitation for an initial interview. Click here for more information about the application process. 

If you would like more detailed information about the position Senior Manager Crisis Management and Business Continuity at PwC, don't hesitate to contact us! Siham will be happy to help you by phone, e-mail, or WhatsApp.  

Siham Ezzaki-Zirar: siham.ezzaki-zirar@pwc.com