This position will require the candidate to be in office 3 days a week in Seattle, WA or New York City, NY.

Control Risks is looking to hire a Crisis Manager to support a major tech client of ours based in Seattle. This position will work directly with the client's Global Corporate Crisis Management Program, which is responsible for providing a structured and unified command, managing the event's impact on the company's people and business operations, and ultimately returning the business to normal operations. Additionally, the program works in tandem with Workplace Resiliency and Corporate Business Continuity to arrange training exercises that ensure company stakeholders are prepared to manage these types of events.

This position will be based at the client headquarters in Seattle, WA and require the candidate to directly engage with high level stakeholders. This will require the candidate to have a depth of expertise in presentation and writing skills with minimal oversight.

• Engage with regional stakeholder teams to assess gaps in their internal crisis response playbooks and processes.
• Plan, develop, and conduct annual training as directed by the Regional Crisis Manager.
• Identify opportunities for education and awareness of crisis management methodology across the region.
• Update CMT rosters on a quarterly basis.
• Support CMT activations as directed by the Regional Crisis Manager.
• Support and/or lead program projects, including working with third-party vendors, developing project charters, identifying and meeting project milestones, develop and track project metrics and key performance indicators (KPI).

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in business or related field.
• 5+ years' experience in a combination of Emergency Management, Risk Management, Crisis Management, Intelligence, or work in the security field.
• Expert level written and verbal presentations for delivering content to senior-level client stakeholders
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to travel across assigned region.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple complex projects.
• Experience in managing the response to significant disruptive events.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the written and oral communication skills necessary to build relationships and positively influence decision-making.
• Works iteratively, delivering quickly and frequently to produce high quality documents and outputs which require little to no rework.
• Understanding of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Resiliency Planning.
• Strong understanding of crisis management and incident response.
• Knowledge of industry standards for crisis management and business continuity and operational risk management (ISO 22301, BS11200, ISO31000).
• Strong critical thinking skills that enable problem solving and understanding complex, dynamic issues.
• Track record of having earned the trust of leadership by challenging norms, upgrading team performance, enabling growth, improving efficiency, and leading individuals without having any authority over them.
• Possess the proven ability to think outside of the box, challenge industry norms and adapt quickly to evolving requirements.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
• 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 competitive 401(K) plan with the option for both pre-tax and after-tax Roth contributions to the plan. Currently, the Company matches dollar-for-dollar up to 6% of your annual salary, per pay period
• Control Risks offers 15 days vacation accrued on a monthly basis, prorated based on start date
• Control Risks offers 10 sick days accrued on a monthly basis, pro-rated based on your start date
• Control Risks Embedded Consulting teams paid vacations are based on the client's paid holidays
• Control Risks offers Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• The base salary range for this position in Washington is $80000-$100000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.