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This role can be based in Malaysia/ Thailand/Singapore/Philippines.

Summary 

Enterprise Resilience & Business Continuity manager serves as the company’s central coordinator and subject-matter expert for all aspects of business continuity, crisis management, and organizational resilience. This enterprise-wide role is responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving a robust, integrated resilience program that enables the organization to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive events with minimal impact to people, operations, reputation, and financial performance. 

In business-as-usual state, the role functions as a lead global Business Continuity Program Owner. During major incidents or crises, the incumbent serves as Incident Commander (or Deputy) within the enterprise crisis management framework, providing unified command, coordination, and communication across all affected functions. 

Because major incident response is not full-time, the position also performs other risk and insurance duties including property risk improvement and loss prevention for the company’s global manufacturing and operational assets in close partnership with operations, external risk engineers, and insurance carriers. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Consultation and support for the Business Continuity, including business impact analyses (BIAs), recovery strategies, crisis management plans, and supporting policies/tools. 

• Develop and deliver enterprise-wide training, tabletop/functional/full-scale exercises, and post-exercise or post-incident improvement plans. 

• Serve as central coordinator and primary point of contact for resilience-related activities across business units, regions, and corporate functions. 

• During disruptions, activate and lead as Incident Commander (or Deputy), establishing command structure, directing cross-functional response teams, managing internal/external communications, and maintaining situational awareness in collaboration with executive leadership. 

• Lead after-action reviews and drive lessons-learned into program enhancements 

• Monitor and report on resilience KPIs/KRIs; maintain alignment with standards such as ISO 22301, and applicable regulatory requirements 

Property and Risk Engineering Duties 

• Partner with manufacturing sites, external risk engineers, and insurance partners to identify, prioritize, and execute risk-improvement recommendations that reduce property and casualty exposures.  

• Coordinate site risk assessments, track completion of recommendations, and support favorable insurance underwriting outcomes.  

• Recommend and approve major protective equipment and loss-control investments. 

General Risk Management Support  

• Support collection and validation of data for annual insurance renewals in collaboration with the corporate risk management team. 

• Support property and casualty claims as needed. 

• Review contracts, leases, and agreements for appropriate insurance and indemnification provisions. 

• Maintain awareness of global risk conditions and emerging risks that could impact the corporation. 

• Provide risk management guidance to subsidiaries and international offices. 

Other Duties 

• Domestic and international travel 15-25% (site visits, exercises, insurance meetings, incident response). 

• Perform other related duties as assigned. 

To perform this job satisfactorily, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Required 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Risk Management, Business Continuity, Emergency Management, Insurance, Engineering, or related field 

Preferred 

• Experience with resilience platforms like Everbridge, Crisis24, Alert Media etc. preferred   

• 7+ years of progressive experience in business continuity, crisis management, risk management, or property loss prevention (manufacturing environment strongly preferred) 

• Experience serving in an Incident Command / Crisis Leadership role highly desirable. 

Skills 

• Insurance terminology 

• Regulatory Compliance and Standards as it relates to Business Continuity and Crisis Response 

• Familiarity with safety and environmental engineering, construction practices, OSHA rulings, labor law, building costs and fire codes. 

• Ability to leverage AI enabled applications to improve efficiency, decision making, and workflow automation 

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