Mashreq
Head of Business Continuity & Resilience
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
- Urgent
Job expiry date: 24/10/2025
Job overview
Date posted
09/09/2025
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 40,000 - 50,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Director
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
24/10/2025
Job description
As Head of Business Continuity & Resilience, you will lead the strategic vision and execution of an enterprise-wide resilience framework. You will ensure regulatory alignment, manage crisis scenarios, embed operational resilience into the business, and act as the senior figure during disruptions. The role combines strategic leadership with technical oversight of crisis and recovery planning, business impact analyses, and risk mitigation. You'll collaborate across IT, cyber, risk, and compliance while driving innovation in resilience practices and nurturing a culture of preparedness and agility across the organization.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Develop and lead enterprise-wide business continuity and operational resilience strategies
- Design and implement a regulatory-aligned Operational Resilience Framework
- Identify critical business services and define impact tolerances
- Lead testing and crisis simulation programs for resilience assurance
- Oversee business impact assessments and scenario planning
- Guide organization-wide risk assessments and vulnerability mitigation
- Lead crisis communication and incident coordination during disruptions
- Coordinate with IT, third-party risk, and cyber teams on resilience readiness
- Liaise with regulators, auditors, and stakeholders to ensure compliance
- Implement awareness and training programs across the enterprise
- Drive innovation in business continuity technologies and methodologies
- Mentor and develop talent in the business continuity and resilience team
Experience & skills
- Extensive experience in business continuity and risk leadership roles
- Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise-wide continuity frameworks
- Expertise in regulatory frameworks and resilience KPIs
- Ability to influence executive decision-making and lead cross-functional teams
- Strategic thinking with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation
- Strong communication and crisis leadership skills
- Experience coordinating major incident response and recovery efforts
- Understanding of operational risk management frameworks
