Regional Security (Crisis Management)

The day-to-day activities:

• Steer leadership and management teams along the organization’s Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning;

• Develop internal policies and processes for Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning;

• Proactively identify, prevent, mitigate, and (if required), respond and manage potential and actual security threats directed towards staff, company assets or operations

• Understand the respective country’s business objectives and provide security advisory and solutioning;

• Actively monitor the Security and Crisis Management KPIs within your country and develop early preventive measures;

• Develop and implement Crisis Management and Business Continuity training and testing program across the region;

• Develop business cases

• Collect and manage information or process data to identify meaningful trends for risk identification and mitigation

• Augment the Country Teams in dealing with Crisis Management and Business Continuity

The must haves:

• Minimally bachelor's degree - 6+ years of experience;

• 3+ years of Crisis Management and Business Continuity Management experience preferred

• An analytical mindset with ability to present and execute on actionable findings;

• Critically understand quantitative and qualitative patterns that are associated with geopolitical trends;

• An ability to develop a variety of complex policies and procedures with minimal guidance for Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning;

• Possess good problem solving/decision making, communication and interpersonal skills;

• A strong judgment and moral compass;

• Executive presence to be able to influence leaders across the organization;

• An ability to work cross-functionally, independently or virtually in a minimally structured and fast-paced environment;

• Self-motivated to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and to meet deadlines;

• Proficiency in productivity tools (email, calendar, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Solid spoken and written communication skills;

• An ability to manage incident analysis, some complex and highly sensitive, individually or as part of a team covering all areas of the business;

• Be traveling on an ad hoc basis (less than 5 days per month);

• Good working knowledge of security management practices and principles

• Knowledgeable about local security context and trends within the region is a plus

• Start-up experience a plus;

• Existing network of private and public sector contacts

• Proficiency in productivity tools (email, calendar, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Solid spoken and written communication skills;

• Proficiency with Tableau a plus

• Direct experience with handling ISO 9001 initiatives for an organisation a plus;

• Start-up experience a plus;

• Stay current on industry and governmental regulations, and develop strong relationships with law enforcement, government or private sector counterparts;

• Existing network of private and public sector contacts