Director

. Build and lead Nextpower’s enterprise capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant business disruptions .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeUnited StatesLeadWebsite

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and lead Nextpower’s enterprise capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant business disruptions
Establish the enterprise resilience and business continuity framework, including governance, standards, critical process assessment, recovery expectations, and executive reporting
Identify operational dependencies, vulnerabilities, single points of failure, and mitigation and contingency strategies
Monitor leading indicators of potential disruption across manufacturing, supply chain, technology, people, facilities, and external events
Embed resilience considerations into major business changes, new capabilities, and acquisitions
Develop and maintain the enterprise crisis management framework, including classification, escalation protocols, decision rights, executive engagement, and cross-functional coordination
Serve as enterprise crisis management process leader during significant events
Establish a common operating picture, convene appropriate leaders, coordinate actions and dependencies, and ensure prompt escalation and decision-making
Establish a program of business impact assessments, continuity planning, executive exercises, and crisis simulations
Ensure exercises and incidents produce lessons learned, corrective actions, and measurable improvements
Initially lead a small Enterprise Resilience Center of Excellence with designated resilience leads across key functions and regions
Report to the VP, Operational Excellence & Transformation

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in enterprise resilience, business continuity, crisis management, operational risk, emergency management, or related disciplines
Meaningful experience leading complex cross-functional programs
Experience in manufacturing, energy, industrial technology, critical infrastructure or global supply chains
Demonstrated experience working with senior executives during significant business disruptions or crisis simulations
Calm judgment and influencing skills required in tough situations
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline required
Advanced degree preferred
Professional credentials such as CBCP/MBCP, CBCI/MBCI, ISO 22301 certification, or comparable recognized resilience credentials strongly preferred

Comp & perks

Equal opportunity employer
Inclusive work environment
Shared resources or contractors supporting the initial program
Potential access to specialized external advisors for executive crisis simulations, ISO 22301 maturity assessments, supply-chain resilience, cyber/OT recovery, and geopolitical or security risk