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Join Us as a Senior Operational Resilience Advisor – Shape the Future of Business Continuity
Are you passionate about building resilience and safeguarding operations in a fast-paced, global environment? We’re looking for a Senior Operational Resilience Advisor to lead our Business Continuity Management (BCM) strategy and ensure our organization thrives even in times of disruption.
This is your opportunity to make a real impact—driving proactive risk management, fostering a culture of resilience, and guiding stakeholders through critical moments with confidence and clarity.
Your main responsibility
- Own BCM Strategy: Lead and maintain our Group-wide Business Continuity Management program in alignment with ISO 22301:2019.
- Anticipate Risks: Identify and assess potential operational disruptions, ensuring BCM integrate seamlessly with cyber and physical security planning.
- Be the Calm in the Storm: Act as a trusted crisis facilitator during critical incidents, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to minimize impact.
- Empower Others: Coach and inspire decentralized BCM teams to embed resilience and risk awareness across the organization.
- Drive Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with IT, OT, Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit to strengthen our operational backbone.
- Build a Resilient Culture: Lead exercises, communication initiatives, and engagement programs that make BCM second nature.
Your profile
- A degree in Economics, Business Administration, Law, or similar—bonus points for a technical background.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in BCM, ideally in industry, logistics or consulting.
- Proven project management and lateral leadership skills.
- Strong capacity to identify and adjust the relevant need for detail and synthesis.
- Exceptional communication skills and confidence.
- A proactive mindset, calm under pressure, and driven to deliver results.
- Fluency in English plus one additional official Swiss language.
- Nice to Have: Knowledge of Crisis Response and Security standards (ISO/BS), experience with Lean, Operational Excellence, or Change Management.
- Military leadership experience (e.g., Swiss Armed Forces officer) or equivalent is a strong asset.
Your benefits
Competitive salary package
Market-oriented salary
Training and development
Diverse opportunities for career growth
Flexible work models
Various flexible work models
Inclusion is at the heart of Alpiq
At Alpiq, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment, where everyone can bring their ‘whole selves’ to work and feel valued, respected, and heard. This principle is central to our company’s purpose, values, and leadership approach. We strongly believe that organizations thrive through the inclusion of diversity. Everyone’s energy matters regardless of characteristics, such as age, gender, nationality, language, sexual orientation and identity, religion, social or ethnic background or any other personal traits.
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