Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Vice President, Strategic Resilience Advisory Practice Leader is responsible for leading and scaling a high-growth management consulting practice focused on enterprise resilience, strategic risk, and long-term value protection. This senior executive role carries full P&L responsibility and will grow an existing 4-person practice to 10+ professionals within the first year, with a targeted trajectory of $20-30M in annual revenue by the end of year two.

The SVP will serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders and boards, leading long-term client engagements that address complex, multi-peril risk environments. The role blends strategic advisory leadership, consulting practice management, and deep credibility across resilience, enterprise risk management, and infrastructure-level risk frameworks. The leader will shape market-facing offerings, ensure delivery excellence, and position the practice as a cornerstone of the broader Resilience & Risk Consulting platform.

The location of this position is flexible in North America with travel to client sites and internal offices as required.

Responsibilities

The SVP, Strategic Resilience Advisory will drive business execution, client impact, and financial performance while building a scalable, services-based consulting practice. Responsibilities include:

• Create and execute a profitable business plan for the Strategic Resilience Advisory practice, including revenue growth, utilization, margin, and staffing models
• Own full P&L accountability for the practice, including forecasting, pipeline management, and operational performance
• Scale the practice from 4 to 10+ professionals within the first year through targeted hiring and capability development
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with C-suite executives, boards, and senior public- and private-sector leaders
• Serve as principal-in-charge on long-term, high-impact client engagements
• Position Strategic Resilience Advisory as a differentiated, market-leading consulting offering aligned with enterprise and societal risk trends
  

1. Strategic Resilience Advisory Practice Leadership

• Lead and grow a North America-based strategic resilience consulting practice aligned with the broader Resilience & Risk Consulting strategy
• Translate strategic objectives into executable business plans, including growth, pricing, utilization, and talent models
• Define and prioritize core resilience advisory offerings, frameworks, and industry focus areas
• Establish scalable delivery models and quality standards for complex, multi-year consulting engagements
  

2. Client Engagement & Advisory Solution Development

• Serve as senior strategic advisor to executives and boards across public and private sector clients
• Lead advisory engagements spanning:
  • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and strategic risk frameworks
  • Organizational resilience and operating model design
  • Business continuity and crisis preparedness
  • Supply chain risk and resilience strategy
  • Community-based and regional resilience initiatives
  • Multi-peril and systemic risk analysis
  • Infrastructure and critical systems resilience
• Design integrated resilience strategies that connect risk identification to actionable investment, governance, and operating decisions
• Ensure delivery of decision-ready insights, executive-level reporting, and measurable resilience outcomes
  

3. Business Development, Sales Alignment & Market Expansion

• Partner with sales, account, and industry leaders to shape go-to-market strategies for strategic resilience offerings
• Lead proposal development, pricing strategy, and contract negotiation for complex advisory engagements
• Build long-term client relationships that result in repeat and multi-year advisory programs
• Represent the firm as a senior thought leader at client forums, industry events, and executive briefings
  

4. Operational & Financial Management

• Own practice financial performance, including revenue, margin, utilization, and pipeline health
• Establish and monitor KPIs related to growth, delivery quality, client satisfaction, and profitability
• Conduct regular portfolio reviews to assess performance and reallocate resources as needed
• Ensure consistent project governance, risk management, and quality assurance across engagements
  

5. People Leadership & Thought Leadership Development

• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing strategic advisory team
• Develop senior consultants into trusted advisors and visible market thought leaders
• Promote collaboration across resilience, risk, analytics, and industry teams
• Foster a culture of intellectual rigor, client impact, and continuous improvement

Requisition #: 31513

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