Cybersecurity role profile

Hire a Business Continuity Management Consultant

Resilience beyond IT — processes, resources and recovery across critical functions

Our IT recruitment team combines IT executive search, specialist IT recruiters and scalable technology recruitment for security-critical hiring.

BCM protects critical business functions during disruption: BIA, strategies, plans and exercises. ISO/IEC 22301 describes continuity management systems; NIST CSF recover complements technical restoration.

Cyber incidents (ransomware and related threats) make BCM and cyber IR inseparable — playbooks must align.

NIS2 stresses resilience; DORA raises expectations in finance.

Hiring blends BCM method with IT/OT dependencies and crisis communications.

Hire a Business Continuity Management Consultant

Role profile

Purpose

Enable organisations to stay actionable in crises — tested plans and clear accountability.

Typical accountability

BIA, strategies, plans, exercises, training, management reporting.

Example KPIs

• RTO/RPO adherence in exercises
• exercise cadence
• remediation of findings

Responsibilities in detail

1. BIA and strategy

Identify critical processes; downtime tolerance; strategic options.

2. Plans and procedures

Continuity and recovery plans; communications chains.

3. Exercises

Tabletops and simulations; tie to IR playbooks.

4. Improvement

Lessons learned; KPI tracking and management reviews.

Interfaces

Internal

CISO
IT
business units
HR/comms

External

authorities
customers

BCM without business participation remains theory.

Qualifications

Professional

BCM methods
risk
programme management

Leadership

Facilitation
negotiation on priorities
calm under pressure

Salary orientation (Germany)

BCM consulting often tracks senior advisory bands; IT project lead benchmarks are a rough floor.

Hiring challenges

Exercises slip while regulatory expectations rise.

• Missing data for realistic BIA.
• Silos between IT and business.
• Untested plans have no value.

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Hire a BCM consultant

We qualify BCM consultants on exercise history, BIA depth and executive reporting — not slide inventory.

Internal BCM office or external programme — ownership and target outcomes clarified first.

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