Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. FS-ISAC is seeking a Global Exercises Manager to lead its global resilience exercise program across multiple regions. The role manages the full exercise lifecycle, collaborates with members and external stakeholders, facilitates resilience-focused events, and uses exercise outcomes to strengthen preparedness and organizational resilience.
Responsibilities
- Support the development and execution of the global exercises program strategy, providing recommendations and subject matter expertise across member-facing, internal, and external exercises. Execute and continuously improve FS-ISAC’s global resilience program, supporting member-facing, internal, and external exercises that enhance operational resilience across the financial sector
- Plan, coordinate, and manage the full exercise lifecycle, including scoping, design, scenario development, execution, evaluation, and post-exercise improvement activities
- Partner with members, industry stakeholders, government agencies, and internal teams to develop and deliver exercises that address current and emerging risks facing the global financial services sector
- Develop exercise documentation and deliverables, including exercise plans, participant materials, facilitator guides, presentations, after action reports, and improvement plans
- Facilitate tabletop and discussion-based exercises, workshops, and other resilience-focused events for member organizations and industry partners
- Manage the global exercise calendar, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, member needs, and the evolving threat landscape
- Analyze exercise outcomes and develop actionable recommendations to strengthen preparedness, response capabilities, and organizational resilience
- Coordinate resources and stakeholder engagement required to successfully deliver exercises, working closely with teams across multiple business areas
- Monitor and track corrective actions and improvement initiatives resulting from exercises to support continuous program enhancement
- Represent FS-ISAC in industry exercise working groups, committees, and collaborative forums, contributing to sector-wide resilience initiatives and best practices
- Build and maintain strong relationships with member organizations, government partners, and industry stakeholders to advance exercise participation and program effectiveness
Skills
- A minimum of seven years of experience designing, managing, and facilitating exercises, simulations, tabletop exercises, workshops, or resilience programs
- Experience coordinating complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated experience developing exercise scenarios, participant materials, facilitation guides, after-action reports, and improvement plans
- Experience managing relationships with industry partners, member organizations, government agencies, or other external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate exercise outcomes into actionable recommendations
- Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders, technical experts, and external stakeholders
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision while collaborating effectively in a global, matrixed environment
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally as required
- Bachelor's degree in business, emergency management, cybersecurity, risk management, organizational resilience, public administration, or a related field
- Experience in the financial services sector, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, operational resilience, business continuity, crisis management, or incident response
- Experience designing and facilitating sector-wide, national-level, or multi-organization exercises
- Knowledge of financial sector resilience frameworks, regulatory expectations, and industry coordination structures
- Professional certifications such as CBCP, MBCI, PMP, CISSP, or related resilience, continuity, or project management credentials
- Experience working in a global organization and collaborating across multiple regions and time zones
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in the organization’s discretionary annual incentive/bonus plan subject to plan terms in addition to individual and organizational performance.
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and accident insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Parental leave
- Other types of leave
- Professional development opportunities
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