Senior Manager (f/m/d) Crisis Risk Consulting Europe, Paris
Control Risks, France

The role of a Senior Manager - Crisis and Resilience Consulting is that of a fee-earning consultant who will be expected to market, sell and deliver end-to-end business continuity, crisis management, enterprise risk management and emergency response and related resilience and security consulting engagements.

As our Senior Manager in Paris, you'll work as part of a team, solving complex resilience issues from strategy to execution - tasks and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work with your team and management to develop and grow Control Risks in Western Europe to achieve growth and deliver services that meet or exceed client's expectation.
• Ensure overall oversight and drive the performance of the Western Europe Crisis and Security Consulting team, enable people to realise their potential and support their development.
• End-to-end project management of client engagements, including being the primary contact to the client and managing the delivery teams.
• Identify opportunities in the Western European resilience market and spot opportunities to create growth opportunities.
• Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships and networks which add value to Control Risks.
• Author thought leadership / white papers on topics that are relevant to our clients’ issues and business strategy
• Embody a thought leader who can adopt innovative approaches to develop current and new solutions.
• Promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Requirements

At Control Risks, we expect our people to embrace and live our purpose and culture, challenging themselves every day to identify growth opportunities that are most relevant to our clients.

In addition to living our purpose, Directors are expected to have the following knowledge and experience:

• Supporting clients actively with the design, implementation and development of creative solutions to improve their security, business continuity or crisis management systems - tailored to their organizational setup and in line with the relevant industry standards.
• Implementing and overseeing the quality of deliverables, effectively managing project delivery teams and project financials to ensure exceptional internal and external performance.
• Developing and leading a high performing team to create a team culture of trust, collaboration, and creativity.
• Working independently in building up a professional network, doing business development, speaking at seminars/workshops, seeking and closing new deals.
• Managing, leading and closing international proposals and bids, including project scoping, pricing, budget monitoring, planning, and reporting
• Leading the engagement economics as part of consulting projects, including commercial negotiations, contract evaluations, and procurement process management.

Expected qualifications and specialist skills:

• Significant experience in security risk consulting, enterprise risk management, business continuity, emergency response and crisis management
• Excellent client relationship skills with a track record of sales and engagement delivery success in a high-performing management consulting environment
• Advanced degree in risk management or security related field
• Project management skills within a commercial/consulting environment
• Able to deliver input to finance, reporting and forecasting systems
• Strong commercial focus (financial management skills, legal and contractual skills) and leadership
• Effective decision making amp; judgment
• People leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and drive the performance of a team of security and risk professionals
• Strong interpersonal skills building trust amp; rapport
• Excellent communication skills written amp; oral (from informal to presentation at board level)
• Full professional proficiency in French and English is a must, preferably another European language like Spanish, Italian, Dutch or German.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably

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