VP, International Resilience Risk Management

Responsibilities

• Lead independent second-line oversight of operational resilience risk across International businesses and Legal Entities
• Lead international implementation and ongoing application of the enterprise resiliency risk management framework
• Provide oversight and credible challenge across Business Resiliency, Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Technology and Cyber Resilience, Third-Party Risk, and Site and Workforce Resiliency
• Establish and communicate a consolidated International resilience risk profile through identification, assessment, monitoring and reporting of material risks, vulnerabilities, control weaknesses and emerging risk themes
• Review and challenge critical and important business service identification, dependency mapping, impact tolerances, scenario testing, controls and remediation
• Partner with International Risk Officers, Legal Entity leadership and enterprise risk teams to translate enterprise requirements into effective local oversight
• Lead International resilience risk governance and reporting, including risk appetite, metrics, executive reporting and escalation of material risks
• Lead and develop locally based International risk colleagues
• Monitor evolving global regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations, including DORA, PRA, OCC and FFIEC guidance
• Lead or support resilience-related regulatory examinations, audits and supervisory engagements
• Provide independent risk oversight during significant operational disruptions and identify lessons learned to strengthen resilience capabilities and risk-management culture

Requirements

• Experience within banking, payments or broader financial services, particularly within a large, internationally regulated organization; relevant experience in other highly regulated industries with directly transferable resilience expertise will also be considered
• Experience within a second-line-of-defense risk management function, with demonstrated responsibility for independent risk oversight, credible challenge, risk assessment and escalation
• Experience leading resilience risk oversight across multiple countries or Legal Entities, including critical business services, dependency mapping, impact tolerances, scenario testing and remediation
• Experience overseeing significant operational disruptions, technology outages, cyber events or other resilience events
• Relevant professional certifications in Operational Resilience, Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery, Risk Management, Technology Risk or Cybersecurity
• Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required; the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions
• Advanced degree in business, risk management, technology, engineering or a related discipline is preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Operational Resilience Risk Management, including oversight of Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery, and Cyber Resilience. Proven ability to lead risk governance, regulatory compliance, and independent risk oversight in a complex, international financial services environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Operational Resilience Risk Management
• Business Continuity Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Cyber Resilience
• Risk Assessment

Hard Skills

• Risk Oversight
• Dependency Mapping
• Impact Tolerances
• Scenario Testing
• Remediation

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Operational Resilience Certification
• Business Continuity Management Certification
• Disaster Recovery Certification
• Risk Management Certification
• Cybersecurity Certification

Industry Keywords

• Financial Services
• Regulatory Compliance
• International Risk Management
• Operational Disruptions
• Technology Outages