Resiliency Lead at Fresenius Medical Care

Resiliency Lead

The candidate should ideally reside in Massachusetts; Washington DC or King of Prussia, PA.

The Resiliency Lead is a senior security executive responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining a globally integrated resiliency framework encompassing business continuity management (BCM), corporate crisis management, and incident and emergency response across a complex, regulated, multinational healthcare enterprise.

This role ensures the organization can anticipate, withstand, respond to, and recover from disruptions while safeguarding patients, employees, operations, and brand reputation. The position aligns resiliency capabilities with enterprise risk management, regulatory obligations, and strategic business objectives, leveraging globally recognized standards such as ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management), ISO 31000 (Risk Management), and ISO 22320 (Emergency Management).

The incumbent in this role will act as the key business partner in advising and supporting the businesses in Business Continuity management and supporting all businesses and functions in developing and implementing risk-based Business Impact Assessments (BIA), Business Continuity Plans (BCP), BCM metrics, awareness programs, supervising/conducting drills/exercises and delivering training including providing standard templates and training materials.

This role is also responsible for developing the FME Pandemic Response Plan and collaborating closely with key stakeholders to ensure consistency between resiliency, business continuity, ITS disaster response and recovery, insurance.

This position requires strong cross-functional collaboration with various internal and external stakeholders.

The role must demonstrate sound judgment, integrity, and an initiative-taking approach to identifying and mitigating security risks while aligning with FME's strategic business objectives.

It requires a forward-looking leader with the ability to assess and mitigate risks, ensure regulatory compliance, build strong external partnerships, and leverage intelligence and technology to drive an industry leading resiliency program.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

Enterprise Resiliency Strategy & Governance

Implement a comprehensive enterprise resiliency strategy encompassing business continuity, crisis management, and emergency response, aligned with FME's business strategy, enterprise risk appetite, and international standards.

Business Continuity Management (BCM) Leadership

Design, implement, and govern a global Business Continuity Management System (BCMS), ensuring consistent, risk-based application across functions, regions, and critical suppliers in alignment with international frameworks.

Business Impact Analysis & Continuity Assurance

Implement and drive mature a risk-based Business Impact Analysis program that defines recovery objectives, identifies critical dependencies, and directly informs Business Continuity Plans, assurance activities, executive reporting, and investment priorities.

Corporate Crisis Management & Executive Response

Oversee the corporate crisis management framework and serve as a senior leader during enterprise-level crises, providing executive briefings and ensuring coordinated response across security, legal, HR, IT, communications, compliance, and clinical leadership.

Incident, Emergency & Pandemic Preparedness

Direct global incident, emergency, and pandemic preparedness planning, embedding response standards, playbooks, and workforce resilience strategies to ensure readiness for prolonged and complex disruption scenarios.

Supply Chain Resilience & Risk Integration

Integrate supply chain resilience into enterprise continuity planning by identifying critical supplier dependencies, addressing single-source and geographic risks, and ensuring disruption scenarios are evaluated and reported at the executive level.

Leadership, Readiness & Continuous Improvement

Build and lead a high-performing global resiliency team while driving training, exercises, regulatory compliance, performance measurement, and continuous improvement to embed a sustainable culture of preparedness across FME.

Physical demands and working conditions:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires approximately 10% travel.

Supervision:

None

Education and required credentials:

Bachelor's degree in Intelligence Studies, Security Management, Behavioral Science, or related field (master's preferred); possess an active/in-scope security clearance.

Preferred Certifications:

Certified Threat Manager (CTM)

Certified Protection Professional (CPP)

Insider Threat Program Manager (ITPM)

Intelligence Community or Law Enforcement credentials

Experience and skills:

Minimum of 15 years of experience in security management roles, with demonstrated expertise across a broad range of security and risk management domains.

Proven track-record in compliance programs, risk management, and incident response.

Experience in systems management and leading people

Experience managing third-party vendors and cross-functional teams.

Deep understanding of threat actor methodologies, behavioral threat indicators, and intelligence tradecraft.

Strong analytical, investigative, and communication skills.

Experience with insider threat platforms, SIEM tools, and behavioral analytics.

Ability to operate in high-pressure environments and manage sensitive, confidential information with discretion.

Ability to work in a matrixed, resource-constrained, and diverse environment.

Benefit Overview: This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off, parental leave and potential for performance-based bonuses depending on company and individual performance.