Business Continuity & Crisis Management Manager

About the role

Accenture is seeking a Business Continuity & Crisis Management Manager to lead resilience initiatives for its clients in Kuwait. The role combines strategic oversight of crisis governance with hands‑on implementation of business continuity programs, ensuring organisations can anticipate, respond to, and recover from disruptions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and support crisis management activities, including preparedness, response coordination and crisis governance.
• Design, implement and manage Business Continuity Management (BCM) programmes.
• Conduct Business Impact Assessments (BIA) with direct stakeholder engagement.
• Develop and maintain Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and crisis response plans.
• Operate and support crisis management and BCM platforms/tools.
• Apply ISO 22301 (BCMS) and ISO 22300 standards across all resilience activities.
• Integrate crisis management and business continuity practices for a unified resilience approach.
• Collaborate with client risk, compliance, operations and leadership teams.

Required profile

• Minimum five years of hands‑on experience in crisis management, business continuity, or both.
• Proven track record executing Business Impact Assessments.
• Experience working with dedicated crisis management and business continuity platforms.
• Strong ability to engage and influence client stakeholders across functions.

Required skills

• Crisis Management
• Business Continuity platforms
• Crisis Management platforms
• ISO 22300
• ISO 22301