Hybrid Director

at Control Risks

• Job title: Director
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Shanghai, China

About the role

• Director responsible for leading Advisory and Risk consulting delivery in Greater China. Requires business development, client engagement, and generating opportunities for sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be required to work within the Crisis and Security Consulting team to develop and service clients throughout Greater China or other locations as may be directed by the Company.
• This is a key lead for Advisory and Risk consulting delivery in Greater China North Asia (“GCNA”) and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region (“APAC”) and globally. The role also requires business development and marketing efforts.
• This is a fee-earning role for an experienced risk professional and seasoned expert in risk consulting space– leading, managing and delivering and developing high-quality consulting and globally, coordinating with colleagues in our offices worldwide. Ideally, the candidate has subject matter expertise with and experience in some of these areas -- risk management and governance, ethics and compliance, crisis management and communications, business resilience and continuity, enterprise culture, change management, and government liaison.
• This position will also play an important role in generating opportunities with new and existing clients by leveraging existing resources as well as building new capabilities.
• Success in this role means building a larger and sustainable risk consulting and advisory business in GCNA.
• The candidate will be well networked within the industry and have a strong personal brand in risk management and consulting.
• More experienced candidates will be considered for a Principal level.

Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in resilience and business continuity, ethics and compliance, risk management and governance, crisis management and communications, and/or legal and regulatory advisory work, and success in a senior-level role in business consulting and developing and leading a practice.
• Client engagement, business development, sales and marketing experience, with a demonstrated track record of improving client relationships.
• Experience working collaboratively with a broad range of other subject matter and country specific experts, and working as part of a team to scope, pitch and resolve complex client issues.
• A network of clients and contacts across GCNA, and a network across APAC.
• Experience incorporating new technology into consulting solutions, innovating to resolve client issues and productizing key offerings.
• Work independently with limited direction, engage proactively and take initiative to assess and resolve issues.
• Work under pressure, respond to fast-moving challenges and guide clients in solving complex problems with incomplete information in an environment of uncertainty.
• Create and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Have excellent and effective oral and written communications skills, and deliver engaging presentations and authoritative advice to mid- and senior-level management teams and boards of directors.
• Excellent spoken and written English and Mandarin Chinese.
• Greater China client and business experience.
• Completed at least a university degree in a relevant or related field, such as risk management, government relations, public affairs, law, communications or international relations.
• Strong commercial acumen (financial management, legal and contractual skills).
• Effective decision making and judgement.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills - building trust and rapport.