Associate Director managing crisis and security consulting practices across Southeast Asia for Control Risks. Focusing on client relationships and ensuring quality service delivery in crisis management and security risk management.
Responsibilities
Control Risks is seeking an Associate Director to play a key role in growing the crisis and security consulting practice across Southeast Asia (SEA).
This position will focus on developing deep and profitable client relationships, driving the growth of the crisis and security consulting practice in SEA, and ensuring quality service delivery across our range of consulting engagements, including crisis management, crisis response, business continuity, and security risk management issues.
Building and maintaining successful relationships with existing Control Risks clients will be important for this role and identifying and pursuing new clients and business development opportunities to expand the crisis management, business continuity and security risk management opportunities in the region is crucial.
Cultivate, grow and deepen Control Risks’ relationships with security and risk buyers in our Client organisations, being seen as their “go to” person within Control Risks.
Identify, nurture and help win new business development opportunities.
Actively lead on business continuity and crisis management projects from first client enquiry to proposal development, task servicing, quality assurance and project closure
Project manage and, utilising a regional team of consultants and experts, deliver the full range of security consulting and services engagements in Southeast Asia and across Asia broadly, when required.
Deliver consultancy services to clients by developing innovative solutions to complex risks. You will be responsible for scoping and delivering across a broad range of business risk activities, including crisis management and business continuity workshops, audits, gap analyses and risk assessments
Provide mentorship to junior staff, maximising use of resources. Ensure continuous skills transfer, coaching and planning is provided.
Work collaboratively with country management, marketing teams and other practises to develop a consistent, credible and highly visible brand.
Represent Control Risks as a thought leader through market engagement via channels such as social media, professional organizations and industry events.
Seek innovative ways to improve services we offer to clients.
Ensure that practices, polices, strategy and services represent the client best interest.
Requirements
Experience in a corporate/consulting environment working with multinational companies in Singapore specifically, and across SEA generally
Ability to build relationships with senior-level clients and other consultants globally
Experience in a multi-cultural environment and demonstrated cross-cultural awareness
In depth knowledge of commercial/operational conditions across South Asia
Preferred:
Experience in one or more of the following: business continuity, crisis management, risk assessment following recognized international standards, security planning and framework development
Good client (internal and external) management and consulting skills
Effective decision making and judgement
Excellent planning and organizational skills
Assertiveness and drive with strong influencing skills
Strong interpersonal skills-building trust and rapport
Excellent communication skills – written and oral (informal and presentation)
IT literacy – MS office packages, advanced Excel
Strong management and communication skills (including concise and accurate written skills)
Project management skills
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 qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.
Job title
Associate Director, Crisis and Security Consulting
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