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Senior Director, IT Enterprise Resilience

NXP Semiconductors


Job Location:

Austin, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 29 September 2026 (6 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role Summary:
  • Accountable for disaster recovery governance business continuity alignment the Minimum Viable Company program cold start capability crisis readiness and the enterprise recovery exercise calendar.
  • Coordinate Minimum Viable Company activity across CIO towers and sites on behalf of the CISO and CIO translating business resilience priorities into technology recovery standards and measurable readiness outcomes.
  • During disruptive events lead recovery and restoration as the coordinated peer to the Incident Commander providing disciplined execution single-source recovery status and clear reporting to the CISO CIO and audit stakeholders.
Job Responsibility:
  • Own enterprise disaster recovery governance for the technology estate including recovery standards critical technology dependencies recovery time objectives recovery sequencing ownership validation expectations and exception handling.
  • Lead the Minimum Viable Company program for technology recovery coordinating cross-tower and site-level inputs from CIO teams information security operations business resilience and other critical stakeholders.
  • Define maintain and validate cold start capabilities that enable NXP to restore essential technology services when primary environments identity network collaboration or tooling capabilities are degraded or unavailable.
  • Chair the quarterly Recovery Owners Council to align recovery owners on standards risks dependencies exercise findings remediation actions and readiness metrics.
  • Build and manage the enterprise recovery exercise calendar including tabletop simulation full-scale failover backup and recovery cyber recovery out-of-band communications and site/tower-specific tests.
  • Set IT recovery standards that CIO towers build to and validate those standards through exercises tests after-action reviews audit findings management reviews and measurable corrective actions.
  • Coordinate with Business Resilience & Crisis Management leaders to align disaster recovery business continuity crisis readiness playbooks BIAs ORAs rosters communication protocols reporting and Fusion platform data where applicable.
  • During incidents or crises lead recovery and restoration activities as a coordinated peer to the Incident Commander ensuring recovery objectives resource needs dependencies risks and executive decision points are clear.
  • Report resilience readiness recovery risks exercise outcomes audit results and remediation progress to the CISO CIO Management Team stakeholders and audit committee forums as required.
  • Drive continuous improvement of enterprise resilience capability through KPIs lessons learned third-party or internal audit inputs regulatory and standards alignment and pragmatic prioritization of risk reduction across technology services.
Job Qualification:
  • Bachelors degree or above in Information Technology Cybersecurity Computer Science Engineering Business Continuity Risk Management or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 15 years of progressive leadership experience across technology resilience disaster recovery business continuity information security infrastructure enterprise IT operations risk management or crisis management.
  • Demonstrated experience leading enterprise disaster recovery or cyber recovery programs for complex global technology environments including critical infrastructure applications network identity cloud endpoint data and collaboration services.
  • Strong understanding of business impact analysis recovery time objectives recovery point objectives dependency mapping operational resilience service continuity and recovery validation methods.
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional programs across CIO CISO business manufacturing/site legal communications audit risk and executive leadership stakeholders.
  • Practical knowledge of crisis management incident command concepts playbooks communications protocols after-action reviews and executive reporting during disruptive events.
  • Ability to translate complex technical dependencies and recovery constraints into clear executive-level decisions priorities risk statements and action plans.
  • Experience designing and executing tabletops simulation full-scale failover backup and recovery cyber recovery and out-of-band communication exercises.
  • Familiarity with international resilience continuity crisis incident and risk management standards such as ISO 22301 ISO 22316 ISO 22320 ISO 22361 ISO 31000 COSO ERM and relevant industry requirements.
  • Strong governance discipline with experience establishing standards metrics remediation tracking audit evidence management reporting and continuous improvement mechanisms.
  • Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and pressure maintain calm and credible communications and coordinate multiple teams toward measurable recovery outcomes.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; able to engage technical teams senior executives auditors and external stakeholders with clarity and credibility.
  • Collaborative pragmatic leadership style with the ability to influence without direct authority across global teams sites and technology towers.
  • Relevant certifications are preferred such as CBCP MBCI ISO 22301 Lead Implementer/Auditor CISSP CISM CRISC ITIL or comparable credentials.
  • Willingness to participate in crisis response exercises and time-sensitive recovery coordination across global time zones as business needs require.

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