Senior Manager – Crisis and Resilience (Defence)

<p><b>About the role</b></p><p></p><p>Join PwC’s Crisis and Resilience team, an inclusive, collaborative practice helping clients prepare for disruption and make effective decisions under pressure. As Senior Manager – Crisis and Resilience (Defence), you’ll lead work with defence, national security and public sector organisations. </p><p>You’ll shape and deliver crisis management, operational resilience and strategic risk programmes, advising senior stakeholders and leading multi-workstream engagements. The role is UK based, with travel to PwC offices and client sites as required. </p><p>You’ll bring credible defence, military or similar operational experience, strong consulting delivery and commercial judgement. You’ll enjoy meaningful client impact, varied challenges and helping grow the practice</p><p></p><p><b>What your days will look like</b> </p><p></p><ul><li><p>Your work will help clients build resilience, respond to disruption and turn lessons into better controls. </p></li><li><p>Lead crisis management, operational resilience and strategic risk engagements for defence and public sector clients. </p></li><li><p>Advise senior client stakeholders and support executive decision-making under pressure. </p></li><li><p>Lead teams while overseeing delivery quality, budgets, governance, risks and dependencies. </p></li><li><p>Support business development, including opportunity shaping, proposals and account growth</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>This role is for you if:</b> </p><p></p><ul><li><p>You have led crisis management, operational resilience, business continuity or strategic risk programmes. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>You have military, defence or comparable operational leadership experience. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>You have managed scope, budget, margin, risks, issues and resourcing across complex engagements. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>You have influenced senior stakeholders through workshops, steering groups or executive briefings. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>You have contributed to sales, proposal development or client account growth. </p></li></ul><p></p><p><span>Due to the security requirements of this role, candidates must be eligible to obtain BPSS and SC clearance. This role requires UK sole nationality</span></p><p></p><p><b>What you’ll receive from us:</b></p><p></p><p>No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/about-us/reward.html" target="_blank">benefits</a> are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.</p><p>We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.</p><br>

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