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Country Head of BCIM

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A renowned financial institution is looking for a Country Head of Business Continuity and Incident Management. The selected candidate will lead BCM, incident response, and operational resilience programs while ensuring regulatory compliance and risk control effectiveness. This is a hybrid role.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead BCM, MIM, and BCIM lifecycle controls ensuring compliance with policies and regulations
  • Oversee business continuity planning, testing, and recovery site readiness across functions
  • Manage major incident response, escalation, and stakeholder communications
  • Drive operational resilience initiatives including IBS mapping, scenario testing, and risk assessments
  • Monitor risk environment, resolve control issues, and ensure timely reporting and remediation
  • Build stakeholder relationships, lead governance forums, and strengthen team capability and collaboration

Requirements:

  • Experience in risk or control management
  • Prior experience in managing incidents, training senior executives and facilitating crisis exercises
  • Proven experience of working in highly regulated and complex international organisations
  • Background in managing a Business Continuity & Incident Management Programs
  • Knowledge of the local business and threat environment
  • Familiarity with the BCIM Lifecycle, Program and MIM
  • Understanding of global and local BCIM requirements
  • Business level Japanese and English

About the Company:

A long-standing financial institution with over a century of history, this company operates a multinational network of tens of thousands of employees and provides a variety of banking services to corporations and individuals around the world.

Keywords:

金融, 金融業, 銀行, 投資,ファイナンス, 求人, 外資系

Job Ref: GVAW2K

Contract Type: Perm

Specialism: Banking & Financial Services

Focus: Corporate governance

Industry: Financial Services

Salary: ¥10,000,000 - ¥15,000,000 per annum

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Senior Management

Language: Japanese - Professional working

Second Language: English - Business level

Location: Tokyo

Job Reference: GVAW2K-37919ED0

Date posted: 7 April 2026

Consultant: Luna Saegusa