Vice President, Functional Resilience Enablement

Overview
This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.

The VP of Functional Resilience supports the operationalization of the vision, frameworks, and policies that ensure an organization's ability to anticipate, respond to, and recover from disruptions. This strategic function sits at the intersection of resilience, cybersecurity, technology, third party risk management, and data, making it a critical enabler of operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Act as an intermediary between the Enterprise Resilience Office and functional leaders. Partner closely with functional leaders in cybersecurity, technology, third party risk management, and data to ensure resilience objectives are clearly defined, understood, and monitored.
• Translate enterprise resilience goals into actionable targets for functional teams.
• Provide tools, frameworks, and guidance to help functions identify, prioritize, and mitigate resilience risks.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to address interdependencies and ensure coordinated resilience practices.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to functional leadership, providing expertise on operational resilience practices and business disruption risk.
• Program Strategy & Leadership - Leads program development and implementation, defines strategic objectives, and champions resilience best practices.
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation - Conducts comprehensive risk assessments, identifies critical vulnerabilities, and develops mitigation strategies.
• Resilience Planning - Oversees plan development, maintenance, and testing, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Crisis Management & Response - Develops crisis management plans, coordinates responses, and conducts reviews.
• Training & Awareness - Develops training programs, fosters a culture of resilience, and leads awareness initiatives.

Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience in Enterprise resilience, recovery, business continuity, crisis/incident management, technology or risk management

OR

High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in Enterprise resilience, recovery, business continuity, crisis/incident management, technology or risk management

Preferred Qualifications

• Large Financial Institution experience in resilience, cybersecurity, third-party risk management, technology, data, risk governance, or consulting.
• Familiarity with resilience, cybersecurity, third-party risk management, technology, and data regulatory standards and guidelines.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and engage with business and stakeholders at different levels.
• Strong understanding of functional resilience, risk management and banking industry services.
• Strong understanding of three lines of defense model and 2nd line effective challenge.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information across groups and businesses.
• Proficient in assessing risk and risk management practices.
• Strong knowledge of business policies, standards, and procedure frameworks.
• Knowledge of standard risk management or control frameworks to include NIST and ISO
• Knowledge of financial sector regulatory practices for a large financial institution
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder engagement skills.

This job posting is expected to remain active for 45 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants.

This job posting has been extended until January 15, 2026.

If hired in North Carolina, the base pay for this position is generally between $104,413 and $170,000. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found