AVP / Head of Business Continuity
Optional executive layer
Career Explorer · Enterprise Risk, Audit & Resilience · Business Continuity Management
Optional executive layer
What the role involves
- Autonomy
- Major function / geography
- Scope
- Major function / geography
- Time horizon
- 2-4 years
- Expertise and judgement
- Translates enterprise strategy into a major operating domain
- Expected impact
- Strategic outcomes across a major domain
Expected skills (22)
Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.
Human (11)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Decision making Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Delegation Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Executive communication Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Feedback delivery Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Risk judgment Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Stakeholder management Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Strategic thinking Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Talent development Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Conflict resolution Communication & Influence | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Inclusive leadership Collaboration & Leadership | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
Professional (11)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Financial acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Performance management Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Business continuity Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Enterprise risk management Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| IT audit Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Internal audit Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Internal controls Finance & Accounting | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Operational resilience Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Resource management Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Risk assessment Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
Career ladder
Reached from
Next steps
- Vice President, Business ContinuityM6Management promotion
Move from major-domain leadership to VP enterprise scope; shape company-level strategy, capital allocation, organization design and external commitments.
What changes to advance
Move from major-domain leadership to VP enterprise scope; shape company-level strategy, capital allocation, organization design and external commitments.
Source: SFIA; PMI; Microsoft Careers · MF272-M5