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Technology Resilience Lead

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited

Gauteng Mid-Senior Posted 9 Oct 2026 Closes in 12 days

Overview

Responsible for designing and driving the organization’s strategy to ensure critical technology services remain robust, secure, and recoverable in the face of disruptions. Leads enterprise-wide resilience planning, including disaster recovery, business continuity alignment, and technology risk mitigation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, or related field
  • ISO 22301 Lead Implementer/Auditor advantageous
  • CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional) advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of disaster recovery (DR) and continuity-of-operations capabilities
  • Oversee resilience posture assessments and drive remediation plans across infrastructure, applications, and third-party technology providers
  • Establish and manage crisis response and technology incident management processes in coordination with cybersecurity and business continuity stakeholders
  • Ensure technology resilience requirements are embedded into architecture standards, change management, and system development lifecycles
  • Partner with business units to validate recovery requirements, conduct impact analyses, and ensure alignment with critical business services
  • Lead organization-wide resilience testing, simulation exercises, and after-action reviews
  • Monitor regulatory developments and ensure compliance with relevant resilience, operational risk, and cyber regulations
  • Provide executive reporting that communicates resilience risks, readiness, trends, and performance metrics
  • Cultivate a culture of resilience awareness through training, communications, and stakeholder engagement

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