Also called: Crisis Management Director, Resilience Director
Makes sure a company can keep running through disasters, cyberattacks, and pandemics.
Continuity directors plan how a bank or hospital system would operate if its data center flooded or a pandemic hit. They run crisis drills with executives and lead the response when something real happens.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 8 years after high school. Bachelor's degree; certifications like CBCP.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Emergency Management, Business Administration, Information Technology.
Growing about average. Approximate.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI drafts continuity plans and risk reports; running executive crisis drills and decisions stay human.
Classes: Business, Computer science, Statistics, English composition.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9199.
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