Senior Manager – Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

About the role

Riyadh Air is seeking a senior leader to shape and drive its enterprise‑wide resilience strategy. You will ensure the recoverability, reliability and continuity of the airline’s applications, data, infrastructure and networks, keeping the business operational, compliant and future‑ready.

Key responsibilities

• Strengthen recoverability, reliability and continuity of applications, data, infrastructure and networks.
• Lead disaster recovery drills, failover tests and crisis simulations while maintaining and enhancing runbooks.
• Conduct self‑audits to proactively identify and resolve weaknesses.
• Manage a team to ensure operational excellence and compliance with resilience standards.

Required profile

• Degree qualified with a minimum of 8 years of IT experience, including at least 5 years specializing in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to deliver results in fast‑paced environments.
• Analytical and structured approach to protecting critical systems.

Required skills

• Disaster Recovery
• Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
• IT infrastructure and application resilience