Digital Resilience Lead

Schuberg Philis is an engineering company renowned for delivering mission‐critical IT solutions while putting people at the heart of everything we do. We put people at the heart of our organization and champion customer satisfaction above all. Renowned for excellence, innovation, and uncompromising quality, we have built a lasting legacy of raising the bar for ourselves and our customers. Now, together with Bridgepoint as our new majority shareholder, we are expanding our mission to new markets—ensuring security, compliance, and resiliency for critical industries worldwide remains at the core of our values.

Resilience and compliance as a strategic imperative

Our mission is to advance sustainable growth in vital industries by helping our customers achieve the highest levels of security, digital resilience and compliance. Through our focus on resilience in society critical infrastructure, we enable our customers to operate securely and responsibly – contributing to both their success and a better world. With Bridgepoint’s support, we are scaling our mission globally, safeguarding industries and upholding resilient IT as an unwavering value.

Your challenge

As our Digital Resilience Lead in the Quality & Assurance (Q&A) team, you will have a leadership role in driving our Digital Resilience strategy and consultancy forward—both within Schuberg Philis and for our customers. You understand that Digital Resilience, compliance and quality are not about imposing bureaucracy, but about enabling business value through concepts of resilience, security, and continuous improvement. You translate complex rules and regulations into pragmatic solutions—helping organizations make the right decisions, stay in control, focused on the actual goal and minimize compliance complexity whilst improving quality.

You will perform in-depth assessments on digital resilience, advise on best practices, and lead strategic projects that embed pragmatic compliance into daily operations. Staying abreast of evolving regulations such as NIS2, DORA, GDPR, and the AI Act, you will translate industry changes into actionable, practical guidance. Internally, you help maintain and further develop our management systems and control framework —and externally, you deliver high-value expertise to our customer teams and customers, supporting them with assessments and continuous improvement. Your work will span multiple sectors, including finance, retail, and logistics, supporting both technical experts and executive leadership with clear, actionable advice.

What you will do

• Conduct and lead comprehensive Digital Resilience and risk assessments in complex technical environments, translating findings into pragmatic, actionable roadmaps tailored to customer needs and business objectives.
• Advise organizations on the interpretation and practical application of relevant regulations, providing clear consultancy on how to efficiently embed improvements into their IT landscape and operational processes.
• Monitor regulatory developments and ensure the Schuberg Philis compliance agenda is always current, supporting both the organization and customers with clear and practical compliance guidance.
• Incorporate new and emerging compliance requirements into our Quality Management System, supporting continuous improvement and business alignment.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders at all levels—from engineers to the board—adapting communication styles to different audiences and contexts, and helping others understand their risks and the most suitable mitigation measures.
• Stay current on the latest trends in IT, security, and compliance—such as sovereign cloud developments and recoverability strategies—and translate these into opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Support and advise customer teams as a trusted partner, delivering value by making compliance actionable and meaningful in real-world scenarios.
• Facilitate readiness and conduct gap assessments for external audits and certifications, offering practical consultancy to remediate findings and promote best-in-class compliance cultures.

Who we are looking for

You are a proactive, analytical professional with deep expertise in both technology and IT consultancy. You are energized by complex challenges, have a passion for continuous improvement, and a knack for making the complex simple. You enjoy acting as a partner and are skilled in demystifying regulatory requirements for business and IT leaders alike. As a hands-on consultant, your blend of technical knowledge and people skills enables you to deliver pragmatic, innovative solutions—both for Schuberg Philis and our customers. Your strong communication skills and strategic mindset make you a trusted advisor at all levels.

Your profile

• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in IT, Security and Risk Advisory/Consultancy roles—ideally in mission-critical or complex technical environments.
• Demonstrated leadership in the broader digital resilience community (e.g., industry groups, conferences, working groups, standards bodies) with the ability to shape and represent our company’s vision externally.
• Practical, “feet on the ground” leadership: not only setting direction, but also remaining closely involved in day-to-day operational challenges—demonstrating engineering affinity and action orientation.
• Strong technical background: confident in leading and conducting Digital resilience assessments, understanding diverse IT environments, and providing realistic, pragmatic advice on security and compliance risks.
• Thorough understanding of key regulations and frameworks including NIS2, DORA, GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and CISv8—with the ability to identify their underlying objectives (“the red thread”).
• Excellent communication skills—able to articulate complex security and compliance topics to diverse audiences, from technical teams to C-level executives, and deliver engaging presentations and interactive trainings.
• Track record of challenging the status quo, driving innovation, and embedding continuous improvement in digital resilience strategies and practices.
• Comfortable with all phases of the compliance consultancy project lifecycle—including drafting engagement letters, defining scope, leading multi-disciplinary teams, delivering impactful reports, following up on remediation plans, supporting business development through proposals, new service development, and identifying opportunities within customer relationships.
• Experience with security services and products such as SOC/SIEM systems, vulnerability management, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and ransomware mitigation is a plus. Familiarity with zero trust architectures and identity and access management (IAM) solutions is also desirable.
• Proficient in Dutch and English, both spoken and written.