Technology Resilience Lead

Midrand, South AfricaFull-timeSeniorOn-sitePosted 12 Oct 2026

Job Overview

Dis-Chem Pharmacies has an opportunity in Midrand for a Technology Resilience Lead responsible for designing and driving the organisation's strategy to ensure critical technology services remain robust, secure and recoverable in the face of disruption. The role leads enterprise-wide resilience planning, including disaster recovery, business continuity alignment and technology risk mitigation.

The incumbent is the central point of accountability for resilience governance, partnering with technology, cybersecurity and business leaders to embed resilience into architecture, operations, change management and strategic decision-making. Success is measured on critical services meeting defined RTO/RPO objectives (including service classification and tiering), resilience test and remediation outcomes, and a reduction in resilience-related risks, incidents and recovery gaps over time.

The role operates in an Agile, squad-based, high-change retail environment, engaging early to enable delivery and balancing speed, quality and governance. Market-related salary, medical aid, provident fund and staff account. South African citizenship, clear criminal and credit record, and driver's licence/own transport required. Applications close 23 October 2026.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation and continuous improvement of disaster recovery and continuity-of-operations capabilities

• Oversee resilience posture assessments and drive remediation across infrastructure, applications and third-party providers

• Establish and manage crisis response and technology incident management with cybersecurity and BCM stakeholders

• Embed resilience requirements into architecture standards, change management and SDLCs

• Validate recovery requirements with business units and conduct business impact analyses

• Lead organisation-wide resilience testing, simulation exercises and after-action reviews

• Monitor regulatory developments and ensure compliance with resilience, operational risk and cyber regulations

• Provide executive reporting on resilience risks, readiness, trends and performance metrics

• Build a culture of resilience awareness through training, communications and engagement

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering or related field

• ISO 22301 Lead Implementer/Auditor and CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional) advantageous

• Deep expertise in technology resilience, disaster recovery and operational risk management

• Strong understanding of modern IT architectures, cloud technologies and cybersecurity principles

• Experience with resilience frameworks such as DORA, NIST and ISO 22301

• South African citizen; clear criminal and credit record; driver’s licence and/or own transport

• Source listing: Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited. Apply via the original advert.

Skills & Requirements

Technology ResilienceDisaster RecoveryBusiness ContinuityISO 22301CBCPRTO/RPOBusiness Impact AnalysisCrisis ManagementIncident ManagementOperational RiskNISTDORACloud ArchitectureExecutive Reporting