Senior Manager – Emergency Planning

About the role

The Senior Manager – Emergency Planning will lead Dubai Airports’ emergency preparedness programme, ensuring that plans, exercises and stakeholder coordination are robust, compliant and ready to support the airport during any major incident or crisis. This senior position reports to the Head of Response & Recovery Planning and works closely with internal teams, airport partners and government authorities.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and continuously improve aerodrome emergency plans, procedures and supporting documentation.
• Plan, design and deliver the annual emergency exercise programme, including scenario creation, stakeholder coordination and post‑exercise reporting.
• Manage audit, assurance and regulatory compliance activities, preparing evidence and corrective actions.
• Capture lessons learned from exercises, incidents and audits, and integrate them into plans and capability enhancements.
• Coordinate training and awareness activities to strengthen organisational readiness.
• Provide regular programme updates, assurance reports and management information to senior governance groups.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Planning, Crisis Management, Business Continuity, Incident Response or a related discipline.
• 7–10 years of overall experience, including 5–7 years in emergency planning, crisis management or incident response within an aviation environment.
• Professional certification in Emergency Planning, Crisis Management, Business Continuity or Incident Response (e.g., CBCI) is preferred.

Required skills