Business Continuity Manager

Corporate Planning / Consulting
Sales / Retail / Corporate / Business Development

Skillset:
Experience in business continuity.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Manage the development of disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets such as data centers in order to support the continuity program.
2. Analyze impact on and risk to essential business functions or information systems in order to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.
3. Manage the development of emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.
4. Manage, monitor and review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans for continuous improvement purposes.
5. Interpret government regulations to ensure the Business Continuity setup is compliant with government regulations.
6. Manage, monitor and review corporate intelligence data in order to identify trends, patterns, or warnings indicating threats to people safety, assets, information, or infrastructure.
7. Assess and develop products and services to mitigate risk or facilitate use of technology-based tools and methods.
8. Prepare reports summarizing operational results and accomplishments of specified objectives, goals, or plans to support management to make sound business decisions.
9. Assess and develop business continuity (BC) Minimum requirements for members & DV.
10. Manage, monitor and assess Members BC Minimum requirements compliance report.
11. Manage the business continuity BC awareness and testing of BC plans, disaster recovery, and crisis management.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Manage and control the unit's projects to ensure project cycle completion and commitment to the company's guidelines and quality.
2. Guide and assist employees by direct reports to perform their functional operations in accordance with set policies and procedures.
3. Oversee and manage all the unit's staff to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained and carry out their responsibilities to the required standards.
4. Set performance objectives, provide the necessary support, evaluate teams, and offer regular feedback on performance.
5. Comply with communication and information sharing/handling policy to ensure confidentiality of the information and comply with all relevant risk and information security procedures to ensure operating within the acceptable risk levels.
6. Manage the development and implementation of the unit's policies, procedures, and processes covering all areas of the unit's activities to ensure the fulfillment of all work requirements.
7. Ensure compliance with all relevant policies, procedures, and processes throughout the unit in order to achieve the company's operational excellence.

Job Requirements:
Education and Certifications:

1. A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security or equivalent is required.
2. A professional qualification in Certified Business Continuity Professional or equivalent is preferred.

1. 6+ years of experience in business continuity at a large organization or business continuity consulting is required.