*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role*

*Candidate will need to be open to work in Austin, TX or Chicago, IL*

*Position is Bonus eligible*

Prestigious Global Firm is currently seeking a Senior Manager of Business Continuity. Candidate is responsible for the framework and methodology to manage all business continuity life cycle activities, including risk assessment, business impact analysis, strategy development, implementation, testing and review, plan maintenance, updates, training, and communications. The Senior Manager will lead and support the development and management of a comprehensive business continuity program to enable the Firm to manage a crisis event as well as meet compliance requirements for BC planning.

Responsibilities:

• Management and delivery of the program that addresses business recovery and emergency response management.
• Work with crisis management and staff leads to align the Firms' emergency management plan with established best practices and community standards. Develop and maintain business recovery plans and procedures; reviews, revises, and expands existing plans and protocols.
• Lead and facilitate execution of the plan and support plan navigation for the business at the time of an event which includes supporting the crisis management lead with critical components of the plan in order that they can make critical decisions, provide visibility and reporting to the crisis management lead/team on the critical functions, individuals, and infrastructure within the business plans.
• Conduct risk assessments for various departments and functions, analysing potential business impact of unpredictable business interruptions such as natural disasters, security breach, and other disruptions.
• Collaborate with IT staff to develop and implement best practices to protect and restore data and systems in the event of natural disasters, viruses, and hackers.
• Identify and implement recovery operations and methods to allow the company to function at limited or partial capacity if services or infrastructure is degraded or down.
• Create and facilitate practice drills for plan execution.
• Develop and/or lead change management efforts across all phases of projects and initiatives to drive the Firm's culture of continuous improvement
• Develop and provide staff training on Business Continuity risk management and disaster recovery.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Finance, or similar field required; master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of eight years of hands-on business continuity experience with at least five years managing the program and team is required.
• Experience in performing BC audits or in managing and coordinating the response to a major, unplanned disruptive event that required activation of the BC/DR/Incident or Crisis Management Plans is required.
• Experience in Business Resumption Planning, Crisis Management Planning, Incident Response Planning, Disaster Recovery Planning, Plan Exercising/Testing, Conducting BIAs is required.
• Ability to interact with a variety of internal and external people in a professional manner that creates confidence in his/her knowledge and abilities and helps foster mutually satisfactory resolution to control gaps and issues.
• Demonstrate the ability to think strategically and drive tactical execution.
• Excellent strategic, problem solving, and analytical skills.
• Proven change management skills.
• Excellent communication skills; presentation, verbal and written.
• Ability to collaborate with others to develop an emergency plan.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Hands-on experience implementing business continuity management software is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of technology and business concepts, life cycles and processes.
• Self-starter with the ability to both work with a degree of autonomy and at the direction of leadership.
• Relevant Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Risk or Audit certifications preferred.