*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role*

A prestigious company is looking for a Senior Manager, Business Continuity. This Sr. Manager will focus on all business continuity globally, not just IT. They will focus on risk assessments, business impact analysis, change management, disaster recovery planning, BC exercise, and will manage/lead the whole business continuity program within the firm.

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 & Requirements

• 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 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.

Relevant Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Risk or Audit certifications preferred.