Sr. Program Manager, Business Continuity Management

Job Title: Sr. Program Manager, Business Continuity Management
Location: 100% Remote
Duration: 3 Months Contract
Offered Rate: $70.01 - $72.71 hourly on W2
Schedule: M-F 8-5

Job Description:
This role will be responsible for executing and maintaining the business reslience lifecycle. The successful candidate will implement and deploy right-sized strategies across all critical business functions across the enterprise for all operations. This role will liaise with various functions and partners to scope, develop, maintain, and improve resilience plans, contingencies and procedures. Through systematic coordination and execution, this role will improve recovery times and ensure the resiliency of the business. This role will support the full resilience lifecycle from risk assessment to remediation, including governance, business impact analysis, contingencies, internal and third-party resilience planning/contingencies, assessments/audits, exercises/tests and training. Activities will ensure alignment with policies, standard and procedures in deliverables.

Job Duties:
•Driving commitment, support, ownership, accountability and results with business stakeholders
•Identifying and partnering with the business to design, document and implement recovery strategies that mitigate or reduce disruption to operations
•Validating, testing, and identifying gaps in recovery strategies and communicating results to leadership. Remediating gaps
•Monitor and track annual compliance, regulatory and reporting requirements. Generate regular and annual compliance reports, metrics and trend analysis
•Coordinate and facilitate third-party resilience audits and assessments

Must Have Skills:
•Knowledge and ability to think creatively, proactively, and independently
•Able to effectively facilitate meetings, prepare reports and presentations, and manage data
•Self-motivated and results oriented. A problem solver. An analytical thinker
•Superb organizational skills and the ability to delegate effectively to meet delivery targets
•Able to quickly build rapport and gain the respect and cooperation of both technology and business leaders.
•Action oriented and driven to achieve results in a positive manner, displaying ethical behavior, integrity, and building trust at all times

You have a deep understanding of:
oThe full business continuity management lifecycle at a hands-on level including:
Risk assessment (RA)
Business impact analysis (BIA)
Designing recovery strategies to meet RTO/RPO and SLAs
Planning
Developing, coordinating and reporting on tests and exercises – walkthrough, tabletop, simulation and full-scale
oMetrics, reporting and analysis
•Extensive experience Resilience audits and assessments, including deep knowledge of evaluating, analyzing and summarizing technical documentation
•Excellent knowledge of business continuity/information availability/disaster recovery best practices, policies, and procedures
•Knowledge of computer operating systems, computer networking and data communications technology, IT disaster recovery and business recovery planning, IT strategy, planning, and information
•Familiarity with best practices and standards, including ISO 22301, HIPPA, PCI, IOSCO, Client and Department of Homeland Security guidance