Business Continuity and Risk Management Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Define and refine DataSpring's enterprise strategy for business continuity and risk management.

• Establish organizational standards, governance frameworks, policies, and best practices.

• Identify emerging risks, industry trends, and changing regulatory requirements.

• Develop enterprise roadmaps and priorities to enhance resilience.

• Create and maintain the enterprise Business Continuity Planning framework.

• Provide strategic oversight of business continuity activities and assess continuity capabilities.

• Guide continuity planning for critical processes, services, and dependencies.

• Oversee continuity testing, tabletop exercises, simulations, and recovery validation.

• Define approaches for enterprise risk identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting.

• Lead methodologies, standards, and assessments for Business Impact Analysis.

• Manage risk registers, incident management, RCSAs, and issue management frameworks.

• Establish frameworks for crisis management, response protocols, escalation procedures, and governance structures.

• Advise leadership on operational impacts, recovery priorities, and response actions during disruptive events.

• Lead post-incident reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Collaborate with operations, technology, legal, compliance, finance, product development, and information security leaders.

• Align disaster recovery capabilities, recovery objectives, and resilience strategies with technology leadership.

• Build relationships with clients, vendors, auditors, and regulatory stakeholders.

• Evaluate third-party resilience capabilities, vendor dependencies, and continuity obligations.

• Develop training, awareness, and preparedness programs for the enterprise.

• Establish resilience and risk metrics, performance indicators, and reporting frameworks.

• Foster a culture of preparedness, accountability, and proactive risk management.

• Mentor leaders and cross-functional partners in continuity planning and risk best practices.

• Report directly to the VP of Business Operations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in business continuity, risk management, operational resilience, compliance, information security, or related fields.

• Proven experience in establishing enterprise-wide continuity, resilience, or risk management frameworks.

• Demonstrated success in influencing senior leaders and driving cross-functional initiatives within complex organizations.

• Experience advising executive stakeholders on organizational risk, business continuity, and crisis management strategies.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Risk Management, or a related discipline is required.

• Extensive expertise in business continuity planning, operational resilience, enterprise risk management, crisis management, and disaster recovery principles.

• Strong understanding of ISO 22301, NIST, and relevant industry standards.

• Ability to assess organizational risk and develop strategic recommendations aligned with business objectives.

• Recognized subject matter expert in business continuity and risk management.

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills suited for executive audiences.

• Strong strategic thinking, influence, facilitation, and decision-support capabilities.

• Ability to lead with expertise and credibility at all organizational levels.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• 401(k) with company contributions and matching.

• Paid parental leave.

• Tuition assistance.

• Generous paid time off.

• Fully remote work environment.

• Support for professional growth.