Job Description

Position: Business Continuity Manager

Location: Remote

Hours: 9:00am-5pm CST, Monday-Friday

Start Date: ASAP

Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Risk Management, Emergency Management, or related field
• Proven experience in business continuity planning, disaster recovery, and risk management.
• Familiarity with risk analysis, business impact analysis, and regulatory compliance standards.
• Skilled in project management and reporting progress to senior leadership.

Plusses

• Experience in healthcare operations or large enterprise environments is highly desirable.
• CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional), MBCP, or similar credentials.
• Master's degree in in Business Administration, Risk Management, Emergency Management, or related field

Job Description

The Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Manager will be responsible for assessing organizational risks, determining business continuity requirements, recommending recovery and continuity strategies to meet those requirements, coordinating the development of plans and the acquisition of resources, and the preparation and execution of the testing of those plans. Assessment of an organization’s risk will include both risks facing the organization both externally and internally and the impact a long-term disaster or outage will have on the organization and its services. Strategies to address these risks and impacts should mediate to the extent possible the risks and impacts and should do so in as efficient and cost-effective manner as possible. Plans and resources must make possible the recovery and continuity as identified in the selected strategies. Planning and preparation will, to the extent necessary, include all organizational staff, to prepare, exercise, and test the recovery and continuity plans. The BCP Manager will be responsible for coordinating the necessary work of staff, to build and maintain a project plan based on the selected strategies and will report progress of the program to senior management as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise-wide business continuity strategies and plans.
• Ensure continuity of operations through disaster preparedness, training, and recovery programs.
• Integrate continuity and contingency planning across departments and service lines.
• Lead recovery efforts to restore operations after disruptions.
• Direct Incident Command Staff and ensure readiness for all disaster types.
• Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability analyses for facilities.
• Lead emergency preparedness training and disaster exercises.
• Maintain and update emergency response and recovery plans.
• Perform risk and business impact analyses.
• Establish strategic continuity and incident response plans.
• Develop operational recovery and facilities restoration plans.
• Provide staff training and maintain plan consistency and readiness.

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