Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity/Compliance Professional/CBCP
Based in New York, willing to travel
Seeking Negotiable compensation based on location and responsibilities

Versatility in performing diverse roles, most recently as a Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Manager, and previously as a Technical Risk Manager, Technical Project Manager, Retail Banking Assistant Manager/Relationship Manager, and Human Resources LAN Administrator. Excellent project/process leadership skills and proven ability to lead organizational change. Dynamic, results-oriented professional with cross-functional strengths and accomplishments in supporting organization goals in the global financial services. Skilled in relationship building, negotiations, and consensus building with key decision makers across multiple disciplines, divisions, and venues.
Enhancing collaboration across technology groups through distinguishing organizational/planning skills, and the ability to engender trust and build supportive relationships. Demonstrating a persona that conveys flexibility and
openness to different approaches. Continuing education Master of Science in Management.

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BC Management's November Job Seeker Newsletter Highlights the Following:· 
· Initial Results of 2011 BCM Study Released
· Current BC/DR Job Openings (Scroll Down Newsletter)
· Do IT/DR Professionals Out Earn their BC Counterparts?
· Don’t Make These Networking Mistakes!
· State of the Job Market for Business Continuity Professionals


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  much, much more!




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BC Management's 2011 study indicates that more business continuity professionals based in Canada earn a total compensation between $81 - $100K CAD (36%) while 3% of study respondents earn a total compensation of $200K+ CAD and 3% of study respondents earn $50K CAD or less. (Data reports on 2010 compensations for professionals based in Canada. Total compensation is base + bonus only.) View the pie charts at: 

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Experienced Business Continuity Manager
Cheshire, United Kingdom
Relocation worldwide; willing to travel
Compensation: Competitive

Can this manager walk on water?

No.

But this manager has worked for over 10 years in Emergency Planning and Business Continuity Management, including two UK Police Forces and has extensive experience in strategic and operational contingency planning, which includes planning training exercises with central and local government, special forces, security agencies, and six police forces.

There’s more…

The manager has also designed and set up a Business Continuity Management programme from conception to completion which included managing a large team and ensured compliance with the Business Continuity Institute Good Practice Guidelines and British Standard 25999.

This manager has a Diploma in Business Continuity Management from Coventry University.

Looking to hire continuity, resiliency, crisis management, risk management, emergency management and/or security professionals? Check out additional top talent confidential bios at http://www.bcmanagement.com/top-talent.html. 

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BC Management, Inc. –Your Continuity Staffing Experts for Over 10 Years!

BC Management, Inc – Job Posting #2530

Position:  BCM Relationship Manager
Industry: Financial
Status:  Full-time, permanent position
Location:  New York City, NY (Local candidates only).
Salary:  $110 - $120K base + bonus earning potential
Reports to:  Local Head of BCM
* Seeking 3-5+ years BCM experience  coupled with financial/ banking experience.  
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Position Summary (purpose):
Will assist in the development, implementation, testing, education and maintenance of the enterprise contingency program across all departments.  Will maintain standards and ensure that all plans are documented and meet those standards.  Will work in conjunction with department contacts to ensure a high level of awareness across the company as well as the appropriate preparedness of personnel during an event of a disaster. 

Primary Responsibilities:
• Assist business units with development and maintenance of contingency plans.
• Interact with business unit managers regarding business contingency plans
• Maintain records of contingency planning status.
• Coordinate and publish plan updates.
• Ensures that the BIA as well as the Business Continuity Program are maintained in a timely fashion to reflect the present operational environment. 
• Ensures that key components of the Business Continuity Program are successfully tested at least once yearly
• Develops and implements improvements and efficiencies in both BIA and Business Continuity Program.
• Maintain documentation as it relates to the business impact analysis, recovery plans, contact lists and test plans.
• Will be involved in participating in mitigation efforts, interfacing with asset management and change management teams as well as assisting in the coordination of real time recovery activities during an actual disaster. 
• Will promote enterprise Business Continuity awareness throughout the company.
• Assist in evaluating and implementing alternative communication channels to be used during a disaster.
• Administration of the computer based contingency planning system, including system access, back-up and software
upgrades.
• Periodic interaction with Information Technology concerning plan updates to back-up systems and connectivity.
• Assist in monitoring the contingency program as it relates to audit and regulatory compliance.
• Position will require some travel and off-hour, on-call support (on an as needed basis).

 Required Experience:
• 3-5+ years experience within contingency planning initiatives.
• 1+ years experience with large project management.
• Possess knowledge with contingency planning initiatives.
• Ability to work with all levels of personnel.
• Excellent organizational skills with a proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and developmental skills.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• The ability to work within a dynamic environment.
• The ability to clearly communicate ideas and direction.

 Desired Experience:
• Bachelor degree with a business or computer science focus.
• Previous experience recovering during a disaster.
• Certification – multiple desired, but not required

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.  This is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel.

 All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex or handicap.

To apply to this position please visit http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html and enter the job number 2530.
 
To learn more about the position, please contact Cheyene Haase - BC Management Inc. at chaase@bcmanagement.com or +1 714-969-8006.

BC Management’s 2011 10th Annual BCM Study has received over 1,000 study participants! The weekly BCM Research Data Point is:

What percent of Utility industry study respondents rated their Business Continuity Management program as “Very Mature”? Maturity rating was on a self assessment scale of 1 to 5 with 1 meaning “Very Immature” and 5 meaning “Very Mature”.

- 3.23% of Insurance industry study respondents rated their Business Continuity Management program as “Very Mature” according to BC Management’s 2011 10th Annual BCM Study. Based on 32 Utility industry respondents out of 1,223 total study respondents.

Get your copy of the Comprehensive BCM Compensation Report. Study participants who respond by December 15, 2011 will receive a complimentary copy of the Final Comprehensive BCM Compensation Report. The initial findings report for the USA was recently distributed to early study respondents. The survey accommodates full-time permanent employees, part-time permanent employees, permanent consultants (Big 5, IBM, HP, SunGard, etc), independent consultants and unemployed. Compensation reports will be published for USA, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa (based on the number of study respondents from each region.) Disregard the questions that do not apply to you.

Are you a manager? Be sure to participate in both sections of the study (if you manage a corporate BCM program) to receive a complimentary Executive Board Report on Trending in the BCM profession. 

Participate in BC Management’s 10th Annual BCM Study by 12/15/2011 to get Complimentary BCM Research Report(s) -http://www.bcmanagement.com/participate-in-study.html

Information on BCM program benchmarking - http://www.bcmanagement.com/program-management-research-data.html.

Information on BCM compensation benchmarking - http://www.bcmanagement.com/compensation-research-data.html


Thank you to all the professionals who participated in BC Management’s 10th Annual BCM Study - the leading study in BCM Compensation Reviews and BCM Program Management initiatives. Contact a BC Management representative on BCM program management and/or compensation data research inquiries customized to your organization's peer group (by industry and or size of organization) - info@bcmanagement.com

Sample BCM Compensation Benchmarking
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BC Management, Inc - Job Posting #2528
Position Title: Disaster Recovery Project Manager
Status: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Wichita, KS

Job Description:
* Managing the work request process for DR projects; responding to customer's request in a timely manner
* Manage the DR implementation projects for KBS and its customers using KBS project management
framework
* Maintain the Disaster Recovery Program for assigned businesses in alignment with enterprise disaster recovery program. The program to include disaster recovery planning, risk assessments, and testing
* Conduct the impact analysis for key infrastructure components and help the businesses in conducting impact analysis for business applications
* Develop technology solutions in accordance with enterprise plan and in conjunction with service owners to reduce the cost of disaster recovery
* Conduct disaster simulation exercises to support the resumption of critical systems for assigned
business
* Participate in the development and implementation of training for ETS staff on DR concepts and processes
* Maintain DR score card and metrics on a regular basis
* Support the effort of DR capability leader to establish and maintain an effective DR program for Koch industries

Work Experience/Skills REQUIRED:
* 8-10 years of IT experience
* 5 years of relevant work experience in managing Disaster Recovery projects
* Broad technology background with knowledge of enterprise architecture, data centers, platforms, networks, applications, etc.
* Ability to lead and motivate virtual teams to meet commitments
* Experience with managing business relationships
* Ability to negotiate win-win solutions to challenging problems
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Proven attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple, concurrent work assignments
* Flexible, adaptable approach, goal and action oriented
* Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
* Excellent project management skills

Education REQUIRED:
* Bachelors Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, OR related discipline or equivalent work experience
is required

Education PREFERRED:
* Bachelors Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science is preferred
* Disaster Recovery International Institute or Business Continuity Institute certification (CFCP, CBCP, MBCP, MBCI, or FBCI)

 The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.  This is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel.

 All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex or handicap.

 To apply to this position please visit http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html and enter the job number 2528.

 To apply or learn more about the position, please contact Alina Howard - BC Management Inc. at ahoward@bcmanagement.com or 1-832-220-3699

Current BCM Career Activity – New Jobs ASAP Need

 BC Management, a global leader in recruiting and placing continuity, resiliency, crisis management and risk management professionals, is assisting multiple clients with their personnel needs. Please share this with colleagues who may be qualified for any of these job openings. Thanks for your interest and your help.


Seeking Candidates for the following jobs below.  Please review the complete job descriptions and APPLY to the jobs via the link (http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html) and enter the corresponding job numbers below.   
 
Jobs Based in USA – Professionals Must Have Current Paperwork to Work in the USA
• Position Re-opened! Disaster Recovery Manager Senior (Job #2412) – Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN - Relocation Assistance Provided.  ***Client is seeking a candidate who has either built a DR program from scratch or successfully augmented an effective best in class DR program. The candidate must bring real world experience with the ability to clearly articulate what did and did not work in previous programs and why. Experience with highly resilient Infrastructure environments is a primary requirement for this position.  Must have recent experience designing high availability solutions within multiple platforms within a large IT enterprise environment. Seeking candidates who have come from a large enterprise financial services environment.  Candidates must have exceptional, proven staff management skills.

 • Director/VP of IT/Disaster Recovery (Job #2507) – San Francisco, CA area.  **This is a VERY technical role
overseeing High Availability, Networking IT/DR Planning. Must have financial industry expertise within a large enterprise environment.  Must have previous direct staff management expertise.

 • Head of Business Continuity Management –FTE/Permanent (Job #2404) –Connecticut – Will Assist with Relocation. *** Bachelors degree required, Graduate degree highly preferred. Successful candidate must have proven previous experience as Senior Managing Director or Global BC Head for large enterprise.

 • Resilience Architect – FTE/Permanent (Job #2327) – Any metropolitan city. **Must have previous experience program management 3rd party consulting (billable within a large consulting organization such as HP, CSC, EMC, Big 5, etc) in the design of high-availability solutions within Intel, mainframe, and Open system environments.  Must have a minimum of 3+ years designing business resilient/ high availability strategies for 3rd party clients within a Mainframe, Intel and Open system environments.

 • Business Resilience Strategy Consultant –FTE/Permanent (Job #2299) – Any metropolitan city. **Must have previous experience program management 3rd party consulting (billable within a large consulting organization such as HP, CSC, EMC, Big 5, etc) in the design of high-availability solutions within Intel, mainframe, and Open system environments.  Must have a minimum of 3+ years designing business resilient/ high availability strategies for 3rd party clients within a Mainframe, Intel and Open system environments.

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BC Management's 2011 study indicates that 1% of study respondents earn a total compensation of $300K+ USD while 2% of study respondents earn $50K USD or less.  The greatest breakout of the pie chart shows 24% of the study respondents report a total compensation between $81-$100K USD. (Data reports on 2010 compensations for the USA.  Total compensation is base + bonus only.)  View the pie chart at
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