Position: Director of Business Continuity Planning/Emergency Management Planning/Administration

Status: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Charlotte, NC – Relocation Assistance Provided
Compensation: Based on Experience
Department: Risk Management, Safety and Security
Reporting Structure: Reports to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Risk Management, Safety and Security

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is an urban research university of over 25,000 students and more than 4,000 full and part-time faculty and staff. The campus is currently seeking an experienced Director, Business Continuity Planning (BCP)/Emergency Management Planning professional to provide leadership and management over this growing student body, campus community operations and complex campus research portfolio of activities. BCP is charged with the responsibility of supporting the University on business continuity planning and emergency management planning at both the tactical and strategic levels.

BC Management, Inc. is assisting The University of North Carolina Charlotte in the search for a Director of Business Continuity Planning/Emergency Management Planning/Administration.  For questions regarding this position please contact Ms. Cheyene Marling (Office: 714 969-8006 / Mobile: 310-739-7074) at BC Management, Inc.

The Director will provide direction and coordination for development, maintenance and implementation of Business Continuity Planning, Emergency Preparedness and Response.  Business Continuity Planning (BCP) operates under the auspices of Risk Management, Safety and Security (RMSS).  BCP implements campus programs that enable the continuation of critical University processes in the event of a disruption to campus operations.  Emergency management planning is a key component to effectively transition from incident management to business resumption.  BCP will implement an Emergency Management and Operational Continuity (EMOC) model in conjunction with Police and Public Safety (PPS) to facilitate this transition.  Ms. Cheyene Marling (Office: 714 969-8006 / Mobile: 310-739-7074)

Experience/ Education Desired:
• Strongest candidates will have a minimum of five to seven years of related experience in business continuity and disaster/ emergency management planning, preferably in a large research university environment or in a culture similar to that of higher education.
• Strongest candidates will have a bachelor's degree in emergency management, business, science, public administration, or related field of study.  Strong preference will be given to candidates who possess an advanced degree with emphasis in areas such as Risk Management, Emergency Management and Planning.
• Process and project management training and experience working with a wide range of time horizons and disciplines will be favorably viewed, along with a demonstrated desire for continual improvement and competence at developing new projects.

Preferred Experience: One or more certifications desired:
• CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional)
• CEM (Certificate in Emergency Management)
• CPM (Certificate in Project Management)
• ARM (Associate in Risk Management)
• CRM (Certified Risk Manager)

AA/EOE
• UNC Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. UNC Charlotte welcomes all persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation or disability.  
 
• Finalists will be subject to a criminal background check

• To APPLY: Apply electronically at https://jobs.uncc.edu. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Please attach the following documents with your electronic submission: letter of interest, resume, and full contact information for 3 work-related references. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

BC Management, Inc. – Job Order #2650

Position: Senior Business Continuity Consultant – IT/DR Focus
Industry: Financial
Location: Houston, TX – Local Candidates Only
Compensation:  Based on Experience
Status: Fulltime/Permanent 

Candidate must have work authorization in place to work in the USA.

The Enterprise Business Resiliency Department of a BC Management client is recruiting a Senior Business Continuity Consultant.  This is a full time position with an emphasis on both disaster recovery and business continuity planning. It is a unique opportunity for a business continuity professional looking to be part of a team committed to growing the maturity and awareness of business continuity within the organization and to make a great contribution to our overall preparedness and risk management.

**Client is requesting candidates have 7+ years technology and disaster recovery testing as it pertains to operating systems, client server architectures, TCP/IP, network routing and switching, middleware, and web services.

Responsibilities:
·  Assist in the development and testing of disaster recovery plans and in discovering, tracking, and facilitating the remediation of gaps in our ability to recover.
·  Analyze risk associated with the business continuity and recoverability of third party applications and services. 
·  Help prepare for and provide communication, coordination, and guidance during events that impact our processes, people, and technology.
·  Work closely with business and operations teams to understand their processes and applications and the following as it relates to them:
    o  Inter-dependencies with other processes and applications
    o  The who, how, what and where of recovery during a disruptive event
    o  Workarounds they could use to help recover if other dependencies are not available
·  Conduct periodic risk assessment of the assets of the company to identify points of vulnerability, points of failure and identify risk avoidance, recovery, and mitigation strategies.
·  Provide professional, specialized skills, including disaster recovery planning, technology points of failure analysis, business continuity planning, project and risk management, and preparedness training and awareness.
·  Assist business and operations teams with assessment of potential business impact (Business Impact Analysis).
·  Develop schedules for training/awareness for business and operations teams and coordinate business continuity plan exercises.
·  Help safeguard data processing operations by identifying potential problems that may result in interruptions to critical data processing operations.
·  Assist in continually maturing and innovating our frameworks, standards, policy, and processes for business continuity, incident management, and disaster recovery across the enterprise.

Qualifications:                   
·  Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
·  Demonstrated ability to work as a team player within a diverse organization.
·  Demonstrated success in coordination of projects and ability to manage multiple tasks with time sensitive
constraints.
·  Experience in performing risk assessment and analysis within business continuity areas.
·  7+ years experience in technology and disaster recovery testing. Ideally, the candidate has experience with business continuity planning and incident management as well.
·  Experience providing preparation and recovery training to business teams.
·  Understanding of and proven aptitude with technologies such as operating systems, client server architectures, TCP/IP, network routing and switching, middleware, and web services.
·  Experience with NIMS framework and incident management planning is desirable.


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 be considered for this opportunity, please submit updated resume and short bio to http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html  and reference Job Order# 2650. For questions contact – Cheyene Marling – cmarling@bcmanagement.com or +1 714-969-8006.

BC Management, Inc. – JO# 2647

Job Title: Business Continuity Program Manager
Location: Miami, FL (local candidates)
Industry: Supply chain/Distribution
Reports to: Director Business Continuity
Salary: DOE
Direct Reports: None
Schedule: Full-Time
Travel: Up to 20% of the time

Candidate must have work authorization in place to work in the USA.

JOB SUMMARY: 
A client of BC Management’s is seeking a BC Program Manager to add to their team. The successful individual will work
closely with the Director of Business Continuity and will be responsible for a broad range of business continuity program activities for multiple lines of business throughout the company.  The position is responsible for directing and influencing the lines of business to ensure they have a strong, viable, and thorough business continuity program.  Many of the line of business representatives that this person will partner with are located throughout the US, so this person must be able to facilitate a strong partnership and effect change via non face-to-face encounters, relying heavily on proficient verbal and written communication skills.  Much of the collaboration and communication will be with company Senior Managers and Managers in the lines of business.
 
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Through collaboration with set lines of business determine and implement a sound business continuity program and facilitate the lines' of business documentation/support of their program (via BC plans, Exercise documentation etc.), and ensure timely updates to the programs by the lines of business.
 
- Develop and deliver exercises/audits of business continuity programs for set lines of business.  Develop an environment with the lines of business that ensures ongoing and continuous improvements to their business continuity program.
 
- Support line of business questions and need for information and assistance, through accurate and timely feedback and problem resolution.  Determine root cause and develop and implement program changes to avoid a repeat of the problem or issue.
 
- Train and communicate effectively to the lines of business regarding company standards.  Support line of business adoption of company standards through common methods and procedures.
 
- Maintain accurate and complete metrics for each designated line of business and present that information with the lines of business through periodic program updates.
 
- Also responsible for other duties/projects as assigned by Director of BC, as needed

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/ QUALIFICATIONS:
• BS required in relevant field or related experience.
• Industry certification in good standing.
• Experience working in a supply chain logistics and distribution environment is a plus.
• Experience working in a multi-labor union environment is a plus. 
• 5 -8 years experience within contingency planning initiatives.
• 5+ years managing contingency planning initiatives.
• 5+ years experience with large program management.
• Possess exceptional knowledge with contingency planning initiatives.
• Proven previous experience recovering a company from a major disaster.
• Proven ability to work within complex project work under tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with all levels of personnel from end users to executive management.
• Polished presentation skills to both large groups and executive management/ board meetings.
• A strategic vision and the ability to build business case scenarios.
• 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 clearly communicate ideas and direction.
• Crisis Management experience a plus
• Experience in centralized program design with decentralized program execution.
 
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex or handicap.

To apply, please visit http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html and reference Job Order# 2647 for questions, please contact Alicia Stevens - BC Management Inc. at astevens@bcmanagement.com


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BC Management, Inc. – Job Order #2651
Position: Associate Director – Business Continuity Manager
Industry: Entertainment
Location: New York, NY
Compensation: Base of $95 - $110K + bonus up to 15%
Status: Fulltime/Permanent 
Reports to: Risk & Controls                      

Candidate must have work authorization in place to work in the USA.

The Business Continuity Program Lead will lead the implementation of the corporate-wide Business Continuity Program(BCP) globally, as part of the overall Company’s Crisis Management Program and according to the approved prioritization, approach and timeline.  This role will be dealing with key stakeholders in the regions and countries, directing BCP activities, training and facilitating workshops with cross-functional teams, and providing subject matter guidance to the business units. This role will also be expected to handle other Risk Management projects as directed.  The individual must be detail-oriented, dynamic, flexible and dedicated.  Exceptional Program and Project Management, and Communication skills are critical.  
  
Responsibilities:
·  Develop a program plan and efficiently and effectively lead the global implementation of the Business Continuity Program corporate-wide.  Prepare and deliver regular progress updates, escalate issues as needed, and recommend mitigating actions or solutions.  Contribute to reporting and development of presentation materials for the Risk & Controls Vice President, Company’s Americas Risk Office, and Company’s committees.
·  Direct all BCP activities, and facilitate Business Continuity Planning training and workshops to be delivered either in person or through webinars.  Provide subject matter guidance to business continuity teams in the completion of the BCP tools and templates, development of the business continuity and resumption procedures, and assessment of key
dependencies including third party BCP and DRP, and IT infrastructure and key applications.
·  Develop a plan, approach, and as needed, templates and tools for BCP Plan Review and Testing.  Perform or direct the BCP teams to do completeness check and initial quality review of the plans, and if needed, identify other resources that could do more in-depth quality reviews.  Perform or direct teams to do plan testing implement a regular process for re-testing plans at least annually. 
·  In coordination with IS&T, ensure completion of the assessment and development of disaster recovery plans for IT
infrastructure, key application systems and key Third Parties.
·  Implement the Archer eGRC (Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk and Compliance) System’s Business Continuity Module and establish a streamlined process for Business Units to maintain their BC plans in Archer.

Qualifications:                   
· The candidate must have 5+ years work experience with a significant part of the experience in leading the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide business continuity program. 
· Bachelor’s degree required; business continuity certification strongly preferred
· Strong leadership skills, exceptional work ethic and drive for constant development of self and team
· Strong time management, organization and project management skills, with the capacity to multi-task on several on-going projects
· Ability to lead, coach, mentor and manage multiple work teams simultaneously
· Ability to work under pressure to achieve deadlines
· Exceptional interpersonal skills, ability to deal effectively with people at all levels from different cultures
· Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
  
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 be considered for this opportunity, please submit updated resume and short bio to http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html  and reference Job Order# 2651. For questions contact – Cheyene Marling – cmarling@bcmanagement.com or +1 714-969-8006.

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 DESCRIPTION AND APPLY TO THE JOBS VIA THIS LINK (http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html).  ENTER THE CORRESPONDING JOB NUMBERS BELOW. 

- NEW! Business Continuity Management (BCM) Manager Consultant – FTE, Permanent (Job #2,633) – CA - San Francisco; CA - San Jose; DC - Washington, DC; GA - Atlanta; IL - Chicago; NJ - Florham Park; NY -New York; PA - Philadelphia; TX - Dallas; VA - Reston.  **Successful candidate must have previous expertise working within a Big 5 consulting firm (PWC, KPMG, Accenture, D&T) or large IT consulting firm (IBM, EMC, etc).  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE. 

- NEW! IT/DR Consultant – CONTRACT - 8 weeks (Job #2,640) – Cupertino, CA – Local Candidates Only.**Successful
candidate must have IT/DR technical expertise. WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE. 

- NEW! IT/DR Consultant (Healthcare) - CONTRACT (Multiple Openings) – 10 weeks (Job #2,639) – Southern CA – Local Candidates Only.**Successful candidate must have IT/DR technical expertise and healthcare industry experience.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE. 

- NEW! Business Continuity Preparedness Consultant (Healthcare) – CONTRACT - 6 weeks (Job #2,638) – Southern CA – Local Candidates Only.**Successful candidate must have BCM expertise and healthcare industry experience. WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE. 

- NEW! Business Continuity Preparedness Consultant – CONTRACT - 4 weeks (Job #2,637) – Cupertino, CA – Local Candidates Only.**Successful candidate must have BCM expertise. WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE. 

- NEW! Risk Specialist - Business Continuity – FTE, Permanent (Job #2,636) – New Berlin, NY. WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE. 

- Re-Posted Sr. Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery Analyst – FTE, Permanent (Job #2,631) – El Monte, CA – Local Candidates Only. **Successful candidate must have previous IT/DR & BCM expertise.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE. 

- Business Continuity & Risk Manager – FTE, Permanent (Job #2,620) – CA – Silicon Valley – Local Candidates Only.**Successful candidate must have 5-6 years BCM planning expertise.WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE..

- STILL INTERVIEWING!  Operational Risk Consultant – FTE, Permanent (Job #2,610) – Tulsa, OK – Relocation
Assistance Available.**Successful candidate must have previous Operational Risk Management experience within a banking industry.WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE. 
 

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BC Management, Inc. – Job Order #2636

Position: Risk Specialist – Business Continuity
Industry: Insurance
Location: New Berlin, NY
Compensation: Based on Experience
Status: Fulltime/Permanent 
Reports to: Risk and Assurance Services Department      

Candidate must have work authorization in place to work in the USA.

The purpose of this position is to provide technical level expertise in accomplishing business continuity planning and enterprise risk management for our client company.  This position will also ensure alignment with strategy to guarantee timely and effective response to and recovery from a disaster situation to allow stability of business operations and minimize information loss.  In addition, this role will serve to identify, evaluate, monitor, measure and report on various aspects within the business to aid in mitigating risk.


Qualifications:
Baccalaureate degree.  Master’s degree is preferred.

One professional designation or significant progress towards a designation in the Insurance, Finance, or Risk Management field.

Minimum of five to seven years of diversified professional experience, insurance experience in the property and casualty insurance industry; minimum of three years of experience in evaluating operational and financial reporting controls; or equivalent combination of education, designations and experience.

Strong technical skills including:
- Business and technology acumen
- Ability to meet deadlines during peak productivity periods
- Ability to meet business issues with an entrepreneurial spirit
- Ability to effectively interact with corporate leadership/management 
- Ability to evaluate operational and financial reporting control structures
- Ability to design, document, and test effective business continuity plans
- Superior technical skills including usage of business software applications to document control structures and continuity plans
- Superior technical skills to audit the effectiveness of control structures
- Excellent written and oral communication, listening, negotiating, presenting, time management, budget management, and project management skills
- Awareness of current and emerging technology solutions available to solve business problems


Relationships:
Internal - reports to Vice President of Finance & Risk Management.  Partners with management in meeting organizational goals.

External – may periodically interact with the following:
- Audit and Risk Committee
- Various Auditors
- Various Insurance Departments
- Various Business Partners


Essential Functions & Key Deliverables:
- Serve as a subject matter expert for business continuity planning
- Develop a business recovery plan and create a recovery document including involved staff, areas and interdependencies essential during crisis
- Conduct impact analysis studies to further support or modify plan details to ensure optimal planning and minimal disruptions to business operations
- Partner with management to ensure proper planning and readiness at all times for each area of the business
- Establish and manage the continuity planning cycle for the enterprise
- Document plans for all functions across the organization
- Ensure plans are maintained and updated on a regular basis
- Design testing mechanisms to evaluate the effectiveness of plan
- Conduct training programs to educate staff on their role during a crisis situation
- Coordinate regular testing efforts (both live test and walkthroughs)
- Responsible for documentation and communication of areas for improvement highlighted by testing
- Create an action plan for improvements to the plan to correct any aspects as deemed necessary
- Remain educated and current on regulations and requirements that impact the plan
- Ensure the plan is developed and remains in compliance with all applicable regulations
- Risk mitigation through investigation, analysis, and management of areas identified within the company
- Recommend and formulate guidelines, procedures, and policies surrounding risk existing in various departments
- Other Responsibilities - This position may be engaged in overseeing various other enterprise risk management activities


Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel controls; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 5 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
 

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions


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 be considered for this opportunity, please submit updated resume and short bio to http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html and reference Job Order# 2636. For questions contact – Cheyene Marling – cmarling@bcmanagement.com or +1 714-969-8006.

BC Management, Inc – Job Order# 2633

Position: Business Continuity Management (BCM) Manager – Consultant - Full-time, permanent
Industry: Professional Services
Location: CA - San Francisco; CA - San Jose; DC - Washington, DC; GA - Atlanta; IL - Chicago; NJ - Florham Park; NY -New York; PA - Philadelphia; TX - Dallas; VA - Reston 
Candidates must currently have the proper documentation to work in the USA.
Position status: Full time/Permanent
Salary: DOE and location. Position is bonus eligible.
Travel Requirements: 100% (Monday-Friday)

**Only candidates with previous 3rd party consulting experience (i.e. working with a Big 5 organization (KPMG, Accenture, PWC, D&T, etc) or a technology consulting organization (HP, IBM, EMC, etc)) will be considered.

Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Security Manager:
 
Our client's business continuity / disaster recovery security consultants evaluate businesses to identity opportunities to improve their Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery (BC / DR) posture.  They work side by side with the client to identify and more importantly implement initiatives to improve the client's ability to withstand a business continuity or disaster recovery situation.
 
Our client's practice is searching for experienced business continuity / disaster recovery professionals with experience performing risk assessments, business impact analysis, creating business continuity / disaster recovery plans, and implementing continuity programs, both disaster recovery business and technical controls. 
 
Key responsibilities may include:
·  Demonstrate an understanding of both business and technical controls as related to business continuity / disaster recovery 
·  Demonstrate top-notch project management skills and use current business continuity tools and techniques to enhance the success of deliverables and services for the client 
·  Demonstrate a knowledge of key IT control and risk management standards 
·  Evaluate IT and Business processes for weaknesses concerning Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery strategies
·  Identity opportunities to improve business continuity / disaster recovery business and technical processes 
·  Ability to perform disaster recovery testing
·  Demonstrated experience with risk evaluation, business impact analysis, business continuity strategy development 
·  Develop and implement business continuity, disaster recovery plans, and continuity of operations plan (COOP)
 ·  Develop and implement technology and business process recovery strategies 
·  Ability to interact with other non-technical teams
·  Ability to lead team members in the completion of security deliverables 
·  Ability to interface with client at all levels 
·  100% travel 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 2633.
 
To learn more about the position, please contact Cheyene Marling - BC Management Inc. at cmarling@bcmanagement.com or +1 714-969-8006.

BC Management, Inc. – Job Order #2630

Position: Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) Service Delivery Manager
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Candidate location:  Preferred location is Alpharetta, GA. Candidates may also be located in the SF Bay area or Carrollton TX area. No relocation is provided.
Office: Home based office with travel to company offices as needed.
Compensation: Based on Experience and location
Status: Fulltime/Permanent
Reports to: Service Continuity Office Service Delivery Manager
Candidate must have work authorization in place to work in the USA.

*Client is seeking candidates with significant IT/DR planning expertise (technology) versus business continuity planning. Candidates with 3rd party consulting firm experience highly preferred. Candidate must have work authorization in place to work in the USA.

Program manages delivery of Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) Service level agreements, third party recovery contracts, internal recovery solutions, recovery strategy development and plan documentation, test planning and facilitation for Company BU’s including Pharma, and Company IT. Environment – office environment, computer room environment, travel to client sites, recovery exercises at third party locations, and conferences. Physical Requirements: Lifting up to 30lbs, occasionally; Sitting and talking on telephone 3-5 hours per day; using computer 6 - 8 hours per day.

Resiliency Related Competencies:
Resilience Program Management
• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements based on Service Continuity SLA(s).
• Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities in coordination with local management.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of the project and scope.
• Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client.
• Effectively applies our BC methodology and enforces BCP standards.
• Prepares for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures on a monthly basis with Client(s).
• Minimizes Company exposure and risk for BU client.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately in LDRPS.
• Develop disaster recovery plans
• Perform ongoing maintenance of DR plans
• Conduct disaster recovery exercises
• Maintain vital DR records at an off-site location
• Manage 3rd party hotsite agreement for MPT
• Train and support recovery personnel in testing process
• Identify all major plan components
• Define planning teams, roles and responsibilities
• Track plan development action items
• Assist customers with defining the exercise scope, schedules, strategies, objectives and assumptions
• Coordinate DR exercise development projects
• Develop and maintain exercise project materials such as diagrams, matrices and timelines
• Define exercise teams, roles and responsibilities
• Allocate tasks and responsibilities to BU SME’s
• Track exercise action items, CAPA and Risk Register
• Develop the verification and validation criteria of exercise results
• Prepare and report exercise results including key metrics and recommendations
• Manage post-exercise updates to recovery plan documentation
• Convert and maintain legacy plans within in LDRPS
• Analyze data for errors and omissions
• Track plan maintenance action items
Accounting
• Tracks and reports team hours and expenses on a weekly basis using Projector.
• Manages project budget and allocations.
• Ensures accurate allocations to client(s)

Core Competencies:
Financial Management
• Understands basic revenue models, P/L, and cost-to-completion projections and makes decisions accordingly.
• Understands SCO pricing model and billing procedures.
• Accurately forecasts revenue and utilization.
• Assures project legal documents are completed and signed.
Business Development
• Identifies business development and "add-on" sales opportunities as needed by BU.
• Leads proposal efforts including completing project scoping and submission of BR’s.
• Effectively conveys our message in both written and verbal business development discussions.
Communication
• Facilitates team and client meetings effectively.
• Holds regular status meetings with Client.
• Keeps Client team well informed of changes within the organization and general SCO news.
• Effectively communicates relevant project information to manager.
• Delivers engaging, informative, well-organized presentations.
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
Technical Understanding
• Possesses general understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design.
• Understands Internet, Intranet, Extranet and client/server architectures.
• Possesses a thorough understanding of Company recovery capabilities.
• Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on client engagements. 

Professional Qualities:
Education/Training
• Four year degree in business or computer science highly preferred
• Seven to ten years experience in increasingly responsible DR or BCP project management or BCP consulting for a Service Provider.
Certifications & Memberships
• Maintains a professional certification in BCP through DRII or BCI of CBCP or MBCI level or above.
• Engages with local chapter of ACP or BRMA to further knowledge and contribute to the BCP field
Leadership
• Challenges others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model and mentor.
• Manages the development of client team
• Influences coworkers and client team members to attain goals and pursue excellence.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change .
• Manages the process of innovative change effectively.
• Remains on the forefront of emerging BCP practices.
Teamwork
• Consistently acknowledges and appreciates each client and Company IT team member's contributions.
• Effectively utilizes each client team member to his/her fullest potential.
• Motivates client and Company IT teams to work together in the most efficient manner.
• Keeps track of lessons learned
• Mitigates client and Company IT team conflict and communication problems.
Client Management
• Manages day-to-day client interaction.
• Sets and manages client expectations.
• Develops lasting relationships with client personnel that foster client ties.
• Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
• Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
• Builds a knowledge base of each client's business, organization and objectives. 

Organizational Responsibilities:
Internal Operations
• Suggests areas for improvement in internal Company IT processes along with possible solutions.
• Leads internal Company IT teams/task forces to obtain results for Client(s).
• Reviews the status reports of client and Company IT team members and addresses issues as appropriate.
• Complies with and helps to enforce SCO standard operating policies and procedures.

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 be considered for this opportunity, please submit updated resume and short bio to http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html and reference Job Order# 2630. For questions contact – Alicia Stevens – astevens@bcmanagement.com or +1 562-260-6791

BC Management, Inc. – Job Order #2631

Position: Sr. Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Analyst
Industry: Banking/ Financial
Location: El Monte, CA – Local Candidates
Compensation: $90,000 - $115,000
Status: Fulltime/Permanent 
Report to: Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery Program Manager

Candidate must have work authorization in place to work in the USA.

*Client is seeking candidates with 5+ years of both Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery expertise

Job Description:
• Assist the Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery Program Manager with building the BC/DR program,
using industry best practices for both business continuity and disaster recovery/technology.
•  Facilitates BC/DR risk assessments to evaluate potential threats to business viability and associated risks.
•  Creates and maintains both business continuity and disaster recovery/technology plans.
•  Strives to understand business function/process recovery strategies and critical technology recovery solutions.
•  Conducts business impact analyses to identify time-sensitive business units/processes; can understand analysis and results to create and deliver management reports to key stakeholders.
•  Documents procedures, training materials, and policies, as assigned.
•  Assists in preparation for audit events.
•  Develops and executes OR/technology recovery tests,BC exercises, and tabletop tests.
•  Conducts research, if required.
•  Understands emergency and incident management and can assist in developing strategies for both.
•  Can write professional BC/DR documentation, for audit purposes.

Qualifications/ Experience:
•  Bachelors degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or a business field is a plus.
•  Banking experience a plus.
•  BC-DR Certification is strongly desired (ABCP, CFCP, CBCP, MBCP, CBCI, AMBCI, SBCI,MBCI, and/ or DRCE).
•  A minimum of five years of experience in a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery-related area.
•  Must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal: this will be assessed during the interview process.
•  Demonstrated proficiency in following instructions, problem solving, proof reading, quality assurance, analytical skills, and MS Office (Visio, Word. Excel, Project).
•  Must be able to understand technology to write thorough documentation.
•  Technology/disaster recovery testing experience required.
•  Must be able to demonstrate knowledge in both disaster recovery and business continuity.


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 be considered for this opportunity, please submit updated resume and short bio to http://www.bcmanagement.com/search-jobs.html and reference Job Order# 2631. For questions contact – Cheyene Marling –  cmarling@bcmanagement.comor +1 714-969-8006.

BC Management, Inc. – Job Order #2630

Position: Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) Service Delivery Manager
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Location: Atlanta, GA – May Telecommute
Compensation: Based on Experience
Status: Fulltime/Permanent
Reports to: Service Continuity Office Service Delivery Manager
Candidate must have work authorization in place to work in the USA.

 *Client is seeking candidates with significant IT/DR planning expertise (technology) versus business continuity planning.

Program manages delivery of Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) Service level agreements, third party recovery contracts, internal recovery solutions, recovery strategy development and plan documentation, test planning
and facilitation for Company BU’s including Pharma, and Company IT. Environment – office environment, computer room environment, travel to client sites, recovery exercises at third party locations, and conferences. Physical
Requirements: Lifting up to 30lbs, occasionally; Sitting and talking on telephone 3-5 hours per day; using computer 6 - 8 hours per day.

Resiliency Related Competencies:
Resilience Program Management
• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements based on Service Continuity SLA(s).
• Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities in coordination with local management.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of the project and scope.
• Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client.
• Effectively applies our BC methodology and enforces BCP standards.
• Prepares for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures on a monthly basis with Client(s).
• Minimizes Company exposure and risk for BU client.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately in LDRPS.
• Develop disaster recovery plans
• Perform ongoing maintenance of DR plans
• Conduct disaster recovery exercises
• Maintain vital DR records at an off-site location
• Manage 3rd party hotsite agreement for MPT
• Train and support recovery personnel in testing process
• Identify all major plan components
• Define planning teams, roles and responsibilities
• Track plan development action items
• Assist customers with defining the exercise scope, schedules, strategies, objectives and assumptions
• Coordinate DR exercise development projects
• Develop and maintain exercise project materials such as diagrams, matrices and timelines
• Define exercise teams, roles and responsibilities
• Allocate tasks and responsibilities to BU SME’s
• Track exercise action items, CAPA and Risk Register
• Develop the verification and validation criteria of exercise results
• Prepare and report exercise results including key metrics and recommendations
• Manage post-exercise updates to recovery plan documentation
• Convert and maintain legacy plans within in LDRPS
• Analyze data for errors and omissions
• Track plan maintenance action items
Accounting
• Tracks and reports team hours and expenses on a weekly basis using Projector.
• Manages project budget and allocations.
• Ensures accurate allocations to client(s)

Core Competencies:
Financial Management
• Understands basic revenue models, P/L, and cost-to-completion projections and makes decisions accordingly.
• Understands SCO pricing model and billing procedures.
• Accurately forecasts revenue and utilization.
• Assures project legal documents are completed and signed.
Business Development
• Identifies business development and "add-on" sales opportunities as needed by BU.
• Leads proposal efforts including completing project scoping and submission of BR’s.
• Effectively conveys our message in both written and verbal business development discussions. 
Communication
• Facilitates team and client meetings effectively.
• Holds regular status meetings with Client.
• Keeps Client team well informed of changes within the organization and general SCO news.
• Effectively communicates relevant project information to manager.
• Delivers engaging, informative, well-organized presentations.
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
Technical Understanding
• Possesses general understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design.
• Understands Internet, Intranet, Extranet and client/server architectures.
• Possesses a thorough understanding of Company recovery capabilities.
• Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on client engagements. 

Professional Qualities:
Education/Training
• Four year degree in business or computer science
• Seven to ten years experience in increasingly responsible DR or BCP project management or BCP consulting for a
Service Provider.
Certifications & Memberships
• Maintains a professional certification in BCP through DRII or BCI of CBCP or MBCI level or above.
• Engages with local chapter of ACP or BRMA to further knowledge and contribute to the BCP field
Leadership
• Challenges others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model and mentor.
• Manages the development of client team
• Influences coworkers and client team members to attain goals and pursue excellence.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change .
• Manages the process of innovative change effectively.
• Remains on the forefront of emerging BCP practices.
Teamwork
• Consistently acknowledges and appreciates each client and Company IT team member's contributions.
• Effectively utilizes each client team member to his/her fullest potential.
• Motivates client and Company IT teams to work together in the most efficient manner.
• Keeps track of lessons learned
• Mitigates client and Company IT team conflict and communication problems.
Client Management
• Manages day-to-day client interaction.
• Sets and manages client expectations.
• Develops lasting relationships with client personnel that foster client ties.
• Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
• Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
• Builds a knowledge base of each client's business, organization and objectives. 

Organizational Responsibilities:
Internal Operations
• Suggests areas for improvement in internal Company IT processes along with possible solutions.
• Leads internal Company IT teams/task forces to obtain results for Client(s).
• Reviews the status reports of client and Company IT team members and addresses issues as appropriate.
• Complies with and helps to enforce SCO standard operating policies and procedures.

**To be considered for this opportunity, please submit updated resume and short bio to www.bcmanagement.com and reference Job Order# 2630. For questions contact – Alicia Stevens – astevens@bcmanagement.com or +1 562-260-6791