​The Business Continuity profession has and will continue to evolve. With the convergence of risk management, security, and cyber security, it’s important to understand the current trends and the potential impact to the visibility of your program and your career growth. During this session we’ll assess data trends going back 10 years. How are these trends impacting the visibility of Business Continuity and what steps should you take to better position your future career and marketability?

Sunday, February 26th at 10:30 am 
Golden Nugget Casino Hotel
Las Vegas, NV

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BC Management, Inc. JO# 2893

Position: Business Continuity Contract Consultant
Status: Contract, Temporary Need
Start date: Targeting a start date of May 2017
Estimated timeframe: 12 months
Location: Hong Kong – Local Candidates Only
Salary: Open

* Candidates must live in Hong Kong and speak Cantonese and English

Role:
A BC Management Consulting Partner is seeking a qualified Business Continuity Contract Consultant to assist their client with a 12-month contract engagement in Hong Kong.  Candidate may work virtually from their home office or in Sheung Wan.  This engagement will involve minimal travel to Guangdong Province.

Qualifications:

• Previous Business Continuity Planning expertise.
• Candidates must have obtained a certification in business continuity planning.

To apply to this position please submit updated resume and short bio to http://portal.bcmanagement.com/#/jobs/2893

If you experience any issues applying or would like to learn more about this position, please contact Cheyene Marling - BC Management Inc. at cmarling@bcmanagement.com or +1 714-969-8006.

BC Management, Inc. JO# 2872

POSITION:                 Director Resiliency and Recovery Governance         
LOCATION:                Plano, TX or McLean, VA
INDUSTRY:                Financial services
STATUS:                    Full-time, Permanent/Direct hire
REPORTS TO:           Senior Director, Tech Resiliency and Recoverability
SALARY:                    Depend on experience and location. Competitive package.
RELOCATION:           Relocation package offered within the United States.
TRAVEL:                    20%


* Candidates must have authorization in place to work in the USA.
* Offer will be contingent on passing a background check.
* Candidates must have 5+ years expertise in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Risk coupled with a Bachelor’s Degree, industry Certification and previous experience planning for a large, global enterprise organization.


Our client's Resiliency and Recovery team is hiring! The end goal for the Resiliency and Recovery Practice (R&R) is to make our client a Technology leader in delivering ‘always on’ applications that support the best customer experience possible. To this end, the R&R team was established to create a Destination State vision and work across the enterprise to implement that vision. We are looking for a Director who can identify resiliency opportunities, evangelize the Destination State vision with clarity, lead cross functional teams to strengthen our posture, and prioritize efforts to achieve our Destination State goal.


Responsibilities and Competencies:

• Development and ownership of resiliency standards and validation
• Develop partnerships with Business risk offices and technology partners
• Work with Enterprise Risk Offices to respond to audit and regulatory matters
• Lead Enterprise Resiliency Steering Committee
• Development of metrics and management of resiliency investment funds
• Evangelize Resiliency and recovery Industry best practices based on ITIL and ISO standards
• Proactively identify and manage the residual risk within Capital One’s technology environment.
• Input and Oversight for the implementation and management of Capital One’s Resiliency and Recovery strategy and governance program in alignment with organizational goals
• Deliver thought leadership around the development of resiliency patterns and architectures and recovery program development and management
• Technical aptitude with an ability to quickly come up to speed on Capital One’s infrastructure and application environments
• Evangelize and drive the adoption of new technologies and approaches in pursuit of improved resiliency
• Educates key stakeholders on resiliency and disaster recovery best practices
• Assist in performing resiliency risk assessments and development of mature risk assessment.
• Knowledge of complex multi-datacenter architectures
• Knowledge of highly resilient public and hybrid cloud architectures

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or Mathematics.
• Military experience a plus.
• At least 5 years of experience in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, or Risk Management Disciplines
• At least 5 years of experience in infrastructure
• At least 5 years of experience in software delivery
• At least 5 years of experience in Information Technology
• At least 5 years of experience in People Management
• At least 2 years of experience in Strategy Development
• At least 2 years of experience in Program Management
• At least 2 years of experience working in an Agile environment
• At least 2 years of experience presenting across all levels of the enterprise, from technical to executive levels

Preferred Qualification:

• Master’s Degree in Information Technology
• DRI or BCI Certification (CBCP, MBCP, FBCI or MBCI)
• ITIL or ISO Certification

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 submit updated resume and short bio to http://portal.bcmanagement.com/#/jobs/2872
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If you experience any issues or would like to learn more about the position, please contact Alicia Stevens - BC Management Inc.  astevens@bcmanagement.com or +1 562-260-6791.

BC Management, Inc. Job Order #2888

Position: IT Disaster Recovery Advisory Consultant
Status: Direct-Hire, Permanent
Industry: Professional Consulting BC/DR
Location: Cleveland, OH (Preferred) Relocation Assistance Provided.  (Qualified candidates located in the following metro areas will also be considered; California, New York, Philadelphia, Illinois)
Salary: Competitive Compensation (Base, Bonus & Excellent Benefits)
Travel: 30%
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* 3-5+ years IT/DR Consulting expertise within a dedicated BC/DR consulting services organization coupled with an undergraduate degree.
* Candidates must have authorization in place to work in the USA.
* Offer will be contingent on passing a background check.


A leading boutique consulting client of BC Management’s is looking to add an IT/DR Consultant to their growing team. All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and will hold a minimum requirement of 3-5 years IT/DR consulting experience within a dedicated external practice and an undergraduate degree. Industry certifications are preferred but not required.


Job Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of consulting projects focused on creating next generation recovery sites for critical technology. 
• Acts as a technology subject matter expert for Information Technology Disaster Recovery projects, interfacing with clients and leading projects through completion; maintains knowledge of new technologies.

• Develop, coordinate and maintain comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plans for clients to recover in the event of an unforeseen disruption.
• Establish testing methodologies; plan and coordinate testing of recovery support and business resumption procedures of different functional areas.   Assures that recovery procedure are effective for the restoration of key  client resources and the resumption of critical business processes.
• Performs a risk analysis to identify points of vulnerability to assess clients resilience to withstand disruption and recommends disaster avoidance and mitigation strategies.
• Assists clients incident response team members during a disaster in the implementation of response and alternate operating strategies.  Acts as a resource during an emergency. 

Qualifications

• 3-5 Years experience working in an external consulting or sales engineering environment.
• Knowledgeable of software architecture, hardware specifications, network topography, operating systems, cloud-based infrastructure and web applications.
• Analytical & Strategic Thinking, qualitative insightfulness, understands and considers the  strategic context of issues, ability to evaluate several options availability and employ data-based decision making.  Very adaptable, deals well with ambiguity, quick thinker who questions assumptions.
• The initiative, Drive & Creative Problem Solving, results orientation, ability to leverage diverse experience to drive results, can do attitude, resourcefulness.  Can prepare action plans to drive projects to closure and focus on high priority items. 
• Collaboration & Teamwork, aligning people to a common goal, ability to maintain productive relationships .  Ability to go to the client to discuss strategy and suggest alternatives courses of action where appropriate.
• Communication Skills, ability to share information clearly and consistently in both verbal and written format.  Active listener with the ability to translate customer needs and respond to relevant information and effective presentations. 
• Strong presentation skills, ability to control the event and maintain composure under pressure.  Articulate, confident, and professional. Ability to present information in a professional, polished manner, with a logical flow and ability to be persuasive. 
• Ability to recover and learn from mistakes, not afraid to fail. 
• Willingness to travel both domestically and abroad, up to 40%. 
• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Management or Computer Science is preferred.

Our clients benefits:
Our main benefit is working in a place you can believe in.  Our formula for achieving this is simple:

• Hire passionate people
• Be transparent (we share nearly everything about our business)
• Involve everyone in decisions that affect them (we have a unique process to effectively do this)

We are proud to be one of the top places to work in Cleveland.   We’ve created an inviting work environment that fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation, and enjoyment.  Some of the things our employees enjoy include:

• Competitive wages

• Generous benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Paid Paternity & Maternity leave, Short Term & Long Term Disability, Tuition Reimbursement and 401(k).
• Sustainable work life balance
• Very generous paid time off program

We are looking for smart, highly skilled, passionate people to help us do something daring, difficult and incredibly rewarding.  If you’re ready to learn, be inspired, solve problems, grow professionally and unleash your talents, apply today. 
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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 submit updated resume and short bio to http://portal.bcmanagement.com/#/jobs/2888.


If you experience any difficulty applying or would like additional information, please contact Alicia Stevens - BC Management Inc. at astevens@bcmanagement.com  or +1 562-260-6791
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· Only study participants will receive a complimentary copy of the study findings.
· BC Management has been conducting BCM data metrics research/ assessments since 2001.
· The response is immense, driven by the value the results provide. 
· The scope is world-wide, due to our extensive contacts and partnerships. 
· The company is independent, as we are a neutral party on the results. 
· Available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese and Japanese. 
· Completely confidential. Contact information is NOT required. Your company/personal information is never shared. ​

​Seeking Candidates for the following jobs below.  PLEASE REVIEW THE COMPLETE JOB DESCRIPTION AND APPLY TO THE JOBS VIA THIS LINK - http://portal.bcmanagement.com/#/jobs.
 

• JOB POSTED 2/7/2017 (previously on hold) AVP Crisis Management, Global Corporate Security, Global Technology & Operations - Senior Global Management Role – FTE, Permanent (Job #2891) – New York, NY - Local Candidates  **Candidates must have proven hands on dedicated expertise managing a global crisis management program within a large corporate environment.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   SUBMITTING CANDIDATES
  
  
• NEW JOB POSTED 1/30/2017 Lead Program Manager - Efforts on BC Acquisition Work – Contract (Job #2890) – Dallas, TX - Local Candidates Only  **Candidates must have proven hands on project management expertise as it pertains to migration and integration of applications with a mergers/ acquisitions focus.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   CANDIDATES INTERVIEWING
  
  
• NEW JOB POSTED 1/25/2017 Business Continuity Contract Consultant – Contract (Job #2889) – Sacramento, CA - Local Candidates Only  **Candidates must have previous expertise with BIA, program assessment work.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   SUBMITTING CANDIDATES
  
  
• NEW JOB POSTED 1/24/2017 IT Disaster Recovery Consultant – FTE, Permanent (Job #2888) – Cleveland, OH - Relocation Assistance Provided  **Candidates must have an undergraduate degree coupled with 3-5 years IT/DR consulting expertise with a professional services consulting practice.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   SUBMITTING CANDIDATES
  
  
• JOB POSTED 12/12/2016 Business Continuity Technical Writer – Contract (Job #2887) – Scottsdale, AZ - Local Candidates Only  **Candidates must have dedicated expertise in technical writing for business continuity planning efforts.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   OFFER PENDING
  
  
• JOB POSTED 12/7/2016 Sr. Continuous Improvement Specialist – FTE, Permanent (Job #2886) – Fort Worth, TX - No Relocation Assistance Provided  **Candidates must have 7+ years expertise in a Continuous Improvement role coupled with LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt certifications.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   CANDIDATES INTERVIEWING 
  
  
• IMMEDIATE NEED!  JOB RE-POSTED 12/5/2016 Sr. Manager, Business Continuity (Global) – FTE, Permanent (Job #568) – Redwood City, CA or Denver, CO - No Relocation Assistance Provided  **Candidates must have 6+ years expertise managing a BC program for a global organization.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   CANDIDATES INTERVIEWING 
  
  
• JOB POSTED 12/4/2016 Implementation Director – FTE, Permanent (Job #2883) – Fairfield, NJ - Local Candidates  **Candidates must have implementation experience with a business continuity, resilience, governance, risk and/or compliance solution provider - preference with LDRPS, Archer or MetricStream.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   SUBMITTING CANDIDATES
  
  
• JOB POSTED 12/4/2016 Senior Enterprise Account Executive – FTE, Permanent (Job #2881) – USA - Candidates may be based anywhere in the USA  **Candidates must have proven business development expertise coupled with knowledge of governance, risk or compliance solutions and previous experience selling SaaS and Enterprise Software.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   SUBMITTING CANDIDATES
  
  
• JOB POSTED 10/13/2016 Director Resiliency & Recovery Governance – FTE, Permanent (Job #2,872) – Plano, TX or McLean, VA - Relocation Assistance Provided  **Candidates must have 5+ years expertise in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Risk coupled with a Bachelor's Degree, industry certification and previous experience planning for a large, global enterprise organization.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   FINAL ROUND INTERVIEWS - OFFER PENDING
  
  
• JOB POSTED 8/19/2016 Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Manager – FTE, Permanent (Job #2,865) – Sandy, UT - Local Candidates will Receive Preference.   **Candidates must 5+ years BC/DR expertise.  WORK AUTHORIZATION MUST BE IN PLACE.   OFFER PENDING
  
  
• JOB REPOSTED 11/1/2016 Workplace Recovery Solution Sales Lead  – Contract/ Contract-to-Hire (Job #2,853) – France - Local Candidates Only.   **Candidates must have exceptional business development expertise coupled with knowledge of the business continuity profession.   SUBMITTING CANDIDATES
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• JOB REPOSTED 11/1/2016 Workplace Recovery Solution Sales Lead  – Contract/ Contract-to-Hire (Job #2,850) – China or Hong Kong - Local Candidates Only.   **Candidates must have exceptional business development expertise coupled with knowledge of the business continuity profession.   CANDIDATES INTERVIEWING

​BC Management, Inc. Job Order #2891

Position: AVP Crisis Management, Global Corporate Security, Global Technology & Operations – Senior Global Management Role
Status: Full-time, Permanent/ Direct Hire
Location: New York, NY – Candidates must be local
Salary: Based on Experience

* Candidates must have authorization in place to work in the USA.
* Offer will be contingent on passing a background check.
* Candidates must have 10+ years or relevant, dedicated Crisis Management expertise within a large global corporate environment, proven leadership skills managing a global program and a Bachelor Degree.
LOB/ Global Function: Global Corporate Security

As an integral part of the larger Global Technology & Operations organization, Global Corporate Security (GS) provides integrated security and operational risk management services across several functional areas including Security Operations, Crisis Management, Executive Protection & Event Security, Intelligence & Risk Assessment, and Security Systems and Applications.

Along with the rest of Global Technology and Operations (GTO), GS has adopted a strategic-control model across three geographic regions to ensure consistent execution of global security operations, policies, and procedures protecting associates, sites, technology and operations. GS focuses on being proactive - assessing risk, executing appropriate prevention and preparedness measures, and leading the development of planned response to potential disruptions.

THE ROLE: The Assistant Vice President for Global Crisis Management will lead the Crisis Management function at COMPANY, including the Crisis Management Lead for the Americas. The role will be responsible for the continued coordination, implementation and maintenance of the Global Crisis Management program, associated metrics and all aspects of related technology, training and program development.

Key Relationships: 
Reports to: SVP Global Corporate Security
Direct Reports: 1
Other Key Stakeholders: Senior Vice President, IT Risk and Security; Assistant Vice President, Business Continuity; GS Regional Vice Presidents
Location: New York, NY

Key Responsibilities: 
The Global Technology & Operations area within COMPANY is seeking a New York metro-based crisis management expert with at least 10 years of relevant experience to lead the Crisis Management function at COMPANY. He or she will report to the Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Security and Chief Security Officer.

Responsibilities
•             Improves and maintains the global framework for crisis management. Builds and maintains crisis and incident management strategies and executable plans.
•             Develops and maintains crisis communications protocols and channels including COMPANY’s mass notification tool and Crisis Management intranet site, among others.
•             Develops exercise scenarios, training materials and drives crisis preparedness and response awareness content for all employees.
•             Supports regional security teams during responses to major crises, and coordinates necessary corporate response while informing or engaging the enterprise-level senior management team, as appropriate.
•             Coordinates with COMPANY’s business continuity, disaster recovery and intelligence teams in proactively assessing risk to prepare for and respond to crises.
•             Regularly conducts risk assessment of potential crises, identifies significant security and business issues and recommends and executes refinements to COMPANY’s approach.
•             Communicates regularly on the efficiency and effectiveness of crisis management to senior leadership and other stakeholders

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS:
Business Knowledge/Technical Skills: 
•             At least 10 years of relevant experience in developing and operationalizing a global crisis / incident management program in regulated industries.
•             Strong record of leadership and achievement in global crisis management with proven track record articulating a compelling strategy, developing plans, conducting training & testing, and executing crisis response.
•             Comprehensive knowledge of crisis management processes and technology, including integration of operations / command centers and related technology and applications into crisis management preparedness and response.
•             Proven excellent project management and supervisory skills.
•             Ability to work in a matrix environment and effectively manage through influence.
•             Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
•             Bachelor’s degree required.  Advanced degree preferred.
•             Multilingual capabilities a plus.
•             CBCP or related certification desired.

Leadership Competencies: 
•             Thinks Strategically - Sets direction aligned to the company’s strategy, applying external and global perspective to meet local and global needs.
•             Motivates People - Gains people commitment to achieve business objectives through clear communication of the company’s vision and flexing leadership styles to inspire high performance.
•             Creates Partnerships - Authentically builds trusted relationships and collaborates across global, diverse and multi-functional teams to successfully drive business objectives.
•             Grows Talent - Inclusively and pro-actively develops talent, empowers individuals and manages diverse teams to drive engagement and performance.
•             Drives Results - Sets aggressive goals and is accountable for continuously driving improved performance, leading change and ensuring high standards.
 
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.

Apply to this job - http://portal.bcmanagement.com/#/jobs/2891
 
If you experience any issues applying or to learn more about the position, please contact Cheyene Marling - BC Management Inc. at cmarling@bcmanagement.com or +1 714-969-8006.
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BC Management is pleased to publish our BCM Industry Benchmarking Report exclusively for Financial organizations with $10B+ in gross revenues.

Some interesting findings include:
- Risk Management is the preferred BC program department owner.
- A majority noted the Chief Risk Officer as the BCM program sponsor.
- 31% indicated a program budget in excess of $3M.
- A majority noted yes to managing program personnel with the number of personnel under their direction ranging from 1 to 17.
- 29% plan on hiring additional program personnel in 2017.
- Six top credentials that lead to the best hire include: communication skills (written and verbal), program management experience, years of experience, wide array of discipline expertise (business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery, risk management, etc), culture fit to organization and presentation skills.
- 14% are planning on consulting initiatives in 2017.

​Data collected between November 3, 2016 - January 23, 2017.
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Contact a BC Management Representative for further inquiries.
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