VP - Business Resiliency & Risk

About the Role:

As the Vice President of Business Resiliency & Risk, you will lead the design and execution of the company's comprehensive enterprise business continuity management program, including advancing the strategic vision for the program, working collaboratively with cross-functional partners. As a member of the Enterprise Risk Management & Resiliency department's leadership team, you will also help drive our ongoing maturation of the enterprise risk management framework, aligning risk and resiliency.

Your proven leadership will drive the direction and build an effective collaborative environment for the program, ensuring the organization's business continuity management framework and related components align with regulatory requirements, industry-standard methodologies, and the ERM framework.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and define the business continuity management program and advise appropriate committees and senior leaders on the organization's resiliency efforts.
• Lead the enterprise crisis management program, including by leading the execution of enterprise crisis management plans in coordination with domain-specific leaders (including Technology, Cybersecurity, Workplace/People, Communications, Law), maintaining enterprise policies, and coordinating crisis management exercises with relevant teams and establishing effective cross-functional relationships.
• Collaborate closely with the technology organization, including disaster recovery and cyber security teams to ensure risks are identified and considered in the development and execution of strategic priorities.
• Develop and maintain an enterprise-wide risk-based framework to identify, assess and mitigate a broad range of threats before they disrupt business operations.
• Guide development of and facilitate adherence to the organization's business continuity and resilience risk appetite and tolerances.
• Establish KRIs and implement effective monitoring of performance relative to goals and reporting to senior management and the Board, including plans to address gaps.
• Guide enterprise understanding of the relationship between risk and resilience and support the ongoing maturation of the ERM framework, including by coordinating with enterprise risk partners.
• Integrate and maintain strong collaboration, partnership, and influence with Technology / Disaster Recovery, Safety & Security, Information & Cyber Security, Privacy, HR, Law, Facilities Management, and other enterprise partners.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and collaborate with regulators regarding the resiliency programs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in business or a related field is required.
• Minimum 10 years of dynamically responsible enterprise resiliency and people leadership experience within a large (Fortune 100) company.
• Expert, innovative knowledge of enterprise-level Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, and corporate Disaster Recovery programs.
• Strong working knowledge of BCP and DR within Technology and Cyber Operations, with an established track record of effective partnership with Technology and Cyber teams.
• Solid understanding and experience with enterprise risk management and non-financial risk management, integrating the Business Continuity program and organizational resiliency within the broader enterprise framework.
• Develop, build, mentor, empower, engage, and lead outstanding enterprise resiliency program team.
• Strong track record to develop and complete critical initiatives that align with corporate vision.
• Proven track record to lead large-scale cross-functional teams and projects and influence without formal authority.
• Strong communication, negotiation, administrative and leadership skills with all levels of management and across all product lines, entities, and the field in a matrixed environment.
• Strong problem solving and strategic, critical thinking skills.
• CBCP and CISSP credentials preferred.

Compensation Range:

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• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
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