Operational Resilience Specialist

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

SmartRecruiters, Inc. seeks an expert in Business Continuity Management to strengthen End-to-End resilience across its global entities. You will guide the implementation of BCM and DORA-aligned processes, review BCPs, and drive improvements in testing and documentation.

The role focuses on governance, data quality, and delivering auditable outputs for senior leadership, with emphasis on practical enhancement of organizational resilience.

Formación

• Expertise in BCM principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Expertise in Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) requirements.
• Experience in Business Impact Analysis, risk assessments, recovery strategies, BCPs, testing programs.
• Experience with Riskonnect is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Review entities' BCM deliverables for alignment with End-to-End Business Resilience methodology.
• Guide implementation of End-to-End Business Resilience methodology across organization.
• Support DORA actions including CIF definitions and critical functions updates.
• Review data quality in Operational Resilience tool and DORA information registers.
• Update and unify BCM guidelines with resilience framework; enhance testing approaches.
• Ensure timely, auditable outputs for senior stakeholders.
• Provide actionable improvement recommendations for BCP quality across entities.

Conocimientos

BCM principles

DORA requirements

BIA

Risk assessments

Recovery strategies

BCP development

Exercising & testing

Riskonnect (plus)

Educación

Bachelor's degree in business continuity or related field

Herramientas

Riskonnect

Descripción del empleo

The mission will consist to support Business Continuity Management team, covering project activities and Business As Usual operations. The objective is to review, guide, and enhance resilience-related activities across the organization’s entities, with a specific focus on project End-to-End Business Resilience, Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) related activities, and the simplification and alignment of Business Continuity Management (BCM) frameworks.

Scope of Services (but not limited to):

• Review deliverables produced by the organization’s entities to validate alignment with the End-to-End Business Resilience methodology and quality expectations.
• Provide guidance to entities on the implementation of the End-to-End Business Resilience methodology.
• Support DORA-related actions, including the check and challenge of Critical Important Functions and the update of definitions for Critical Important Functions.
• Review the quality of data populated in the Operational Resilience tool for the DORA Register of Information.
• Simplification and updates of Business Continuity frameworks: update and unify BCM guidelines with the End-to-End Business Resilience guideline; incorporate new BCM controls within the guidelines; uplift BCM testing and approach to other Group Operational Resilience practices.
• Review the quality of entities BCPs and provide actionable improvement recommendations.
• Ensure deliverables are produced in a timely, auditable manner and that outputs are suitable for senior stakeholder review.

Service Deliverables (but not limited to):

• Validated review packages for entities’ End-to-End Business Resilience deliverables
• Updated and unified BCM guidelines aligned with the Business Resilience guidelines, including incorporated BCM controls.
• An enhanced BCM testing approach aligned with Group Operational Resilience practices, with supporting documentation.
• CIF definitions updated and supporting evidence for DORA-related actions.
• Data quality assessment reports for the Operational Resilience tool and DORA Register of Information.
• Consolidated recommendations and implementation steps to improve BCP quality across entities.

Qualifications

Expertise:

• Expertise in BCM principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Expertise in Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) requirements.
• Expertise in conducting/defining Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Risk Assessments, Recovery Strategies, Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), Exercising and Testing Programs.
• Expertise with Riskonnect is a plus.

Service Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Business Continuity Management.