BCM & IT Recovery Expert

Rabobank; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 67,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Thirteenth month

8% holiday allowance

10% Employee Benefit Budget

Development budget €1,400/year

Hybrid working

Job summary

Rabobank is seeking a Senior BCM & IT Recovery Expert to strengthen operational resilience across business and technology domains. You will work with stakeholders to translate continuity requirements into practical outcomes, from leading Business Impact Analysis workshops to coordinating recovery exercises, ensuring preparedness for disruption and rapid recovery.

You will operate across multiple domains, translating complex resilience challenges into actionable improvements and supporting

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Business Continuity Management and IT Recovery.
• Knowledge of and experience with risk management activities.
• Experience within environments with high availability requirements, such as vital sectors or critical infrastructure.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills and ability to work effectively across technology domains.
• Excellent communication skills, service-oriented mindset and a pragmatic, hands-on approach.]

Responsibilities

• Drive Business Continuity Management and IT Recovery activities from planning and execution through continuous improvement and monitoring.
• Facilitate collaboration and alignment across business, technology, security, crisis-management and risk stakeholders to strengthen recovery preparedness and resilience.
• Coach BCM colleagues and support implementation of the Risk and Control Framework and related policies.

Skills

Business Continuity Management

IT Recovery

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Collaborative mindset

Pragmatic approach

Education

Higher professional education or university degree

Job description

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 5,994 and EUR 8,563 (scale 10)for a 36-hour work week.
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

Help strengthen Rabobank's operational resilience by supporting Business Continuity Management and IT Recovery activities across business and technology domains. Contribute to recovery readiness for 9.5 million customers worldwide.

You & Your Function

Strengthen Rabobank's operational resilience as a Senior BCM & IT Recovery Expert by supporting Business Continuity Management and IT Recovery activities across technology domains. Work closely with business, IT, security, crisis-management and risk stakeholders to facilitate resilience initiatives, improve recovery readiness and translate continuity requirements into practical outcomes. From leading Business Impact Analysis workshops to coordinating recovery exercises, you help ensure the bank is prepared for disruption and recovery.

Examples for Practices

• Facilitate Business Impact Analysis workshops with IT stakeholders, identifying resource dependencies and continuity and availability requirements.
• Coordinate the development of business continuity strategies, Business Continuity Plans and IT Recovery Plans across technology domains.
• Translate exercise and testing results into measurable improvement actions that strengthen operational resilience capabilities.

Facts & Figures

• 36 hours per week
• Support Business Continuity Management and IT Recovery activities across multiple technology domains and stakeholder groups
• 9.5 million customers worldwide

Top 3 Responsibilities

• Drive Business Continuity Management and IT Recovery business-as-usual and change activities from planning and execution through continuous improvement and monitoring.
• Facilitate collaboration and alignment across business, technology, security, crisis-management and risk stakeholders to strengthen recovery preparedness and resilience.
• Coach BCM colleagues, increase awareness within the IT domain and support implementation of the Risk and Control Framework and related policies.

You operate across business and technology domains, translating complex resilience and recovery challenges into practical actions while supporting decision-making and implementation of continuity improvements.

Together we achieve more than alone

We believe in the power of differences. It is precisely by combining people's differences that we become an even better bank. We are curious about what you add to our team of BCM4CITO.

Operational resilience is achieved through preparation, collaboration and execution. By bringing people together and helping them move from discussion to delivery, we continuously strengthen the bank's resilience capabilities.

The people of BCM4CITO work across business and technology domains to improve business continuity, recovery preparedness and operational resilience. Collaboration is our approach; as one expert and solution-oriented team within Rabobank, we combine resilience expertise, stakeholder engagement and practical execution to strengthen Rabobank's ability to withstand and recover from disruptions.

Work on yourself and the world around you at the same time

For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That's why we want to invest in you and work together for a better world. We summarise this in one sentence: At Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you at the same time. You'll see this reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid working environment, and a healthy balance between work and home. In this role, you will further develop your expertise in Business Continuity Management and IT Recovery while contributing to the continuity of our banking services.

Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank

At Rabobank, we believe we become stronger through people who complement each other. By embracing our differences, we bring out the best in one another. We seek diversity in areas such as knowledge, skills and experience, but also in gender, background and culture. Across every department, we strive for variety and the freedom to be yourself, whoever you are. That's what diversity and inclusion at Rabobank is all about.

You & Your Talent

• Higher professional or academic working and thinking level.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Business Continuity Management and IT Recovery.
• Knowledge of and experience with risk management activities.
• Experience within environments with high availability requirements, such as vital sectors or critical infrastructure.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills and ability to work effectively across technology domains.
• Excellent communication skills, service-oriented mindset and a pragmatic, hands-on approach.