BCDR Strategy & Resilience Lead

invenergyllc; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Invenergy in Chicago seeks a Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Owner to lead resilience across enterprise, including on-prem, cloud, and OT environments. You will own lifecycle of continuity planning, drive tests, and coordinate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business leadership.

The role requires 5+ years in BC/DR, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to translate risks into actionable plans.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or Operational Resilience.
• Experience developing and maintaining BC/DR Plans.
• Experience facilitating recovery exercises and testing.
• Strong understanding of hybrid environments (cloud, SaaS, on-prem).
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve enterprise BC/DR plans and procedures.
• Conduct BIAs and risk assessments to identify critical business processes, dependencies, recovery objectives, and resiliency requirements.
• Establish and maintain Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), and recovery priorities across business and technology services.
• Coordinate and facilitate business continuity and disaster recovery exercises, tabletop simulations, technical recovery tests, and annual validation activities.
• Work with infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, application, and operational technology teams to ensure recovery capabilities are documented, tested, and aligned to business requirements.
• Develop recovery playbooks and operational procedures for critical technology platforms and business processes.
• Track and manage remediation activities resulting from testing exercises, audits, incidents, and lessons learned.
• Partner with business leaders to ensure continuity strategies are maintained and integrated into operational planning.
• Support enterprise resilience initiatives including crisis management, emergency response, incident response, and operational recovery activities.
• Monitor industry trends, regulatory requirements, and best practices related to business continuity, disaster recovery, cyber resilience, and operational resilience.
• Provide reporting, metrics, and performance dashboards related to recovery readiness, testing outcomes, compliance status, and resiliency maturity.
• Serve as the primary subject matter expert and internal consultant for business continuity and disaster recovery across the organization

Skills

Business Continuity

Disaster Recovery

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Analytical thinking

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business Administration, Emergency Management, Risk Management, or related field

Job description

Invenergy in Chicago seeks a Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Owner to lead resilience across enterprise, including on-prem, cloud, and OT environments. You will own lifecycle of continuity planning, drive tests, and coordinate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business leadership.

The role requires 5+ years in BC/DR, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to translate risks into actionable plans.