Business Continuity & Resilience Lead

NRF United Kingdom; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) and profit-sharing plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP seeks a seasoned Business Continuity Manager to lead the continuity, crisis management, and operational resilience program. You will connect planning with critical IT components, review vendor resiliency, and guide executives through recovery priorities.

In this role you will maintain plans, coordinate exercises, and drive readiness across cloud and SaaS services, ensuring documentation remains accurate and actionable for senior leadership and client commitments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, emergency preparedness, or operational resilience.
• CBCP or comparable certification preferred.
• Ability to operate with credibility and independence in senior-level discussions, influencing stakeholders and driving alignment without direct supervisory authority.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and clear thinking under pressure.
• Familiarity with resilience expectations in regulated or client-sensitive environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Business Continuity Program resources, including planning documents, procedures, contacts, and supporting artifacts.
• Conduct business impact, risk, and dependency analysis to identify continuity gaps and mitigation opportunities.
• Engage senior Firm leaders to map critical functions, IT dependencies, recovery priorities, and continuity risks.
• Develop and maintain business continuity, crisis management, and response plans.
• Assess critical cloud and SaaS services against continuity requirements and document risks.
• Administer the emergency notification platform, train staff, and support alerts during exercises or actual events.
• Plan and document business continuity and disaster recovery exercises for weather, disruption, technology outage, pandemic, or similar scenarios.
• Preserve continuity of knowledge through handoff documentation and lessons learned.
• Incorporate client expectations, regulatory considerations, and industry practices into continuity planning.

Skills

BCP experience

CBCP certification

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Education

No formal degree requirement

Job description

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP seeks a seasoned Business Continuity Manager to lead the continuity, crisis management, and operational resilience program. You will connect planning with critical IT components, review vendor resiliency, and guide executives through recovery priorities.

In this role you will maintain plans, coordinate exercises, and drive readiness across cloud and SaaS services, ensuring documentation remains accurate and actionable for senior leadership and client commitments.