Director of Enterprise Continuity & Resilience

Nemours; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemours Children's Health seeks a Director of Business Continuity & Resilience to build and lead our enterprise BCM program, ensuring readiness across clinical ops, IT, facilities, security, and supply chain. This high-visibility role will align executive leadership, translate risk into practical strategies, and drive recovery capabilities to protect uninterrupted care.

You will establish governance, run testing programs, and deliver executive dashboards that demonstrate maturity and readiness,

Qualifications

• At least 10 years in business continuity, resilience, crisis management, or related field.
• Experience designing, implementing, and continually improving an enterprise BCM program.
• Strong expertise in business impact analysis, risk assessment, recovery planning, exercises, and executive reporting.
• Ability to lead through influence and build partnerships across clinical, operational, technical, and corporate functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior executives.
• Analytical, organizational, program-management, and decision-making capabilities.
• Healthcare or hospital experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and continuously improve Nemours' enterprise BCM program, including governance, policies, standards, procedures, templates, and lifecycle management.
• Lead enterprise continuity-of-operations framework across units and regions.
• Oversee business impact analyses to identify critical processes, dependencies, recovery requirements, and strategies.
• Ensure continuity plans are current, actionable, and connected to risks and priorities.
• Develop an integrated testing and exercise program validating recovery capabilities.
• Strengthen incident-command readiness through crisis playbooks, tools, training, and exercises.
• Collaborate with IT, Facilities, Security to integrate BCM with DR and facilities recovery.
• Monitor emerging risks and develop effective mitigation strategies.
• Create executive dashboards and performance measures demonstrating maturity and readiness.
• Support regional and site emergency-preparedness teams with guidance and templates.
• Engage with third-party providers during continuity and resilience reviews.
• Build strong relationships with leaders, associates, administrators, and vendors across Nemours.

Skills

Business continuity

Strategic planning

Leadership

Crisis management

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk assessment

Program management

Healthcare experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree (related field)

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Nemours Children's Health seeks a Director of Business Continuity & Resilience to build and lead our enterprise BCM program, ensuring readiness across clinical ops, IT, facilities, security, and supply chain. This high-visibility role will align executive leadership, translate risk into practical strategies, and drive recovery capabilities to protect uninterrupted care.

You will establish governance, run testing programs, and deliver executive dashboards that demonstrate maturity and readiness,