Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Process Owner

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 is North America's largest privately held developer, owner, and operator of power infrastructure. With 25 years of trusted execution, we deliver reliable, affordable energy through a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, solar, land-based wind, energy storage, transmission, and domestic manufacturing. Headquartered in Chicago, we develop, own, and operate large scale projects that power communities and support the energy future.

Invenergy follows a hybrid schedule, working in office Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays if work permits.

This position will be open for application for at least 3 calendar days from the posting date. This position will remain open for application based on business need, which may be before or after the 3-day posting window.

Job Description

The Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Owner will be responsible for developing, maintaining, testing, and continuously improving the organization's business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities across corporate, operational, and technology environments. Working within a highly dynamic hybrid infrastructure consisting of on-premises, cloud, SaaS, and operational technology platforms, you will serve as the primary subject matter expert for resilience planning, recovery preparedness, and business continuity governance.

In this role, you will partner closely with cybersecurity, infrastructure, applications, operational technology, business stakeholders, and executive leadership to ensure critical business functions and technology services can withstand and recover from disruptive events. You will own the lifecycle of continuity and recovery planning, facilitate testing exercises, drive corrective actions, and support operational resilience initiatives across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs), and supporting recovery procedures.
• Conduct Business Impact Analyses (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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business Administration, Emergency Management, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or Operational Resilience.
• Experience developing and maintaining Business Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery Plans.
• Experience facilitating recovery exercises, tabletop simulations, and disaster recovery testing.
• Strong understanding of hybrid technology environments including cloud, SaaS, on-premises infrastructure, and business-critical applications.
• Experience working with cross-functional business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, and presentation skills.
• Eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Base Pay

$137,000.00 - $160,000.00 USD Annual

Bonus: 25% - 40%

The base pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for the position. Invenergy considers a number of factors when determining base pay offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education and skills.

In addition to base pay, the total annual compensation package may also include eligibility to participate in our bonus program(s) which are designed to reward individual and compa