IT Resilience & Disaster Recovery Program Lead

UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

PTO

Paid holidays

On-site childcare

Wage merit increases

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center seeks a Program Manager to design and maintain the IR Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery program. This leader will establish repeatable, auditable processes for IT service continuity and recovery of mission-critical systems, collaborating with IR leadership, security, and university administration.

The role coordinates planning, testing, governance, and improvement activities across the IT organization, ensuring alignment with policy and risk tolerance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required for this leadership role.
• 5 years of progressively responsible experience in IT, business continuity, disaster recovery, risk management, or program management.
• Experience in healthcare, academic medical center, or higher education preferred.
• Certifications such as CBCP, MBCI, ITIL, PMP, CISSP or similar are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain, and improve the IR BCDR program with governance, standards, and documentation.
• Define scope, objectives, and success metrics aligned with risk management.
• Coordinate enterprise-wide BIAs and risk assessments; define RTOs and RPOs.
• Lead DR planning across on-premises, co-location, and cloud environments.
• Coordinate with IR, information security, and business continuity teams for alignment.
• Plan, execute, and evaluate regular disaster recovery tests and drills.
• Track findings and drive corrective actions; share lessons learned.
• Collaborate with vendors and UT System stakeholders to support recovery strategies.

Skills

Program governance

BIA & Risk

DR planning

Cross-functional coordination

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

UT Southwestern Medical Center seeks a Program Manager to design and maintain the IR Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery program. This leader will establish repeatable, auditable processes for IT service continuity and recovery of mission-critical systems, collaborating with IR leadership, security, and university administration.

The role coordinates planning, testing, governance, and improvement activities across the IT organization, ensuring alignment with policy and risk tolerance.