Manager, Business Continuity

nrf; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) & Profit Sharing

Paid time off

Fertility benefits

Commuter benefits

Student loan assistance

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP in Austin seeks a Senior Business Continuity Manager to lead our continuity, crisis management, and resilience program. You will maintain BC plans, run exercises, and coordinate with senior leaders to align continuity with critical processes and IT components.

You bring 10+ years in BC/DR, strong analytical skills, and a CBCP or comparable certification is preferred. The role offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities to advance in a global law firm.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, emergency preparedness, or operational resilience.
• Experience developing and exercising continuity plans and crisis plans.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment without direct supervisory authority.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Business Continuity Program resources, including planning documents and contacts.
• Conduct business impact, risk, and dependency analysis to identify gaps and mitigations.
• Engage senior leaders to map critical functions, IT dependencies, and recovery priorities.
• Develop and update continuity and disaster recovery plans; ensure documentation is actionable.
• Assess cloud and SaaS readiness against continuity requirements and vendor commitments.
• Administer emergency notification platform and train staff for drills and events.
• Plan and document exercises for weather events, outages, pandemics, or other scenarios.
• Incorporate regulatory considerations and client expectations into continuity planning.

Skills

Business continuity

Disaster recovery

Emergency preparedness

Operational resilience

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Education

CBCP certification

Job description

At Norton Rose Fulbright, people thrive because of a shared commitment to quality, unity and integrity. The highly regarded law firm consistently receives recognition from Great Place to Work and Top Workplaces, two companies that specialize in assessing organizational culture. Teams collaborate across regions, value new ideas and deliver meaningful client solutions, supported by a culture that embraces ambition, development and shared success. With more than 3,000 lawyers and 3,000 business services professionals working together across 50 offices worldwide, this global law firm provides a full range of legal services to leading corporations and financial institutions operating in key markets and sectors.

The Business Continuity Manager supports the Firm's business continuity, crisis management, and operational resilience program. It maintains business continuity plans, emergency notification capabilities, and program documentation. This role reports to the Director, IT Infrastructure Services and works directly with Firm Leadership, Chiefs, Directors, and senior functional stakeholders to connect Business Continuity planning with critical business processes and supporting IT components.

The position works to reduce continuity risk and improve readiness through exercises, lessons learned, and industry practices.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Maintain Business Continuity Program resources, including planning documents, procedures, contacts, and supporting artifacts.
• Conduct business impact, risk, and dependency analysis to identify continuity gaps, hidden assumptions, and mitigation opportunities.
• Engage senior Firm leaders, Chiefs, Directors, and key functional stakeholders to map critical functions, IT dependencies, recovery priorities, and continuity risks.
• Develop, update, and maintain business continuity, crisis management, and response plan so documentation remains accurate and actionable.
• Assess critical cloud and SaaS services against business continuity requirements, documenting recovery assumptions, vendor service commitments, resiliency capabilities, and associated continuity risks.
• Administer the emergency notification platform, maintain user data, train staff, and support alerts during exercises or actual events.
• Plan, facilitate, and document business continuity and disaster recovery exercises for weather, office disruption, technology outage, pandemic, or similar scenarios.
• Preserve continuity of knowledge through clear handoff documentation, lessons learned, and repeatable processes for critical program activities.
• Incorporate applicable client expectations, regulatory considerations, and industry practices into continuity planning recommendations.
• Coordinate remediation tracking and stakeholder communications to strengthen program readiness and continuous improvement.

Other duties

Please note this job description does not cover or contain all activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the colleague for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications and job-related skills:

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, emergency preparedness, or operational resilience.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and exercising continuity plans, crisis plans, emergency notifications, and supporting documentation.
• Demonstrated 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, sound judgment, and clear thinking under pressure.
• Familiarity with resilience expectations in regulated or client-sensitive environments.
• DRII Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or comparable certification preferred.

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is committed to providing employees with a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports you, your health, and your family.

Benefits

• Benefit packages include access to three medical insurance plans, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance.
• Employees can also access pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Norton Rose Fulbright helps provide financial security by allowing employees to participate in a 401(k) savings plan and profit-sharing plans if eligible.
• Full- time employees are eligible to access fertility benefits designed to support fertility and family-forming journeys.
• Employees may also access commuter benefits where applicable and student loan assistance refinancing options.
• In addition to the Firm's health and welfare benefits above, we offer a competitive paid time off plan, which provides a minimum of 20 days off based on your role and tenure with the firm. The firm offers a generous paid maternity leave and paid paternity leave (parental l