Senior Business Continuity Analyst

VSP Vision Care; United States; Remote; USD 84,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading vision care health insurance company seeks a Senior Business Continuity Analyst to spearhead the development and implementation of their business continuity plans. This essential role ensures the company maintains operational resilience against disruptions while leading enterprise-wide event exercises and training programs. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and have substantial experience totaling 6+ years in business continuity management.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant BCM experience.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in BCP documentation.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective internal and external client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of business continuity framework and crisis management.
• Oversee the development and testing of business continuity plans.
• Create KPIs and dashboards to report on business continuity status.

Skills

Business Impact Analysis

Incident Management

Business Continuity Planning

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or equivalent

Job description

The Senior Business Continuity Analyst leads the design, development, maintenance and implementation of business continuity framework, business impact analyses, recovery strategy development, crisis management, emergency management, contingency planning and business continuity awareness. Support implementation of the Disaster Recovery program (GTS).

Collaborate with senior management in all lines of business (LOBs) to coordinate business continuity governance activities

Lead the development and facilitation of enterprise-wide event exercises, continuity software training, relationship management with external vendors, and development of corporate policy, standards and guidelines

Lead the design, testing and follow up reviews of the BCP framework. Conduct, communicate, and maintain business continuity lifecycle planning and business impact analysis; identifies and quantifies the potential impact of various disruptions and disaster scenarios

Oversee the development, maintenance and testing of business continuity plans; work closely with the project sponsors and steering committee and direct and coordinate the activities of the BCP divisional team members; provides guidance to users on plan development, detail, testing, and execution to ensure all business units have up-to-date, tested, and effective business continuity plans

Identify State and Federal regulations as they impact the company’s Business Continuity strategies; establish and maintain program processes and practices which effectively ensure that the enterprise program remains current and incorporates/aligns with industry standards and practices as appropriate, and adequately covers general regulatory requirements.

Act as primary contact for business continuity related questions from both internal and external customers

Support and/or lead processes that support BCM governance requirements as part of the enterprise operational risk framework (as assigned)

Monitor the overall business continuity infrastructure and report performance to management; develop KPIs and dashboards for reporting purposes. Articulate business continuity maturity model and roadmap for continuous improvement

Create KPIs and dashboards to report the business continuity status of business units to senior management on the overall status of the business continuity maturity model and roadmap to management

Collaborate with GTS as the BCP subject–matter-expert (SME) in the development, assessment, design and testing of the Disaster Recovery Program

Lead the development and delivery of BCP training and awareness program

Job Specifications

Typically has the following skills or abilities:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or equivalent, or equivalent experience

Minimum of 6 years of relevant BCM experience

Demonstrated technical expertise in BCP documentation, including Business Impact Analysis, Incident Management and Business Continuity Planning

Knowledge of current Business Continuity processes, risks, controls, and governance

Strong project management skills and experience in creating and managing project plans, including budgeting and resource allocation

Demonstrated written, verbal, analytical, research, customer service, and interpersonal skills

Ability to establish and maintain effective internal and external client relationships at all organizational levels

Ability to regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment in the performance of his/her job duties

Travel: 10 -20% or as needed

Preferred Skills:

• Experience mapping and documenting critical business processes, dependencies, and continuity strategies across complex organizations.
• Strong analytical skills in assessing business impacts, determining recovery priorities, and establishing appropriate Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
• Demonstrated ability to analyze operational data (e.g., production volumes, software usage, transaction flows) to assess process criticality and inform continuity planning.
• Strong collaboration skills for working cross-functionally with operational, risk, and IT teams to develop and implement continuity and recovery strategies.
• Experience in identifying and documenting interdependencies between critical processes, applications, infrastructure, and third-party vendors.

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Compensation range for the role is listed below. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses and commissions. For more information regarding VSP Vision benefits, please click here .

Salary Ranges: $84,000.00 - $141,750.00

VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status . We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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About the company

VSP Vision Care is a vision care health insurance company operating in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

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