Senior Business Continuity & Resilience Lead

Stand8 Technology Consulting; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage + HSA

Dental/Vision/Ancillary coverages

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

ADP discount programs

Job summary

Stand8 provides end-to-end IT solutions across the United States with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, and more. We are seeking a Senior Resilience Professional to Lead business continuity and disaster recovery initiatives, perform risk assessments, and coordinate exercises with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 6+ years of experience in resiliency programs, strong communication, and a track record of driving enterprise-wide risk reduction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Risk Management, Emergency Management, or related field.
• Six+ years developing resiliency frameworks, large-scale exercises, or disaster recovery strategies.
• Six+ years in business process improvement and business impact analysis.
• Ability to integrate recovery requirements into enterprise operations.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to explain risk to non-technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate business impact analyses across units to identify critical functions and dependencies.
• Design, document, maintain, and improve business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Align continuity strategies with infrastructure resilience, cybersecurity, and standards.
• Conduct risk assessments to identify mission-critical systems and vendor risks.
• Develop recommendations and execution plans to reduce enterprise risk.
• Coordinate tabletop exercises, drills, and crisis simulations; prepare after-action reports.
• Integrate recovery requirements into daily operations, vendor agreements, and tech initiatives.
• Develop resiliency training and awareness programs for employees.
• Assist Crisis Management during live disruptions and track response milestones.
• Administer and optimize business continuity management software tools.
• Ensure framework compliance with regulations and ISO 22301.

Skills

Business Continuity

Disaster Recovery

Risk Management

Project Management

Communication

Tabletop Exercises

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/BRIS/EM

Certified Business Continuity Professional (DRI Intl)

Tools

Fusion Risk Management

Castellan

Everbridge

ServiceNow BCM

Job description

Stand8 provides end-to-end IT solutions across the United States with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, and more. We are seeking a Senior Resilience Professional to Lead business continuity and disaster recovery initiatives, perform risk assessments, and coordinate exercises with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 6+ years of experience in resiliency programs, strong communication, and a track record of driving enterprise-wide risk reduction.