Senior Resilience & Continuity Program Lead

Block; California; Remote; USD 198,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Family planning support

Job summary

Block seeks an experienced Business Resilience professional to operate and mature its resilience program across continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, and regulatory compliance. You will translate resilience requirements into actionable steps, drive testing, remediation, and governance with cross‑functional partners worldwide.

Ideal candidate has 6+ years in global resilience, understands regulatory expectations, and can enable AI/automation, create dashboards, and build scalable

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience operating or improving global resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, or related risk programs.
• Strong knowledge of impact analysis, dependency mapping, recovery strategies, testing, remediation, and governance.
• Excellent communication & analytical judgment for executive audiences.
• Comfort with AI, automation, data analysis, and reporting tools.
• Certification from DRI International or BCI, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify resilience risks across critical services, functions, tech, and dependencies.
• Develop and maintain current, testable continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Coordinate resilience exercises, report findings, and track remediation.
• Assess third-party continuity and recovery capabilities.
• Communicate resilience posture to governance forums and senior leadership.

Skills

Resilience program leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Project management

Communication

AI & automation

Professional certification (BC/DR)

Education

Professional certification in BC/DR (DRI/BCI)

Job description

Block seeks an experienced Business Resilience professional to operate and mature its resilience program across continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, and regulatory compliance. You will translate resilience requirements into actionable steps, drive testing, remediation, and governance with cross‑functional partners worldwide.

Ideal candidate has 6+ years in global resilience, understands regulatory expectations, and can enable AI/automation, create dashboards, and build scalable