Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Business Continuity Planner supporting an Intelligence Community Customer. 

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

Team Leadership & Personnel Development

• Leads and mentors Functional Analysts (FAs) to consistently meet or exceed performance goals.
• Fosters workplace culture centered on continuous growth, learning, and professional development.
• Evaluates FA skills regularly to ensure overall proficiency and technical capabilities are maintained.
• Coordinates assignments for Functional Analysts with the Functional Leadership Team (FLT).
• Receives, evaluates, and schedules resource requests submitted by the FLT.
• Ensures all active tasks are accurately tracked, updated, and visible to the PM, Functional Leads, and the government customer.
• Manages daily scheduling bottlenecks and resolve lower-level resource conflicts between Functional Leads, escalating critical deadlocks to the FLT.
• Be prepared to complete any onsite, no-cost training courses or professional development as directed by government leadership to further skills, proficiency, professional competency, and overall utility in this role.

Continuity & Mission Support

• Manages the comprehensive continuity framework across the agency.
• Oversees and organizes the agency Business Process Analysis and Business Impact Analysis (BPA/BIA) program for Essential Functions (EFs) and Essential Support Activities (ESAs).
• Guides agency components as they develop, update, and manage ESAs within the Mission Assurance Support Toolkit (MAST).
• Builds and manages the liaison program for component continuity planners to audit and evaluate their individual programs.
• Directs all efforts related to agency continuity planning, readiness reporting, and essential records management for all ESAs.
• Serves as the final technical review authority for all Readiness deliverables prior to delivery.
• Manages the Readiness Function’s formal battle rhythm and operational schedule.
• Supports alternate site operations as required (not to exceed 10% of time). Requirements include:
  • Opening/closing facilities as needed.
  • Conducts facility tours for agency leadership.
  • Facilitates all alternate site requirements for training and evaluations
  • Advises leadership and continuity personnel on alternate workspace requirements, availability, and capacity limits.
  • Ensures all continuity requirements are met during a contingency or disruption to normal operations.
• Contributes directly to planning efforts for emergency relocation and devolution strategies.
• Collaborates on the development of business continuity plans for the agency and its individual components.

Continuity Training & Mission Assurance Support Toolkit

• Designs, develops, and executes organizational training programs, compliance curricula, and comprehensive performance evaluations; develops and provides user training for the Continuity Planning Tool.
• Develops, updates, and coordinates continuity program training with the NGA College.
• Assists with facilitation of the full exercise cycle, from initial planning through after-action reporting, for component-level continuity plans.
• Serves as the requirements manager for the Continuity Planning Tool (CPT); perform requirements gathering and analysis; document future requirements for development team.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Monitors and tracks NGA compliance across National, Executive, Federal, DoD, and IC directives and regulations to ensure alignment with overarching agency goals.
• Coordinates comprehensive mission risk assessments, vulnerability analyses, and mitigation planning for ESAs through Dependency Risk Acceptance, Function Validation Process, BIA, etc.
• Establishes continuity-related risk metrics and reporting mechanisms for senior leadership assessing Agency-level Readiness & Preparedness.
• Introduces industry’s best practices and standards to strengthen Mission Assurance and Continuity of Operations.

Working Groups & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Facilitates and leads continuity working groups, including quarterly Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) meetings.
• Represents the agency at Intelligence Community (IC) Continuity and Mission Assurance working groups relevant to ESAs.
• Coordinates working groups to integrate agency readiness features into the MAST suite and related platforms.

Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI clearance (Polygraph may be required based on agency components).

Degree and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus a minimum of seven years of experience in program management, with a proven ability to translate complex data into strategic recommendations for executive decision-makers.

Required Certifications:

• FEMA level 1 Professional Continuity Practitioner certified (or ability to attain within 6 months of hire).

Required Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of Federal Continuity Directives, DoD Mission Assurance strategies, and Intelligence Community (IC) Continuity policies.
• Proven experience managing Business Process Analysis (BPA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) cycles for Essential Support Activities (ESAs).
• Hands-on functional administration, tool management, and user training experience in:
  • Mission Assurance Support Toolkit (MAST).
  • BlackBerry AtHoc Computer Emergency Notification System (CENS).
• Experience developing training curricula (ideally partnering with enterprise learning institutions).
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams, in challenging environments, characterized by:
  • Time constraints.
  • Resource constraints.
  • Competing priorities.