Control Risks

Business Continuity Specialist

Control Risks • $110K — $130K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in business continuity or resilience programs.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills for relationship building and influencing decisions.
  • Ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels and build productive relationships.
  • Creative thinker with innovative problem-solving skills.
  • Experience with commercial Business Continuity tools.
  • Familiarity with Google Suite and Gemini.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

  • Pilot new approaches and execute business continuity strategies as endorsed by the client.
  • Conduct business impact assessments to identify essential business functions and recovery priorities.
  • Perform risk assessments to pinpoint threats and vulnerabilities, recommending mitigation strategies.
  • Develop strategies to minimize customer impact and ensure timely recovery during disruptions.
  • Facilitate training and awareness sessions for business continuity.
  • Design and conduct plan exercises, analyzing outcomes to improve resilience and address weaknesses.
  • Manage new tools implementation for the Business Continuity function, ensuring operational alignment.

Benefits

  • Competitively positioned compensation and benefits package, detailed in the job offer.
  • Discretionary bonus scheme that rewards performance based on individual and company success.
  • Support for hybrid working arrangements, balancing in-person collaboration with remote flexibility.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, along with life and disability coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan and additional voluntary benefits, including pet insurance and employee assistance program.
Full Job Description
Control Risks' Embedded Consulting team is looking for a Business Continuity Specialist to help support a technology sector client build its corporate business continuity program. The specialist will primarily be an executor of Business Continuity workstreams, collaborating closely with the client's Business Continuity leadership team to develop a fit-for-purpose program and demonstrate value quickly.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Following client lead endorsement, pilot new approaches and deliver independently in the following areas:
    • Conducting business impact assessments to determine core business functions, dependencies, priorities for recovery, recovery requirements, and recovery time objective(s).
    • Conducting risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities to recovery capabilities and recommend risk mitigation strategies.
    • Developing and implementing viable strategies to minimize customer impacts and ensure the timely recovery of core business functions during and after a business disruption.
    • Facilitating business continuity training and awareness.
    • Designing and facilitating meaningful plan exercises; analyze outcomes to identify trends, weaknesses/gaps, risks, and opportunities to improve plans and strengthen resiliency.
  • Manage the implementation of new tooling for the Business Continuity function, working with internal and external partners to operationalize a tool tailored to this client context.
  • Act as a thought partner to the client's Business Continuity leadership team to develop a fit-for-purpose program, thinking creatively to right size resilience solutions for this client ecosystem.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for business continuity-related inquiries and support for stakeholders across the client enterprise.
  • Work with large amounts of data to provide meaningful reports and support informed decision-making.
  • Demonstrate understanding and expertise in emerging trends, technologies, and regulatory changes in business continuity and disaster recovery to continuously improve strategies and support mechanisms within the client organization.

Requirements
  • 5-7 years' experience implementing and managing business continuity or resilience programs.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills necessary to build relationships and positively influence decision making.
  • Clear executive presence and ability to engage positively with stakeholders at varying levels, build productive relationships and influence decision-making.
  • Creative thinking and innovative problem solver.
  • Experience with commercial Business Continuity tools.
  • Experience with Google Suite and Gemini.
  • Experience in supporting internal teams to respond and recover from significant disruptive events.
  • Ability to dive deep into data, existing processes, people, and technology challenges in order to identify risks and opportunities.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the written and oral communication skills necessary to build relationships and positively influence decision making.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple complex projects.
  • Ability to travel as needed.

Benefits
  • Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
  • We operate a discretionary bonus scheme that incentivizes, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
  • Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
  • Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
  • Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.

The base salary range for this position is $110,000-130,000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

About Control Risks

Control Risks is a global risk management consultancy headquartered in London, England. The company was founded in 1975 and provides a range of services to help clients manage political, security, and integrity risks in complex and hostile environments. Control Risks has a presence in over 40 countries and works with clients across a range of industries, including energy, financial services, and healthcare. The company is known for its expertise in crisis management and has been involved in some of the world's most high-profile security incidents.
Learn more about Control Risks
Size
3,500 employees
Industry
Business Services
Founded
1975
* Ladders Estimates

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