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Drives the policies, procedures, and processes to manage and oversee the planning, implementation, and execution of disaster recovery strategies. Provides support to assigned technology business/groups regarding Disaster Recovery (DR) Management Frameworks. This includes enhancing processes and protocols and providing subject matter expertise and guidance to mitigate risk and enhance resilience.  Participates in the development, implementation, and maintenance of DR Projects and Recovery Capabilities for Technology Managed Applications and Business Managed applications identified as critical.  Works with designated groups to ensure critical processes, plans and playbooks are in place in the event of a significant business interruption.

• Provides guidance for mid-sized to large enterprise-wide DR initiatives and event management incidents.
• Acts as a trusted advisor to assigned business/group.
• Influences and negotiates to achieve business objectives.
• Recommends and implements solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business.
• Assists in the development of strategic plans.
• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
• Leads the development, maintenance and management of the DR and Recovery Process. Supports the execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Helps determine business priorities and best sequence for execution of business/group strategy.
• Manages/executes against DR projects in support of DR roadmap e.g. DR program enhancements, remediation of CAD/regulatory findings, support resilience projects that impact DR components.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships with internal & external stakeholders to execute work and fulfill service delivery expectations.
• Represents business/group on jurisdictional / enterprise response, recovery and status team in the event of a business interruption incident.
• Maintains DR Key Risk Indicators/Key Performance indicators (KRI/KPIs) for reporting purposes.
• Designs and produces regular and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards.
• Ensures quarterly reporting deliverables and participates in the presentation of results and trend reporting for management review.
• Builds change management plans of varying scope and type; leads or participates in a variety of change management activities including readiness assessments, planning, stakeholder management, execution, evaluation and sustainment of initiatives.
• Provides input into the planning and implementation of operational programs.
• Manages Disaster Recovery programs.
• Supports the implementation of DR Frameworks for designated businesses/groups.
• Governs any exceptions/deferrals to planned testing.
• Initiates and manages the event status monitoring and reporting.
• Coordinates the implementation and facilitation of DR solutions, including developing & maintaining playbooks, ensuring that before Franchise Critical Assets move to production there is DR infrastructure in place to support the asset and that the asset is scheduled for DR testing.
• Partners with Technology teams to complete application playbooks and maintain completeness in advance of testing. Works with internal stakeholders to manage the business continuity plan review, training and testing requirements.
• Maintains DR testing schedule to working with partners to confirm or amend test dates.
• Manages annual DR tests across all Franchise Critical Assets which includes BMO hosted, Third-Party and Cloud Assets, identified as critical.
• Validates outcomes of testing to confirm the continuity and data integrity of technology assets identified as critical.
• Facilitates exception process should DR testing not be completed for critical assets.
• Documents DR testing outcomes and post-mortem reviews.
• Ensures communication between business units and the business/group event management team in support of crisis management activities; participates in the Major Incident Management Team (MIRT) calls/activities
• Participates in DR related projects, audits and examinations as appropriate.
• Keeps abreast and ensures compliance to Disaster Recovery industry standards, best practices, regulatory trends, and regulatory guidelines (e.g. FFIEC).
• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.
• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.
• Take measured risks while protecting the bank by applying our Risk Management Framework in the execution of your role, in line with our Risk Culture and within our approved Risk Appetite, making sound and risk informed decisions that align to business strategy, protect assets, and adhere to applicable policy documents (Frameworks, Policies, Standards, Procedures and Supporting documents), laws and regulations.

Qualifications:

• Typically between 5 - 7 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Industry certification in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Resilience or Crisis Management is considered an asset.
• Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.
• Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth.
• Collaboration & team skills - In-depth.
• Analytical and problem solving skills - In-depth.
• Influence skills - In-depth.
• Data driven decision making - In-depth.

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: