Head of Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BC/DR)

Brown Brothers Harriman

  • Jersey City, NJ
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.Head of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR)Background: The Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (“BD/DR”) team is a team within the Protect Pillar in Systems. The Protect Pillar is a unique BBH-construct designed for clear, centralized and coordinated accountability: to protect against physical and logical security risks; to safeguard stakeholder assets; and to detect, prepare for, and respond effectively to security events. To that end, the Protect Pillar encompasses the following areas:
  • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
  • Cybersecurity;
  • Enterprise Data Protection and Data Governance;
  • Global Security; and
  • Information Security Management (“ISM”).
Given that technology is an integral component of the Pillar’s control measures and a key asset to safeguard, the Protect Pillar sits within BBH’s Systems organization.Role: Reporting to the Head of the Protect Pillar, this role serves as the head of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery and is responsible for:
  • Strategic oversight of the Firm’s response to business continuity events
  • Evaluating and enhancing the Firm’s business continuity and disaster recovery (“BCDR”) protocols, including business impact assessments (“BIA”) and BCP plans
  • Partnering with business teams to review, challenge and refine business continuity plans, including recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO)
  • Evaluating and enhancing the Firm’s move function testing designed to ensure critical business functions can be performed in different locations
  • Identifying and proactively addressing potential and future concentration risks
  • Evaluating and enhancing the Firm’s critical vendor BCP testing protocols
  • Providing oversight of technical recovery testing performed by the Run Pillar, including ensuring that critical applications can be restored in a timely manner; that data backups and restoration protocols are effective and well-documented
  • Providing oversight of cyber incident management, tabletop exercises and BCP-related communications performed by other members of the Protect Pillar
  • Responding to client DDQs and participating in client due diligence meetings re: the Firm’s BCDR program
  • Defining key metrics and KPIs to measure the maturity and effectiveness of the Firm’s BCDR program
  • Serving as the primary point of contact with Internal Audit and external audit firms in connection with the Firm’s BCDR program
  • Providing key metrics and updates to relevant Board and oversight Committees
Qualifications:
  • Minimum 10+ years of experience in business continuity / disaster recovery role, preferably within financial services
  • Proficient technical background to provide oversight of technical recovery testing
  • Proficient financial services experience to provide oversight of business recovery processes
  • Prior experience participating in industry BCDR tests, including SIFMA, SWIFT and CHIPS
  • Strong understanding of BCDR regulatory and industry frameworks (e.g., DFS Part 500, NIST, ISO)
  • Good executive communication and crisis leadership
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills
  • Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills
Salary Range$160,000 - $215,000BBH’s compensation program includes base salary, discretionary bonuses, and profit-sharing. The anticipated base salary range(s) shown above are only for the indicated location(s) and may differ in other locations due to cost of living and labor considerations. Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skill, experience and qualification for the role. BBH's total rewards package recognizes your contributions with more than just a paycheck—providing you with benefits that enhance your experience at BBH from long-term savings, healthcare, and income protection to professional development opportunities and time off, our programs support your overall well-being.We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.About BBH:Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development—so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advice—creating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another.We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, often—pushing the boundaries of innovation. As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.Go to BBH.com to learn more about our , , approach to or how we support you to . We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under federal, state or local law.

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