Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Program Manager

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About the role

  • Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Program Manager enhancing operational resilience at Sun Life. Leading governance and oversight of Business Continuity Management while ensuring compliance with industry best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a second line risk subject matter expert in Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery Management, and Operational Resilience (i.e. specifically Technology Resilience)
  • Provide second line governance and oversight to Sun Life’s business groups/units to ensure appropriate Technology Resilience strategy is in place
  • Conduct second line quality assurance review and challenge of each business areas' completion of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Operational Resilience documentation
  • Develop and communicate recommendations for improvement to Business partners
  • Establish Disaster Recovery controls to ensure monitoring of activities in support of the DR environment and coordinate with IT/DR teams
  • Ensure recovery strategies and operationally resilient recovery and resolution plans that support the business are maintained
  • Support the development and improvement of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Operational Resilience operating procedures, guidelines, and templates
  • Collaborate with the Disaster Recovery Team, Crisis Management, Business Continuity teams, and operational resilience stakeholders

Requirements

  • University Degree
  • Business Continuity and/or Disaster Recovery Designation
  • PMP/PMI Certification or equivalent
  • 5+ experience in Business Continuity/Crisis Management/Disaster Recovery program management
  • Experience in Operational Resilience governance and risk management with a focus on Technology Resilience
  • 5+ experience in Supplier Management with a focus on Technology related Third Party Governance and Business Continuity
  • Broad IT generalist level experience including SAN/Storage, Network LAN/WAN/IP, Mainframe, AS/400, Windows/Unix server, Citrix and equivalent systems
  • Background with data centre recovery tools and disaster recovery products (e.g., Airgap, SafeGuard Storage)
  • Several years' experience in the management, development and execution of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity testing and exercising
  • 2+ years' experience with financial institutions and/or insurance industries
  • Technical aptitude in development and enhancement of Salesforce (Fusion Platform), Tableau (reporting & analyses), as well as knowledge of Ariba (procurement)

Benefits

  • Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
  • The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
  • Committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$90,000 - CA$140,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

CitrixPMPTableauUnix

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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