About Northern Trust:
Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.
Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
The Project Manager (Lead, 2VP), Disaster Recovery will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing our disaster recovery programs. Your expertise will be critical in identifying potential risks and developing strategies to mitigate the impact of disasters. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure our business remains secure and resilient in the event of any unforeseen disruptions.
Project Management
- Assess business processes and identify opportunities to improve business efficiency.
- Identify manual processes and points of failure, develop efficient business strategies that enable the Resiliency Team to reduce recovery times.
- Work with the IT technical staff to ensure that disaster recovery solutions are adequate, in place, maintained, and tested as part of the regular operational life cycle.
- Optimize repeatable processes by creating workflows and deploying automation through various systems.
- Regularly report Disaster Recovery activities to upper management.
- Provide ongoing feedback for risk management, mitigation, and prevention.
- Act as liaison for auditing and examination of disaster recovery processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Disaster Recovery Planning: Develop and maintain comprehensive disaster recovery plans, including risk assessments, continuity strategies, and response procedures.
- Risk Assessment: Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities, conducting risk assessments to evaluate their impact on business operations.
- Disaster Recovery Testing: Plan, execute, and evaluate regular disaster recovery exercises to validate the effectiveness of recovery plans and make necessary adjustments.
- Coordination: Collaborate with IT, security, and other relevant departments to ensure alignment between disaster recovery and security strategies.
- Documentation: Maintain accurate documentation of disaster recovery plans, procedures, and incident response protocols.
- Incident Response: Lead disaster recovery efforts in the event of a disruption, coordinating the response and recovery activities.
- Training and Awareness: Develop and provide training to employees on disaster recovery and business continuity procedures to enhance preparedness.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry best practices, emerging technologies, and evolving threats to continually improve disaster recovery capabilities.
Presentations and plan, content creation for DR events !
- Develop effective presentations for strategy and approach for management and stakeholders.
- Creation and delivery of information/plans should be convincing and professional, with use of pivots, charts, graphics to support the content/message.
- Ability to create presentations to various stakeholders like application owners and infrastructure managers.
- Ability to convert data and historic information into convincing information using presentations and charts.
- Effectively deliver content, adjusting tone to the target audience in timely manner.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience in disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
- Strong knowledge of disaster recovery methodologies, tools, and technologies.
- Certification such as CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional) or equivalent is a plus.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration.
- Project management experience is a plus.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and in high-stress situations.
- Knowledge of relevant regulations and compliance standards.
Experience:
- Minimum of 8 to10 years of experience in disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
- Experience in coordinating and leading disaster recovery exercises and response efforts.
- Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining comprehensive disaster recovery plans.
Working with Us:
As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.
Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.
We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater
Reasonable accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.
We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.
Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.
