NBCUniversal seeks an accomplished professional with demonstrated expertise and leadership abilities related to assurance in the areas of technology continuity and resiliency and related governance processes. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Technology Information Risk Management, the optimal candidate will possess leadership experience from a “Big 4”, professional consulting firm and/or large commercial enterprise with a mix of IT auditing and/or consulting experience, including a proven record of accomplishment. This position will assist the Sr. Director of Technology Information Risk Management with establishing the Technology Service Continuity strategy, development of and execution of an annual/multi-year implementation plan and departmental practices and processes.
Watch: Career Advice The role is the function’s liaison with Technology Leadership (CIO, VP’s, CISO) as well as works with Business Units, Technology Operations, Architecture and Infrastructure teams and application owners; collaboratively develops risk based technology service continuity strategy; assists IRMO and company management by assessing technology service continuity risks, processes and controls; assist IRM with the development of periodic technology service continuity exercises and contributes to business impact analysis of critical assets.
• Assist Sr. Director of Technology IRM in enabling IRMO to stay abreast of current and emerging service continuity (disaster recovery and business continuity) risks, including current or proposed cyber compliance frameworks and regulations such as NIST, FFIEC, HIPAA, ISO, PCI, and CSA.
• Establish and maintain enterprise Technology Service Continuity guidelines and supporting procedures including Technology Business Impact Analyses processes to define requirements.
• Support businesses and application owners in the determination and documentation of continuity requirements, e.g., Recovery Time and Recovery Point Objectives .
• Support Technology groups on technical assessments and Business requirements of Technology Service Continuity Plans.
• Contribute to design and development and review of all Technology Service Continuity Management Test Plans.
• Provide oversight for the completion of documentation and exercises/tests, including monitoring and facilitating the exercise of test plans, coordination of Business and Technology participation in exercises.
• Manage internal and external resources to actively pursue the mitigation of gaps identified through the evaluation, assessment, or exercise of the Technology Service Continuity Program. This may include policy or program changes, process adjustments, or risk acceptance or avoidance options.
• Identify, evaluate and document the design and effectiveness of the technology service continuity related internal controls looking for both control gaps and opportunities to gain process efficiencies.
• Communicate review results to management along with process improvement recommendations; prepare reports/presentations summarizing results of testing along with proper disposition of test exceptions.
• Oversee and develop the process to gather, analyze, and report Technology Service Continuity Management Status, Metrics and KPI’s to VP’s, peers, and management.
• Assist Sr. Director of Technology Information Risk Management in development of Management Action Plans where necessary to mitigate identified risks and issues. Perform regular follow-up on outstanding management actions from past projects.
• Provide training and advisory support to business process and technology owners in their responsibilities regarding Technology Service Continuity.
• Build effective working relationships with Stakeholders,
• Effectively manages staff on projects.. and performs all HR related company processes such as Performance Appraisals, , development planning, Organizational planning, etc.
Qualifications/Requirements Qualifications
• Minimum of 7 years diversified experience with “big 4” and/or large, complex business organization.
• Demonstrated leadership in working with C-Suite executives, particularly in the Technology discipline, experience establishing and implementing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans, managing short-term projects and professional staff.
• Solid understanding of Disaster Recovery Strategy and Governance concepts to be able to provide assurance the company’s Technology Service Continuity framework is designed adequately and operating effectively.
• Solid experience in Disaster Recovery Management frameworks and standards including NIST, ISO, PCI, and CSA.
• Deep appreciation for various regulatory frameworks as it relates to Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery.
• Technical skills in designing and using GRC platforms to support BC and DR framework
• Project management experience with system implementations and other change events through a clearly defined methodology
• Knowledge of general security concepts and methods such as vulnerability assessments, privacy assessments, intrusion detection, incident response, security policy creation, enterprise security strategies, architectures and governance.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through NBC UNIVERSAL CAREERS to be considered
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY
• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be 18 years or older
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