Business Continuity Lead

As Business Continuity Lead, you will play a central role in strengthening CERN’s organisational resilience by leading and coordinating business continuity activities across the Organization. You will contribute to the consolidation of CERN’s approach to risk management, crisis preparedness and business continuity within an integrated governance framework.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain CERN’s Business Continuity Management (BCM) framework, in alignment with CERN policies, international standards and good practice.
• Facilitate and coordinate the identification and analysis of critical activities, dependencies, vulnerabilities and recovery requirements together with process and service owners.
• Coordinate and support the development of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and disaster recovery arrangements across departments and functions.
• Contribute to the integration of business continuity management with CERN's enterprise risk management and crisis management activities.
• Design, organise and lead continuity exercises, simulations and stress tests; analyse outcomes and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide expert advice to management and stakeholders on continuity strategies, disruption preparedness, recovery capabilities and resilience measures.
• Develop guidance, methodologies, tools and training to build business continuity awareness, culture and capabilities across CERN.
• Monitor, review and report on the effectiveness of business continuity arrangements and maturity.
• Contribute to organisational resilience initiatives and continuous improvement activities within OSI-ICS.
• Such other tasks as required for fulfilment of the Business Continuity Lead function.

Requirements

• Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Business continuity management, Risk management, Engineering, Legal, Organisational resilience, Information systems or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in business continuity management, organisational resilience or risk management in a complex organisation.
• Experience in conducting business impact analyses and developing continuity and recovery strategies.
• Proven ability to work transversally across organisational boundaries and engage with diverse stakeholders to lead positive change outcomes.
• Experience in designing and facilitating exercises, workshops or training activities is desirable.
• Experience in an international, technical or research environment would be an asset.
• While not mandatory, a recognised professional certification in business continuity or resilience management (e.g. ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management training, BCI/DRII certification) would be an advantage.

Skills

• Business Continuity
• Risk Management
• Organisational Resilience
• Business Impact Analysis
• Continuity Strategy Development
• Recovery Strategy Development
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Cross-Organizational Collaboration
• Exercise Design
• Workshop Facilitation
• Training Delivery
• ISO 22301 Business Continuity Standards
• BCI Certification
• DRII Certification

Languages

English, French