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Senior Manager, Business Continuity and Incident Management

AT Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab

Senior Manager, Business Continuity and Incident Management

Lone Tree, CO

Salary: USD $101,000 - $224,400 / Year

Your opportunity

At Schwab, you are empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us "challenge the status quo" and transform the finance industry together.

The Senior Manager, Business Continuity and Incident Management position lies within Schwab's First Line Risk Management Office (1RMO). This Senior Manager will apply a broad range of existing knowledge, skills, and experience in the front-line operational resilience domain, which includes 24x7 on-call crisis response rotation, determining the impacts from business disruptions and disasters, facilitating the response and recovery from incidents, identifying department exposure to internal and external resilience threats, and implementing sound strategies that provide effective response and recovery from disruptions for the organization.

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The 1RMO organization will rely heavily on this Senior Manager for coordinating response to crisis events for a wide variety of physical, operational, technological, and cybersecurity incidents as needed and will coordinate and facilitate crisis response exercises, including tabletop exercises and emergency notification system (ENS) tests. This Individual Contributor will play a key role in executing day-to-day preparedness, response, and recovery activities of the Incident Management Program. As a subject matter expert in Business Continuity and Incident Management this person will serve internal business partners and Schwab leadership to strengthen the overall resiliency of the firm through conducting and promoting Business Continuity Planning and Incident Management awareness and training activities as needed.

The role will report into Schwab's First Line Risk Management Office, specifically to the Incident Management leader with joint responsibility to support the Business Continuity leader.

What you have

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in any field
  • 5+ years of experience in any of the following fields: Financial Services, Crisis or Incident Management, Crisis Communication, Emergency Management, Criminal Justice, and/or Business Continuity domain experience
  • Availability to work a 24x7 on-call crisis response rotation

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with facilitating Emergency Response activities in response to an exercise or event
  • Understanding of the financial services industry, banking, and associated regulations
  • FINRA licensing (e.g., SIE, 7, 99)
  • Certified Business Continuity Professions (CBCP), Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP), and/or FEMA Professional Development Series (PDS)
  • Project management experience and leadership of Business Continuity and Incident Management related strategic initiatives
  • Refined verbal and written communication skills; must be extremely comfortable with and highly effective at communicating to senior management
  • Experience with Business Continuity Planning, Incident Management, and Governance Risk and Compliance software

What's in it for you

At Schwab, we're committed to empowering our employees' personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you'll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you - both today and in the future:

  • 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
  • Paid parental leave and family building benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance

Client-provided location(s): Lone Tree, CO, USA
Job ID: CharlesSchwab-2024-106086
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program