This role leads teams to develop and facilitate the business contingency program. Partners with senior leadership across the enterprise to develop and implement the strategic direction and plans to ensure business continuity and effective emergency management.
Are you passionate about leading transformational change within the Fund Ecosystem (Middle and Back Office) by providing leadership and direction to large, complex, multi-stakeholder programs to advance business resilience, controls, and strategic relationships with our third-party providers of technology solutions. If so, we invite you to join us on the journey to establish the newly formed Strategic Enablement organization to enable new capabilities and ways of working by driving integration that cuts across departmental boundaries.
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What it Takes:
As the Head of Fund Ecosystem Operational Resilience, you will be accountable for developing a global team of managers and specialists in leading the charge to establish the infrastructure and business capabilities that support best in class business resilience and control environment across Middle and Back Office. In addition, managing the Third-Party Risk Management program. Your role will involve anticipating challenges and collaborating with peers, business partners, both internal and external stakeholders, such as Investment Management Group, Banking partners, and Technology Vendors to ensure seamless execution of the long-term strategy.
Core Responsibilities:
- Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
- Leads the development of business continuity and disaster recovery plans. Responsible for enterprise-wide testing and emergency response. Guides the selection of operating strategies for the continuation of the business within a recovery time objective.
- Acts as a primary point of contact for senior management and oversees business recovery, crisis management, emergency management, contingency planning and disaster-preparedness planning. Ensures availability of support and expertise during live events.
- Leads business continuity lifecycle planning and business impact analysis. Develops enterprise-wide framework to identify and quantify the potential impact of various disruptions and disaster scenarios. Presents business continuity issues and provides consulting services and direction to senior management.
- Oversees monitoring and reporting on the compliance of business continuity processes, readiness, events and exercise results. Supports enterprise and senior management in relationships with audit and government regulators on business continuity issues. Oversees the creation of risk exposure metrics and reports on risk and metrics to senior management.
- Develops, enhances, and disseminates information on continuity processes, standards and initiatives. Leads the creation of trainings and directs the use of approved contingency planning tools and plans.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
- Minimum of ten years related work experience. Five years of business contingency or disaster recovery management experience. Supervisory experience preferred.
- Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) (CBCP) or Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP) is preferred, Associate Business Continuity Professional (ACBP) (ABCP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) (CISSP), or progress towards business continuity planning certification is preferred."
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
About Vanguard
At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission.
To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.