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Manager, Business Continuity Planning & Compliance
KCB Group
Job Description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technology Resilience & Recovery.
- Mandate the Group-wide Technology BCM and Operational Resilience strategy, ensuring alignment with ISO 22301, global best practices, evolving regional regulatory mandates (e.g., CBK Prudential Guidelines) while integrating modern Cloud-Native resilience patterns, Automated DR Failover Orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automated recovery.
- Partner with Group Cybersecurity to design and test specialized "Cyber Recovery Playbooks" (e.g., Ransomware recovery, immutable backups) to defend against and rapidly recover from destructive cyber-attacks.
DR Failover Simulations Orchestration & Testing.
- Direct and orchestrate multi-jurisdictional Disaster Recovery (DR) and Cyber Resilience failover simulations for the Group’s Core Banking and Tier-1 applications, rigorously validating strict Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
- Develop technology-related crisis management frameworks and facilitate IT DRP simulation exercises (Tabletop drills) for the Group Technology teams.
High-Availability (HA) & BIA.
- Challenge Enterprise Architects and system owners on High Availability and redundancy designs; exercise authority to mandate the elimination of Single Points of Failure (SPOFs) across physical data centers and decentralized Multi-Cloud/Containerized architectures.
- Lead Business Impact Analyses (BIA) and IT Threat/Vulnerability assessments to proactively align technology recovery strategies with business demands.
Third-Party Cloud Resilience & Supply Chain Governance.
- Execute resilience audits and risk assessments of critical third-party technology vendors, SaaS/PaaS Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), and FinTech partners to prevent supply chain disruptions and mitigate systemic concentration risks.
Executive Reporting & Remediation Enforcement
- Design high-impact Operational Resilience dashboards and present strategic BCM risk profiles and compliance postures to the Group Risk Management Committee and the Board.
- Mandate and strictly track the closure of critical vulnerabilities, architectural gaps, and lessons learned identified during DR simulation exercises to their logical conclusion.
MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
1. Academic & Professional
| Particulars | Detail | Specific Field or Qualification | Need Type1 |
| Education | Bachelor’s Degree | Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Security or a related IT field | RQ |
| Master’s Degree | Master’s degree in business or IT | AA | |
| Professional Qualifications | Business Continuity / Resilience | CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional), AMBCI, MBCI, or ISO 22301 Lead Implementer / Auditor. | RQ |
| Technology Governance & Security | CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, or ITIL v4 | AA |
2. Experience
| Total Minimum No of Years’ Experience Required | 5 |
| Detail | Minimum No of Years | Need Type2 |
| Experience in IT operations, architecture, or assurance functions within the Financial Services industry. | 5 | RQ |
| Deep, practical knowledge of current business continuity planning techniques, disaster recovery, and performing complex risk and business impact analyses (BIA). | 4 | RQ |
| Demonstrated exposure to IT resilience practices, including Cloud-native recovery orchestration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Automated DR Failover Orchestration, and governing SaaS/PaaS resilience. | 3 | ES |
| Strong understanding of Core IT applications and experience in governing Third-Party/Vendor technology resilience. | 3 | ES |
| Proven track record of managing cross-functional technical teams during high-pressure crisis events or large-scale DR simulations. | 4 | ES |
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