What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Resilience Manager position at Blue Origin?
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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
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We are recruiting for multiple roles within the Risk Management & Trade Compliance team. The successful candidate will join our accomplished team of professionals as a member of our Business Continuity and Crisis Management team.
In each case, your day-to-day responsibilities would range from leading projects, launching incident notices through our Everbridge system, conducting BIA’s using our Riskonnect tool, or running workshops, after-action reviews, and exercise drills. We would use your existing experience and background to address current needs for support to the business, and then over time, we would help the team address emerging needs by developing new expertise on top of your existing skills.
The roles are based in Space Coast, Florida or Huntsville, Alabama.
Responsibilities:
Crisis Management responsibilities :
- Develop and maintain protocols for Launch Contingency Management Team (LCMT) activation. Serve as Launch Contingency Manager during launch operations or hazardous testing. Coordinate the activation of the LCMT, ensuring all team members are informed and prepared.
- Using the Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP) model, we conduct training, drills, and other simulations to evaluate the readiness and efficiency of crisis management procedures.
- Coordinate with the Enterprise Operations Center to provide situational updates to leadership and stakeholders throughout crisis events, maintaining transparency and control.
- Crisis Management for all major incidents enterprise-wide. This includes an on-call schedule and flexibility on work schedule to include weekends and holidays.
- Oversee and manage the execution of recovery plans when a business disruption occurs and where necessary, step into roles to lead and direct the recovery efforts of others.
- Ensure data hygiene for the Everbridge Alert Notification system
Business Continuity responsibilities:
- Working closely with Site Leaders, Operations, Supply Chain, Facilities, Security, EHS, Legal & Compliance, Finance, Enterprise Technology, Corporate Communications, and other teams, build, develop, and regularly review continuity and recovery strategies to restore Blue’s mission-critical business processes, personnel, data, and equipment.
- Interview Business Units and Functional Groups to develop Business Impact Analyses, actionable Business Recovery Plans, and Crisis Management Plans
- Test and exercise strategy and test plans. Tabletops and workshops in select areas and offices.
- Support the ongoing delivery and maintenance of the Business Continuity Program’s Business Impact Analysis (BIA) framework
- Use Resilience, a Riskonnect BCM software system, to fully support the BCM program and develop reporting options from the system
- Implement the Business Resilience Strategy and significantly contribute to refreshing the Strategy annually.
- Contribute to and present parts of the updates to the quarterly BCM Steering Committee, comprised of members of the company’s Executive Management Team
- Working with others in the Risk Management and Trade Compliance Team, develop detailed project objectives, scope, goals, and deliverables for projects of moderately complex scale. Define tasks, identify project resources, and assign individual responsibilities. Ensure timelines meet the strategic needs of the business.
- Support integration and synergies with the peer departments to enhance our overall organizational resiliency.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
- 5 years of progressive experience with planning, implementing, and sustaining Business Continuity Management, disaster recovery, and crisis management programs.
- Demonstrated success in an environment with tight time constraints, frequent interruptions, unresolved situations, frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
- Advanced Excel, Office, and PowerPoint proficiency.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Desired Qualifications:
- Strong interpersonal and indirect influencing skills, with a demonstrated ability to gain the confidence of stakeholders at various organizational levels.
- Experience working in high-performance, multidisciplinary workgroups or teams to meet recoverability goals.
- Experience working with Risk Management Information Systems such as Riskonnect.
- Experience working with Generative AI tools and applications.
Inclusivity Statement
Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Background Check
- Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
- Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DIBDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
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Benefits
- Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
- Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
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