Business Continuity Analyst, Specialist

Overview

Support enterprise business continuity, incident management and organizational resilience across workforce, workspace, cyber, digital, supplier and financial domains, acting as liaison between business units, response partners and leadership.

What you'll do

• Monitor internal intelligence sources, collaboration platforms, news outlets, threat intelligence tools and professional forums to identify incidents that may impact business operations, employees, clients or reputation.
• Assess emerging threats and coordinate timely escalation and response activities.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support incident monitoring, escalation, activation and coordination outside standard business hours, including weekends and holidays.
• Support enterprise incident management processes and ensure rapid coordination during critical events.
• Support the development, maintenance and enhancement of Business Continuity Plans, response plans and recovery strategies.
• Conduct and facilitate Business Impact Analyses to identify critical business functions, dependencies and recovery requirements.
• Evaluate operational risks and disruption scenarios, and recommend improvements to organizational resilience.
• Consult with stakeholders on continuity planning methodologies, standards and best practices.
• Serve as a primary point of coordination across business units, regional teams and external response partners during incidents and recovery.
• Facilitate situational awareness, information sharing, response alignment and recovery activities across stakeholder groups.
• Support emergency management, disaster preparedness, communications and crisis response initiatives.
• Lead and coordinate enterprise exercises, tabletop simulations and executive-level crisis management drills.
• Partner with subject matter experts to design, execute and evaluate resilience exercises, and measure outcomes to drive continuous improvement.
• Facilitate Post-Incident Reviews and After-Action Reports following significant incidents and exercises.
• Track and report on continuity program compliance, readiness metrics, exercise outcomes and remediation activities.
• Support audit, regulatory and governance activities related to business continuity and organizational resilience.
• Maintain continuity documentation, procedures, standards and operational playbooks.
• Develop executive-level communications, incident updates, checkpoint summaries, situation reports and recovery status reports.
• Draft emergency notification messages and enterprise-wide communications during incidents.
• Deliver stakeholder training, awareness sessions and knowledge-sharing initiatives on business continuity and incident management.
• Foster partnerships across business, technology, operational and risk management functions.
• Support enhancement of enterprise incident response processes, tools, standards and resilience capabilities, and contribute to special projects within the Global Business Continuity Management function.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Incident Management, Operational Resilience, Risk Management or related disciplines.
• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting business contingency planning, disaster recovery, incident response or crisis management programs.
• Strong understanding of Business Continuity Lifecycle Management, Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment and Recovery Planning.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional response activities during operational disruptions and critical incidents.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Willingness to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation and support enterprise incident response requirements.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Business, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Information Security or a related discipline.
• Progress toward or possession of professional certifications such as Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP), Associate Business Continuity Professional (ACBP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• Experience working in highly regulated, global enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with emergency notification systems, continuity planning tools and incident management platforms.
• Experience with audit, regulatory and compliance engagements related to business continuity and operational resilience.

Details

• Based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard India.
• Hybrid working model for most employees.
• Participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation, including weekends and holidays.
• Only qualified external applicants will be considered.