Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Planner

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For over 50 years, AmeriLife has been a leader in the development, marketing and distribution of annuity, life and health insurance solutions for those planning for and living in retirement.

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Job Summary

Reporting to the Director of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, the BCDR Associate supports the execution, maintenance, and continuous improvement of AmeriLife’s enterprise resilience program. This role assists with Business Impact Analyses (BIAs), Business Continuity Plan (BCP) development and maintenance, Disaster Recovery (DR) coordination, readiness exercises, emergency notification activities, compliance support, program reporting, and stakeholder engagement across corporate departments and affiliate organizations.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Business Continuity Planning & Business Impact Analysis

• Assist with the development, maintenance, and annual review of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) for corporate departments and affiliate organizations.
• Support Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) by helping identify critical processes, applications, dependencies, recovery requirements, and operational impacts.
• Document Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), recovery priorities, resource needs, and continuity gaps.
• Maintain accurate BCP and BIA inventories in approved repositories and support periodic reassessments to keep documentation current.

Disaster Recovery & Technical Alignment

• Partner with IT, Information Security, and business stakeholders to align business continuity strategies with technical recovery capabilities.
• Assist with scheduling, documenting, and tracking Disaster Recovery (DR) exercises, recovery testing, and remediation activities.
• Maintain recovery documentation, testing schedules, and supporting evidence for audit, compliance, and program governance purposes.

Exercises, Testing & Emergency Notifications

• Coordinate tabletop exercises, localized BCP drills, crisis management exercises, and emergency notification tests.
• Prepare exercise materials, document outcomes, track lessons learned, and follow up with plan owners on remediation activities.
• Support administration of the enterprise emergency notification system, including contact lists, user profiles, message templates, and test records.
• Assist with continuity awareness and training initiatives across the organization.

Program Administration, Compliance & Reporting

• Maintain BCDR program documentation, policies, procedures, standards, playbooks, templates, and training materials.
• Track program metrics, key performance indicators, action items, and remediation activities.
• Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, examinations, and compliance assessments related to business continuity, disaster recovery, and operational resilience.
• Assist in preparing executive reporting, program updates, and governance materials.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with business units, IT, Risk Management, Compliance, Information Security, Legal, Human Resources, Facilities, and affiliate organizations to gather information and support planning activities.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to promote resilience awareness, program adoption, and organizational preparedness.
• Support the continued maturity of AmeriLife’s BCDR and operational resilience programs by helping develop scalable program practices, standardize data and workflows,