Information Security Risk and Governance Specialist, Principal (BCP/DR/ICC)

Your Role 

This role supports Stellarus within the Ascendiun Family of Companies.  The Risk Management & Controls Assurance team delivers actionable insights by quantifying IT and business risk to increase resilience while driving a security culture. Reporting to the Senior Manager, in this role, we are seeking a highly experienced and strategic individual contributor to lead the development, implementation, and governance of our enterprise-wide Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) program. This role will be responsible for ensuring organizational resilience through effective planning, risk assessment, and coordination across business units and technology teams.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.   

Your Work

In this role, you will: 

Program Development & Governance

• Design and implement a comprehensive Business Continuity (BC)/Disaster Recovery (DR) framework aligned with industry standards (e.g., ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34), including an incident command center.

• Establish governance structures, policies, and procedures to support BC/DR initiatives.

• Develop and maintain BC/DR program documentation, including charters, plans, and metrics

• Establish and implement critical technology to support management of plans and alerts for enterprise

   

Risk Assessment & Impact Analysis

• Conduct Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) and risk assessments to identify critical business functions and dependencies.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).

   

Plan Development & Maintenance

• Lead the creation and maintenance of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs) across departments.

• Ensure plans are updated regularly to reflect changes in business operations, technology, and risk landscape across departments.

• Develop and implement an incident command center, includes but not limited to, defining playbooks, critical roles and responsibilities, plan and roadmap.

   

Testing & Exercises

• Design and execute BC/DR testing strategies, including tabletop exercises, failover tests, and full-scale simulations.

• Analyze test results and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Identify and assign high risk findings to be addressed by owners

   

Audit & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, association mandates, and internal audit standards.

• Prepare and present reports to senior leadership and auditors.

   

Vendor & Third-Party Coordination

• Assess and coordinate with third-party BC/DR capabilities and ensure alignment with organizational standards.

Your Knowledge and Experience 

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• Requires at least 10 years of prior relevant experience

• Experience in portfolio management, preferably within an Agile or SAFe environment, JIRA experience is a plus

• Experience partnering with all levels of management required

• Driven, energetic, team player with superior oral and written communication skills

• Proven track record of leading enterprise BC/DR programs in complex environments

• Requires deep understanding of BC/DR frameworks, methodologies, and technologies.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills.

• Ability to work independently and influence cross-functional teams.

• Desire one or more of the following: CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Planning Professional)- highly desired, CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), CISM