Associate Director, Business Continuity Management and Operational Resilience, Singapore

**Job Summary**

This role is to support RBC Asia Pacific Business Continuity Management and Operational Resilience (APAC BCM & OpRes) Head in implementing and maintaining BCM and OpRes programs in the APAC region, with a focus on Singapore and Hong Kong. This includea business continuity planning activities such as Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Business Continuity Plan (BCP) maintenance and exercises coordination, execution and reporting; as well as operational resilience planning activities such as Service Categorization, Harm Assessment, Dependency Mapping, Scenario Testing and Self-Assessment Reporting. This role also acts as the Secretary and Recovery Advisor to the Incident Management Teams.

**What is the opportunity?**

This role is to support RBC Asia Pacific Business Continuity Management and Operational Resilience (APAC BCM & OpRes) Head in implementing and maintaining BCM and OpRes programs in the APAC region, with a focus on Singapore and Hong Kong. This includea business continuity planning activities such as Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Business Continuity Plan (BCP) maintenance and exercises coordination, execution and reporting; as well as operational resilience planning activities such as Service Categorization, Harm Assessment, Dependency Mapping, Scenario Testing and Self-Assessment Reporting. This role also acts as the Secretary and Recovery Advisor to the Incident Management Teams.

**What will you do?**
- Maintain and develop BCM and OpRes programs.
- Conduct BCM program maintenance and review activities: Business Impact Analysis; BCP plan development, documentation and implementation including DR capabilities.
- Conduct OpRes program maintenance and review activities including Harm Assessment, Dependency Mapping and Scenario Testing activities to demonstrate and report on the ability to operate consistently within agreed impact tolerances.
- Develop and implement the operational resilience roadmap.
- Partner with Regional / Local Executives to ensure the BCM & OpRes programs are aligned to the latest business requirements.

**What do you need to succeed?**

**Must-have**
- 10 years’ experience in an BCM/OpRes role with incident management responsibilities
- Minimum Undergraduate degree
- BCM certification in one or more of the following BCI, DRII, etc.
- Strong knowledge of business continuity and operational resilience best practices and protocols, IT disaster recovery planning
- Extensive experience working with senior executive, auditors and regulators
- Excellent communication skills, especially related to documentation and reporting

**Nice-to-have**
- 10 years' experience in a banking, operations and/or technology organization
- Audit or IT Risk experience/certification e.g. CPA, CIA, CISA
- Well-developed documentation, project management and facilitation skills
- Knowledge of trading systems and experience in supporting electronic trading system infrastructure
- Good network/relationships across BCM industry/financial sector peers
- Knowledge of ITIL and its associated disciplines / processes

**What is in it for you?**

We thrive on the challenge to be our best - progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses, flexible benefits and competitive compensation
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Opportunities to work with the best in the field
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- A world-class training program in financial services

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**Job Skills**

Audits Compliance, Critical Thinking, Data Gathering Analysis, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Industry Knowledge, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Product Services, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking

**Additional Job Details**

**Address**:
8 MARINA VIEW, #26-01 ASIA SQUARE TOWER 1:SINGAPORE

**City**:
Singapore

**Country**:
Singapore

**Work hours/week**:
40

**Employment Type**:
Full time

**Platform**:
CAPITAL MARKETS

**Job Type**:
Regular

**Pay Type**:
Salaried

**Posted Date**:
2025-06-12

**Application Deadline**:
2025-07-12

**I**nclusion** and Equal Opportunity Employment**

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world