AVP, Business Continuity

About the role

Lead with Purpose, Unlock Your Team’s Passion At LPL, people leaders hold the key to the employee experience — shaping culture, driving performance, and guiding individuals to new heights. Because when that happens, we all win – clients, LPL, and most importantly our employees. If you're ready to lead with intention and discover what’s possible, LPL Financial invites you to apply today. Are you a dedicated professional who thrives in dynamic environments? Are you driven to ensure business resiliency in the face of critical incidents? Do you possess the acumen to prepare for unforeseen challenges and are open to innovative solutions? Are you passionate about learning new skills and solving complex problems? If you have a strong foundation in operational resiliency, business continuity, crisis management, and a history of leading resiliency initiatives, then this could be the role for you! Reporting to the VP, Enterprise Resiliency for the firm, the Business Continuity Assistant Vice President is responsible for supporting the enterprise resiliency strategic vision and initiatives. The Business Continuity, AVP will provide leadership and direct support for the development, implementation, and ongoing evolution of the Firm’s comprehensive enterprise resiliency business continuity programs. The person in this role will lead efforts in translating program requirements for the business unit resiliency partners into actionable activities to establish or improve business continuity processes and controls, including business impact analyses, risk assessments, BCP testing, BCP quality reviews, supplier resiliency and provide crisis management support.

Responsibilities

• Support and contribute to the maturation of the Enterprise Resiliency policy, strategies, processes, and procedures.
• Develop relationships and gain buy-in of business continuity and related Enterprise Resiliency Program objectives from key stakeholders, including business unit resiliency staff, Third-Party Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, and Technology Resilience.
• Provide leadership, consulting, and direct support in the execution of the Business Continuity Lifecycle (Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Plan Development, Testing) activities.
• Contribute to the development and execution of resiliency training to ensure preparedness.
• Participate in enterprise threat monitoring, and support event response, management, and crisis communications.
• Proactively self-identify resiliency risk issues, document risks, recommend corrective actions and mitigating controls.
• As assigned, conduct Third-Party business continuity assessments and review business continuity contract language.
• Interface with internal support partners (IT, Supplier Risk, Compliance, etc.) to support the documentation and tracking of resiliency issue and gap remediation efforts.