Director of Business Resiliency

Summary

Join Honor, a leading home care company, as their Director of Business Resiliency. You will play a strategic leadership role in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from business interruptions. This involves developing and implementing business continuity plans, overseeing incident management, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will ensure operational resilience and safeguard the safety and wellbeing of caregivers and clients. The ideal candidate possesses operational expertise, accountability, and strategic thinking skills. This is a full-time role with minimal travel and offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• Business Continuity Experience in a Multi-State, Distributed Environment : Minimum of 5 years in business continuity, crisis management, or related fields, with hands-on experience developing and implementing emergency preparedness and business continuity plans for both natural disasters and system failures, in a multi-state, distributed environment
• Experience in High-Stakes, Mission-Critical Operations : Experience managing business continuity in environments where interruptions can have serious, real-world consequences—such as healthcare, emergency services, or other life-dependent sectors with a strong understanding of operational risk management and the ability to implement effective strategies that mitigate the impact of disruptions on vulnerable populations
• Education : Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Emergency Management, or a related field; certifications in Business Continuity Planning (e.g., CBCP, MBCI) are a plus
• Experience building for Scale: Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth, tech-enabled environment and building strategies to scale by 5x
• Incident Command Experience : Previous experience in assuming the role of response lead during incidents, ensuring coordination and response efforts are efficient and effective
• Training & Facilitation : Experience conducting drills and training teams on business continuity, emergency response, and risk mitigation

Responsibilities

• Ensure a viable business continuity plan and drive emergency preparedness and business continuity in Honor’s ongoing operations
• Build and maintain company Emergency Preparedness plans for natural events (e.g. hurricane, wildfire) and systems outages that impact both our care operations and our dispersed HQ employee population
• Conduct risk assessments for various departments and functions, analyzing potential business impact of unpredictable business interruptions such as natural disasters, security breach, legal claims, and market disruptions
• Collaborates with IT staff to develop and implement best practices to protect and restore data and systems in the event of natural disasters, viruses, and hackers
• Identifies and implements recovery operations and methods to allow the company to function at limited or partial capacity in the event that part or all of the infrastructure is damaged or destroyed
• Develop and execute cycles of continuous improvement following emergency events; ensure relevant documentation is updated, teams are trained and tooling is updated
• Ensure 24/7 event monitoring and timely escalation, including by effectively leveraging and training Honor’s existing 24/7 team
• Establish reporting tools that allow us to report on impact to operations and safety risk in real-time
• Creates and facilitates practice drills for risk mitigation and plan execution
• Manage in-the-moment incident response
• Leverage 3rd party tools to provide ongoing monitoring of potential events
• Conduct regular threat assessments based on anticipated event severity and scope of impact to Care and US HQ operations
• Assume the role of Response Lead during event to direct Honor’s response, in-line with Honor’s emergency response protocols, including
• Provide timely, proactive event alerts and updates to operating teams, including expected number of clients, CPs, and employees impacted
• Identify and implement pre-event preparedness activities, including establishing backup care and resourcing plans
• Execute and manage outbound notifications to clients, Care Pros and HQ employees. Ensure timely and accurate response tracking and implement
• Provide Field Leadership with specific, actionable staffing and other operational recommendations (e.g. managing Care Pro call-offs, visit triage, visit check-ins, employee travel); appropriately triage and prioritize response efforts such that we are effectively balancing operational lift with risk to safety, wellbeing and continuity of operations
• Conduct event retrospective with key stakeholders, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement
• Provide timely post-event impact assessment reports to Honor leadership

Benefits

• Equity
• 401K with up to a 4% match
• Medical, dental and vision coverage including zero cost plans for employees
• Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance are fully employer paid with a voluntary additional Life Insurance option
• Generous time off program
• Mental health benefits
• Wellness program
• Discount program
• Remote work