Global Business Resilience Executive Advisor

Global Business Resilience Executive Advisor Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 day per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Ideal candidates will be able to report to one of our Pulse Point locations in Atlanta, GA, Richmond, VA, Indianapolis, IN, Norfolk, VA, St. Louis, MO, Louisville, KY, Wallingford, CT or Mason, OH. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office. Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law. The Global Business Resilience Executive Advisor develops and implements of enterprise-wide business resilience strategies as a critical component of the organization's overall information security program, with a focus on ransomware recovery and cyber resilience. The position is responsible for driving the creation of policies, standards, and procedures that align resilience planning with regulatory requirements, industry practices, and internal security controls and contributes to enterprise architecture planning with a strong focus on cyber resilience, advises executive leadership, and supports merger and acquisition efforts through a security and resilience lens. Leads the development of policies, technical standards, guidelines, procedures, and other elements of an infrastructure necessary to support information security and cyber resilience in compliance with established company policies, regulatory requirements, and generally accepted information security controls. How you will make an impact: * Develops and maintains a comprehensive business resilience program integrated with the organization's information security strategy. * Establishes oversight for resilience planning and cyber recovery, leads risk management initiatives with an emphasis on integrating resilience across business, regulatory, and technical domains, and develops enterprise-wide business recovery plans, particularly those addressing ransomware threats, in coordination with compliance, legal, and business units. * Provides advanced engineering support and serves as a point of escalation, while also guiding vendor strategy for resilience and security services * Develops and maintains business-focused ransomware recovery plans and cyber resilience strategies aligned with enterprise recovery objectives. * Develops and implements a testing framework to regularly exercise recovery plans and cyber resilience strategies in collaboration with business units, IT, compliance, and other key stakeholders, ensuring continuous improvement. * Leads the testing and validation of resilience and recovery plans to ensure they meet defined business and operational recovery requirements. * Leads risk management initiatives, including resilience considerations across business, regulatory, technical domains and security. * Guides vendor strategy for resilience and security services. * Supports enterprise architecture planning with a focus on resilience. * Serves as a subject matter expert in business continuity, disaster recovery, ransomware recovery, and broader information security domains. * Advises executive leadership and supports enterprise-wide initiatives from a resilience and security perspective. * Creates presentations and seeks IT and business management approval and acceptance of significant replacements or reconfigurations. * Proposes opportunities to improve results based on targeted or continuous assessment. * Researches relevant trends and activities in healthcare, business, competition and regulatory environments. * Recommends strategy adjustments. * Participates in enterprise planning activity, including vendor assessment, technology platform selection and retirement, prioritization and integration. * Routinely acts as a subject matter expert for executive management. Minimum Requirements: Requires BS/BA in Information Technology or related field of study and a minimum of 10 years of experience in systems administration and security aspects of information systems, access management and network security technologies, network communications, computer networking, telecommunications, systems development and management, hardware, software, data, and people; experience with multiple technical and business disciplines required; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background. Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences: * Significant experience in business resilience and continuity planning within large enterprises or the healthcare industry highly preferred. * Deep understanding of business resilience frameworks, cyber resilience, risk management, and regulatory compliance specific to healthcare or complex enterprise environments highly preferred. * Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate technical and strategic information to a range of audiences, including executives, technical teams, and business stakeholders highly preferred. * Deep expertise is expected across key resilience and information security domains, particularly in business continuity and disaster recovery, ransomware mitigation and recovery, cyber risk management, security, compliance, and incident response highly preferred. * Proven track record of partnering with leadership and subject matter experts to influence strategy, support risk-informed decision-making, and drive resilience initiatives highly preferred. * Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple, high-impact projects simultaneously while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail highly preferred. * Prior experience in the healthcare sector, particularly within Fortune 100 companies or similarly complex organizations highly preferred. * Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities preferred. * Proficiency in crafting and delivering impactful presentations and reports preferred. * Adept at navigating complex organizational structures and influencing change preferred. * Broad-based experience to plan and design highly complex systems preferred. Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health. Who We Are Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve. How We Work At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business. We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few. Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws. Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact View email address on click.appcast.io for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.