Staff Security Risk and Compliance Program Manager (Business Resilience)

Staff Security Risk & Compliance Program Manager - Business Continuity & Resilience

We're not just building better tech. We're rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn't sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them. It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together. One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About the Role :

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Staff Security Risk & Compliance Program Manager - Business Continuity & Resilience to join our Trust & Security team. This senior role is responsible for the overall design, development, maturity, and maintenance of Confluent enterprise-wide Business Continuity Management (BCM), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Organizational Resilience programs. You will lead cross-functional efforts to ensure our critical business functions and supporting infrastructure can withstand and rapidly recover from significant disruptive events, aligning our resilience posture with regulatory requirements and business objectives.

What You Will Do :

• Strategy and Leadership :
• Own the strategic direction and roadmap for the integrated Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Resilience program across the enterprise.
• Drive the evolution of the program maturity model.
• Business Impact Analysis (BIA) & Risk Assessment :
• Lead the execution of comprehensive, regular Business Impact Analysis (BIA) sessions with business unit leaders to identify and document critical functions, interdependencies, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).
• Partner with Risk Management to integrate resilience findings into the corporate risk register.
• Plan Development & Maintenance :
• Oversee the development, review, and continuous improvement of all BCM plans, including departmental plans, crisis management playbooks, communication strategies, and technology recovery plans (DR).
• Ensure plans meet industry standards and regulatory expectations.
• Testing and Validation :
• Design, coordinate, and lead complex, full-scale resilience testing and validation exercises (e.g., tabletop exercises, simulation drills, functional tests) across technology and business teams.
• Develop clear objectives, conduct post-test analysis, and manage the remediation of identified gaps.
• Governance and Reporting :
• Establish and maintain the program governance framework.
• Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to regularly report on the state of organizational resilience to executive leadership, the Board, and regulatory bodies.
• Integration with GRC :
• Ensure the BCM program is tightly integrated with other GRC domains, particularly Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), including vetting third-party resilience capabilities.
• Regulatory Compliance :
• Stay current on relevant industry best practices (e.g., ISO 22301, NIST) and regulatory requirements (e.g., financial sector resilience rules) to ensure program compliance.

What You Will Bring :

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Come As You Are

Belonging isn't a perk here. It's the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what's possible. We're proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.