Business Continuity Program Manager

Job Title: Business Continuity Program Manager

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

The Business Continuity Manager (BCM) develops, maintains, and implements business continuity, disaster recovery strategies and solutions.  This includes risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy selection, and documentation of business continuity and disaster recovery procedures.  The BCM Plans, coordinates, conducts, and debriefs regular exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies.  They update procedures and plans regularly by coordinating with various parts of the business.  Act as the coordinator for all continuity efforts after a disruption event.   The position reports directly to the Director of Corporate & Defense Security, works closely with the Vice President of Corporate & Defense Security, and business executive leaders globally.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What you will be doing:

In this exciting role, the Business Continuity Program Manager (BCM) will be the lead all efforts related to Business Continuity for the Defense portion of the business while working with other key stakeholders globally to ensure alignment and best practices are implemented. This will include regular communication with senior leaders throughout the business. The BCM will also have some oversight and compliance with National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) requirements, particularly those provisions dealing with foreign-owned entities, including the SSA. The BCM must exercise his or her best efforts to ensure full compliance with provisions of the SSA, contract provisions regarding security matters, RRNAHI Corporate & Defense Security Program policies and plans, U.S. export control laws and regulations, the National Security Adjudicative Guidelines, and law.

Key Accountabilities:

• Work with facility business continuity representatives to develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets
• Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans through table top exercises and live training events
• Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.
• Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.
• Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans
• Develop contingency plans to deal with organizational emergencies.
• Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster.
• Interpret government regulations and applicable codes to ensure compliance.
• Conduct or oversee contingency plan integration and operation.
• Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.
• Identify strategic business investment opportunities.
• Create or administer training and awareness presentations or materials.
• Oversee business processes.
• Gather organizational performance information.
• Recommend or implement methods to monitor, evaluate, or enable resolution of safety, operations, or compliance interruptions.
• Partner with members of the Global Security and Resilience Team to develop, implement, and maintain consistent BCM practices among the business units of Rolls-Royce.
• Industrial Security including NISPOM compliance and classified contract management

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Basic Requirements:

• Associate's degree with 7 + years of experience in Business Continuity Management or Industrial Security OR;
• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience in Business Continuity Management or Industrial Security OR;
• Masters degree with 3+ years of experience in Business Continuity Management or Industrial Security OR;
• JD/PhD with 0+ years of experience in design and/or manufacturing engineering
• In lieu of a degree, 9 + years of experience in Business Continuity Management or Industrial Security
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US citizen.
• Security clearance of at least a Confidential level, TS preferred

Preferred Requirements:

• 10+ years management experience
• Demonstrated experience in presenting to C-Suite.
• Knowledge and experience in developing and continually improving processes Investigative experience.
• Experience in emergency or crisis management, a plus

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

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Security and Resilience $103,520 - $168,220-Annually Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.