Role Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Program Manager to lead an enterprise-wide initiative focused on enforcing Immutable Backup capabilities and enhancing Disaster Recovery (DR) readiness across all application portfolios. This role will ensure the organization’s resilience posture aligns with ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 standards.

The Program Manager will oversee planning, governance, enterprise rollout, validation, compliance, and evidence management—ensuring the organization can prove robust data protection and resilience during audits and real-world incidents.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Planning & Governance

• Develop, manage, and maintain the end-to-end program plan, scope, milestones, and dependencies.
• Ensure timely implementation of Immutable Backup mechanisms across all in-scope applications.
• Manage project budgets, resource allocation, risks, and interdependencies.
• Establish governance practices and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives.

2. Enterprise Rollout, Change Management & Communication

• Lead the enterprise-wide rollout of the resilience program.
• Drive organizational change required for new Backup and DR protocols.
• Act as internal champion, promoting program objectives and benefits across diverse teams.
• Conduct Drop-in Sessions, Town Halls, Workshops, and stakeholder briefings.
• Manage communication with Application Teams, Product Managers, and Technical Owners.
• Provide consolidated status reporting and track performance across all portfolios.

3. Validation & Assurance (Backup & DR Testing)

• Oversee execution and validation of Backup and Restore tests, ensuring integrity, accuracy, and alignment with RTO/RPO requirements.
• Validate Disaster Recovery (DR) Concept Testing, ensuring system resilience under simulated failure scenarios.
• Review test artifacts, verify compliance, and escalate issues when deviations are identified.

4. Compliance, Documentation & Risk Management (ISO 27001 & ISO 22301)

• Ensure program activities fully adhere to ISO 27001 information security and ISO 22301 business continuity requirements.
• Collect, validate, and maintain auditable evidence including test reports, recovery metrics, and formal sign-offs.
• Identify non-compliance, testing failures, or risk areas and escalate promptly to senior leadership.
• Ensure continuous improvement of resilience frameworks and documentation.

Required Skills & Experience

Essential Skills

1. Project Management Leadership
2. Proven experience handling large-scale, enterprise-wide technical programs.
3. Strong governance, planning, and execution skills.
4. Communication & Change Management
5. Excellent stakeholder engagement across technical and non-technical teams.
6. Experience driving organizational change and adoption.
7. Technical Resilience & Disaster Recovery
8. Strong understanding of immutable backups, DR concepts, RTO/RPO, and resilience strategies.
9. Ability to validate technical implementations and testing outcomes.
10. Security & Compliance (ISO 27001 / ISO 22301)
11. Demonstrated experience ensuring program compliance with security and business continuity frameworks.
12. Experience in evidence management, audit preparation, and documentation.