Vacature Senior Business & IT Continuity Expert

• You update the sector business runbooks, create IT runbooks and drive closure of critical open actions.
• You validate the design and content of the Business Continuity Master Runbook, including its lifecycle model, ownership model and RACI.
• You define and collect runbooks, business applications and business-critical data sets and coordinate their loading into the continuity tooling.
• You develop or review recovery scenarios and test scripts, run hands-on recovery exercises, validate outcomes and consolidate the improvement plan.
• You set up and drive end-to-end business continuity and recovery exercises across runbooks, departments or sites.
• You coordinate the creation and peer review of recovery runbooks for business-managed applications.
• You connect business recovery requirements to IT continuity and disaster recovery capabilities and support user acceptance testing of IT-delivered enablers.
• You review the test strategy with Security, Corporate/IT BCM and IT teams and share current operational practices.
• You plan the resources needed to deliver the continuity scope through 2027, coordinate workshops and report on progress, risks, readiness and decisions.

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT, Information Security, Risk Management or a comparable field, or equivalent experience.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in complex, international, technology-driven environments.
• Proven experience with Business Impact Analysis, recovery strategies, continuity and recovery runbooks, dependency mapping and recovery testing.
• Experience connecting business recovery requirements to applications, data, infrastructure, suppliers and IT service recovery capabilities.
• A pragmatic, evidence-driven approach, with the confidence to challenge assumptions when evidence is not sufficient.
• Experience designing and facilitating tabletop walkthroughs and hands-on business and IT recovery exercises.
• Excellent facilitation and stakeholder management skills, and clear communication in English.

Nice-to-haves

• A certification such as CBCI, CBCP, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer/Lead Auditor, ITIL, CISM, CISA or CISSP.
• Practical familiarity with ISO 22301, ISO 27001, ISO 27031 and ITIL.
• The ability to judge whether test evidence proves preventive, detective and recovery measures are effective.
• Strong project management skills, attention to detail and disciplined follow-through.
• Dutch language skills.

• A gross monthly salary between € 5,800 and € 7,400, depending on education and experience.
• A 12-month assignment on business continuity and ransomware resilience - a high-profile topic and a standout experience on your CV.
• A hybrid way of working: three days on site, the rest from home.
• An extensive package of secondary employment conditions.
• Plenty of opportunities for personal and professional development.