Sr. Manager, Enterprise Business Continuity Risk Management

Job Summary

Location:

100 King Street West. Job Family Group:
Audit, Risk & Compliance. This role is specific to managing Business Continuity and related resilience risk within the Enterprise. It is directly responsible for performing Second Line of Defense (2

LOD) Risk Specialty Area (RSA) oversight activities for the Enterprise Business Continuity (EBCM) program. The Senior Manager provides independent review, effective challenge, and risk oversight of First Line Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis Management practices, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk appetite, regulatory expectations, and associated frameworks, standards, and policies. The role does not execute or own First Line programs or plans, but instead focuses on framework governance, output challenge, thematic risk assessment, risk reporting, and escalation of material concerns.

This role requires a strong Business Continuity subject matter expert with demonstrated experience assessing the design and effectiveness of Business Continuity programs, recovery strategies, testing activities, and related resilience capabilities within a complex organization.

Key areas of involvement include but are not limited to:
Independent review and challenge of Business Impact Analysis (BIA) outputs, recovery objectives (RTO/RPO), critical business services/processes, recovery strategies, and dependency assessments, including third-Party dependencies. Oversight of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis Management planning and testing, including review of results, identified gaps, issue severity assessments, remediation plans, and sustainability of corrective actions. Participation in and challenge of scenario testing, IRSA, IAAP, Resolution & Recovery, and operational resilience activities, assessing whether outcomes appropriately address resilience risks and regulatory expectations.

Monitoring of program execution, risk indicators, issues, and emerging resilience risks, with escalation of material concerns through established governance forums. Development of risk insights, thematic analysis, and management reporting that translate BCM program outcomes, testing results, issues, and risk indicators into clear and actionable risk perspectives for senior management and governance committees. Contribution to quarterly RSA reporting, deep dive reviews, regulatory examinations, internal audit engagements, and audit-ready evidence of effective 2

LOD oversight and challenge. This role partners closely with First Line Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Technology Resilience, and Third-Party Risk teams to deliver independent oversight, effective challenge, and credible risk perspectives, while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties within the Three Lines of Defense model.

Provides oversight, monitoring and reporting on operational risks for a designated portfolio. Develops and monitors the operational management framework that includes the governance framework & practices leveraged across BMO to manage operational risks. Provides policies & standards, methodologies and controls that increase transparency, accuracy and consistency across groups. Works with stakeholders to implement the methodology, metrics and program standards for the assigned portfolio to ensure compliance as well as effective monitoring, timely reporting and identification of action plans.

Provides strategic input into business decisions as a trusted advisor. Makes recommendations to senior leaders on strategy and new initiatives, based on an in-depth understanding of the business/group. Acts as a subject matter expert on relevant regulations and policies. May network with industry contacts to gain competitive insights and best practices. Interprets new regulations and assesses impacts to the governance framework.

Develops reports on the status of the governance program or framework components to various internal & external stakeholder audiences. Influences and negotiates to achieve business objectives. Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making. Recommends business priorities, advises…