Program Director Resilience and Business Continuity

Location: New York

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** Join an exciting opportunity to create business continuity and strengthen healthcare resilience!
** We are seeking a dynamic Program Director for Resilience and Business Continuity to lead strategic initiatives that safeguard operations across clinical, IT, and emergency preparedness domains. In this pivotal role, you will partner with executive leadership to design and implement robust recovery strategies, risk assessments, and training programs that empower our organization to respond effectively to both anticipated and unforeseen challenges.

If you excel at influencing stakeholders, driving measurable outcomes, and fostering collaboration in complex environments, this is your chance to make a lasting impact on healthcare resilience.
** Program Director Resilience and Business Continuity
** This role will serve as a strategic partner to executive leadership, clinical operations, IT, and emergency preparedness teams, ensuring that the health system is prepared, responsive, and adaptable to both anticipated and unforeseen challenges. The position requires strong leadership, influencing abilities, and a work ethic committed to measurable outcomes based on capabilities.  The role must also be masterful at coordinating diverse business units to ensure recovery objectives are achievable.

Superior listening and communication skills, the ability to work well with business units, and reasonable technical ability are all expected. The Program Director will work in tandem with business units to include risk and business impact analysis, recovery strategies, plans/playbooks, training, and testing/exercising, all to set up and maintain an overall resilience capability supported by a culture that provides the Board and executive level support to implement a successful capability
** Preferred Criteria
*** Master’s degree
* Certification in Business Continuity Management (CBCP, CHPCP, CCRP) or related certification
** Required Criteria
*** Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Risk Management, Emergency Management, or related field required
* 5-7+ years of progressive experience in healthcare resilience, emergency management, risk management, or business continuity.
* Strong knowledge of healthcare regulatory standards (Joint Commission, CMS, HIPAA, HHS, FEMA).
* Proven experience leading crisis response and recovery efforts in a complex healthcare environment.
* Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders across all clinical and administrative levels.
* Demonstrated ability to lead under pressure in high-stakes, matrixed environments.
* Understanding of healthcare delivery systems, IT resilience, and operational dependencies.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and mitigate risks and develop effective contingency plans.

Join a healthcare system where employee engagement is at an all-time high. Here we foster a culture of respect, belonging, and inclusion. Enjoy comprehensive and competitive benefits that support you and your family in every aspect of life. Start your life-changing journey today.

Please note that all roles require on-site presence (variable by role). Therefore, all employees should live within a commutable distance to NYP.NYP will not reimburse for travel expenses.

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** New York-Presbyterian Hospital is an equal opportunity employer.
*** Salary Range:**$115,000-$130,000/Annual  
* It all begins with you. Our amazing compensation packages start with competitive base pay and include recognition for your experience, education, and licensure. Then we add our amazing benefits, countless opportunities for personal and professional growth and a dynamic environment that embraces every person. Join our team and discover where amazing works.*##
** Internationally acclaimed, our hospital leads the way in research, life-shaping education and compassionate care.
*** We care for 1 out of every 4 New Yorkers in medical need.
* The nation's largest not-for-profit academic medical center, with over 2 million patient visits a year.
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