VP, Senior Business Continuity Planning Officer

In this role you will lead and shape Banc of California's business continuity program, ensuring effective response, recovery, and resilience across the organization. You will partner with risk, IT, and operations to maintain plans, conduct exercises, and deliver Board-ready reporting. Your work helps minimize disruption and supports regulatory compliance. This is a hands-on, senior role that combines strategy, testing, and crisis management to safeguard critical services and customers.

• 401k with company match
• comprehensive health insurance
• adoption, surrogacy, and fertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• paid time away; volunteer time off
• tuition reimbursement; mentorship; LinkedIn Learning accessibility

• Create and maintain standards, policies, and procedures for continuity planning
• Plan, conduct, and debrief business continuity and disaster recovery exercises
• Serve as crisis management contact and lead continuity efforts after disruptions
• Coordinate emergency response processes and required training
• Ensure timely, accurate updates to business impact analyses and continuity plans with recovery time objectives
• Prepare executive presentations and quarterly Board reporting
• Assess vendor and supplier due diligence for alignment with Bank requirements
• Support third-party and internal disaster recovery testing
• Maintain knowledge of FFIEC guidance and regulatory/industry trends; make recommendations
• Support special projects, respond to audits, and perform other duties as needed
• Follow all policies and procedures

• 7-10 years in business continuity planning within financial services
• Knowledge of state and federal banking compliance related to BC planning
• Advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Extensive BC program planning, coordination, and testing skills
• Experience using artificial intelligence
• Lean Six Sigma expertise
• Strong analytical skills with large data sets
• Experience with Board reporting and data aggregation
• Ability to translate strategy into tactical execution
• Program management and strong organizational skills
• Excellent communication and influencing abilities
• Ability to work under stress and outside regular hours for crisis testing
• On-site four days per week

• excellent written and verbal communication
• ability to influence change across the company
• strong collaboration and cross-functional coordination
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint