Disaster Recovery Governance Program Lead (Warsaw, 30% remote) – Public Organisations

The White Team•Capon Bridge, WV

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Disaster Recovery Governance Program Lead will be responsible for coordinating the ICT DR workstream within the Data Centre Team, contributing to ICT DR plan definition, review, and upkeep for in-scope services. This role involves coordinating the DR planning, testing, reporting, and remediation cycle, and maintaining DR readiness visibility through dashboards, evidence status, and action tracking. The Lead will act as the Data Centre Team focal point for ICT DR coordination towards BCM and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

ITIL 4 Foundation or equivalent certification.
At least one certification among CBCI or equivalent, DRI ABCP / CBCP or equivalent, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer or equivalent, or an equivalent certification in Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery (each equivalent certification must be recognized internationally).
Good understanding of ICT Disaster Recovery governance and operational readiness within IT / Data Centre environments.
Ability to translate BCM requirements, BIA outputs and continuity expectations into structured ICT DR activities and deliverables.
Strong coordination skills across infrastructure, operations, applications, security, IAM, vendors and BCM stakeholders.
Experience in DR planning, test cycle coordination, reporting and remediation tracking.
Ability to maintain DR governance artefacts, review cycles, ownership models and readiness reporting.
Working knowledge of backup, restore, replication, failover/failback and service recovery concepts.
Good understanding of major incident, change and problem management processes.
Ability to define and monitor DR readiness KPIs, dashboards and action status.
Strong communication, facilitation, follow-up and escalation management skills.
Ability to manage documentation and reporting in controlled information domains, including Unclassified and Restricted.
5+ years of experience in IT operations, infrastructure coordination, resilience, continuity support or service governance.
At least 3 years of experience in disaster recovery, business continuity support, resilience coordination or service recovery governance.
Proven experience in coordinating cross-functional tasks and follow-up across multiple technical teams.
Experience in maintaining plans, reports, action trackers, test calendars or governance artefacts.
Ability to support management reporting and structured stakeholder communication.
Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive actions to closure.
Ability to work as a member of the Data Centre Team while supporting the Data Centre Team Lead in ICT DR-related activities.
Minimum English language skills: B2.

Nice To Haves

Experience in regulated, critical or audit-sensitive environments is an advantage.
Already holds a valid Personal Security Clearance (PSC) at least on CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL level (non-mandatory requirement).

Responsibilities

Support the Data Centre Team Lead in coordinating the ICT DR workstream within the Data Centre Team.
Contribute to ICT DR plan definition, review and upkeep for in-scope services.
Coordinate the DR planning, testing, reporting and remediation cycle.
Maintain DR readiness visibility through dashboards, evidence status and action tracking.
Act as the Data Centre Team focal point for ICT DR coordination towards BCM and internal stakeholders.