DORA Program Manager and Integrated Testing

Mizuho • New York, NY

82d • $104,000 - $210,000

About The Position

The Americas Operational Resilience Department enables the bank to effectively manage business threats and mitigate the risk of disruptions. The department ensures the readiness of each entity as well as the ability to respond adequately to disruptive events, minimizing the impact on the delivery of the bank's critical operations. The department addresses both Resilience Transformation and Resilience Operations. The transformation aspect encompasses resilience strategy, program execution, and the development of new capabilities across the organization. Meanwhile, resilience operations provide visibility and readiness in daily activities, including new product launches, continuity testing, and event or crisis management. The functions performed span all lines of business and corporate functions across the Americas region to mitigate risks and disruptions through an efficient and sustainable framework, effectively reducing risk and enabling Mizuho to meet growing business expectations and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, Operational Resilience, Cybersecurity, or Finance; an advanced degree is strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience within the financial services, insurance, or investment management sectors, with an understanding of Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) operations.
• Deep understanding of regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations related to operational resilience, including DORA, UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) requirements, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) Principles for Operational Resilience, U.S. Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC guidelines.
• Demonstrated experience in Operational Resilience, IT continuity, including the execution of testing and exercises, development of preparedness artifacts, and facilitation of post-incident reviews.
• Familiarity with key components of operational resilience programs, including integrated testing, and crisis response.
• Ability to perform effectively under pressure, managing crises and operational disruptions with a structured, strategic, and composed approach.
• Ability to drive several projects and initiatives in parallel.

Responsibilities

• Manage the DORA transformations successful execution, including the management of the portfolio of initiatives and remediations.
• Manage the program governance and control framework.
• Coordinate the initiatives across the teams and organization.
• Track the risk mitigation and test the remediation plan completion.
• Ensure regulatory reporting processes are properly enforced, and ROI maintained.
• Manage the escalation governance.
• Monitor and report on the progress and completion of regular and ad-hoc projects.
• Work closely with various teams to assess and identify project goals, steps, and timelines.
• Execute a comprehensive testing program across the scenario catalog to evaluate the bank’s resilience posture, identify structural vulnerabilities, and identify opportunities for enhancement.
• Coordinate and centralize the different tests and exercises performed across the organization to feed the concentration risk evaluation.
• Conduct resilience assessment initiatives—including simulations, tabletop exercises, and scenario analyses—to validate the effectiveness of business continuity, disaster recovery, third-party, and technology resilience capabilities in alignment with defined risk appetites.
• Maintain and update dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) related to regulatory compliance and testing.
• Collaborate with operational resilience pillars to assess compliance with established capability baselines and risk thresholds.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Maintain alignment with internal policies and standards, ensuring consistency with evolving market practices and regulatory expectations.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across IT, Risk, Operations, Legal, Compliance, and other functions, serving as a trusted advisor and providing constructive challenge and oversight of resilience-related plans and initiatives.
• Foster a collaborative, results-driven environment that emphasizes continuous improvement and shared accountability.
• Support the Head of Operational Resilience in building and developing a high-performing, enterprise-wide operational resilience team.
• Support audit preparation, coordination and preparation of the answers and evidence packages.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and 401K plans
• Discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree