Job summary
Salla is hiring a Business Continuity Specialist in Al Khobar to create, maintain and test business continuity and operational resilience plans. The role partners with IT, Operations, Risk and Compliance to reduce disruptions and ensure recovery of critical services.
Key responsibilities
- Develop, implement, review, and maintain Business Continuity Plans, policies and recovery strategies.
- Conduct Business Impact Analyses to identify critical processes, dependencies, RTOs and RPOs.
- Identify, assess and monitor operational risks and potential disruptions.
- Coordinate Disaster Recovery planning with IT to align with business objectives.
- Plan and run BCP exercises, tabletop simulations and recovery tests.
- Support compliance with SAMA requirements and internal continuity policies.
- Assist incident response, crisis management and business recovery during disruptions.
- Track continuity performance, prepare reports and recommend corrective actions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Business Administration, Information Systems, Cybersecurity or related field.
- Hands-on experience in Business Continuity Management or related operational resilience roles.
- Experience conducting BIAs, risk assessments and continuity testing.
- Understanding of DRP, RTO and RPO concepts.
- Familiarity with SAMA business continuity requirements preferred.
- Experience in FinTech, banking, payments or regulated financial services is an advantage.
- Strong analytical, documentation and reporting skills.
- Effective communication and stakeholder coordination abilities.
Skills
Business Continuity PlanningBusiness Impact AnalysisRisk AssessmentDisaster RecoveryBCMCrisis ManagementStakeholder ManagementReportingAnalytical skillsDocumentation
Source: Workable. Last checked as open: 14 Nov 2026. You apply directly with the employer.
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