Executive Director, Business Continuity

About the Role

The New York Times is looking for an experienced Executive Director for Business Continuity. You will lead our global business continuity framework and oversee response and recovery efforts to minimize the operational impact of business disruptions. Your role will be an important gateway to enhance our ability to maintain operations during challenging times.

With a focus on leadership, partner engagement, and strategic risk management, you will build enterprise-wide continuity programs. You will ensure the development and governance of policies that enhance preparedness and responsiveness across all business departments.

You will report to the Senior Vice President, Workplace Experience. Your role is a hybrid remote/in-office work model, requiring 3 days in the office.

Responsibilities:

• Set Strategic Direction – Lead the governance, execution, and ongoing maturation of Business Continuity at The Times.

• Promote Collaboration Across Departments – Develop strategic relationships with leaders in Corporate Security, Cyber Security, Enterprise Technology and the Newsroom to enhance continuity planning, and strengthen recovery strategies.

• Deliver presentations to Executives - engaging with senior partners to build consensus.

• Develop and Oversee Policies – Establish policies, frameworks, and plans that define and guide business continuity best practices, ensuring ongoing measurement, refinement, and effectiveness.

• Lead Business Continuity During Incidents – Coordinate continuity efforts during a disruption event, ensuring a structured resolution to the incident and minimizing operational disruptions.

• Manage a High-Performing Team – Lead, mentor, and scale an excellent team, of 1 direct report and third-party vendors, to deliver innovation, operational efficiency, and crisis readiness.

• Enhance Training & Preparedness – Assess and modernize existing training programs, to ensure organization-wide readiness and continuous improvement.

• Lead Scenario-Based Training & Tabletop Exercises – Develop business continuity simulation exercises that test important business continuity plans, strengthen corporate response and recovery capabilities, and improve real-time decision-making.

• Engage with External Partners – Serve as an important liaison with external agencies, industry groups, and government entities to align business continuity efforts and enhance response coordination.

• Ensure Post-Crisis Accountability – Support post-incident reviews, track action items, and implement lessons learned to improve business continuity strategies and planning.

• Enhance Business Continuity Tools and Infrastructure – Lead the development of technology-driven solutions to develop frameworks, track business continuity incidents, manage crisis response, and improve business continuity operations.

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our values, including journalistic independence, and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in business continuity, process management, or operational resilience.

• 8+ years experience of business continuity planning at an enterprise wide level. 

• 6+ years independently leading enterprise wide projects in business continuity or risk, including process evaluation and risk assessment plan creation, and executive level engagement experience, both internally and with external partners.

• 5+ years experience developing business continuity contractor, vendor or consultant relationships and working knowledge of business critical systems, infrastructure dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years managing multiple high impact projects concurrently.

• 5+ years experience working in journalism, media, manufacturing, or other industries where operational resilience and crisis response are critical.

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