# Manager, Business Continuity Planning & Compliance Job KCB Bank, Nairobi, Kenya

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Company: KCB Bank, Nairobi, Kenya

Category: Banking & Financial Services

Location: Kenya

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-08-10

Expires: 2026-09-24

## Job Description

### Key Responsibilities

Technology Resilience & Recovery.

- Mandate the Group-wide Technology BCM and Operational Resilience strategy, ensuring alignment with ISO 22301, global best practices, evolving regional regulatory mandates (e.g., CBK Prudential Guidelines) while integrating modern Cloud-Native resilience patterns, Automated DR Failover Orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automated recovery. 

- Partner with Group Cybersecurity to design and test specialized “Cyber Recovery Playbooks” (e.g., Ransomware recovery, immutable backups) to defend against and rapidly recover from destructive cyber-attacks. 

DR Failover Simulations Orchestration & Testing. 

- Direct and orchestrate multi-jurisdictional Disaster Recovery (DR) and Cyber Resilience failover simulations for the Group’s Core Banking and Tier-1 applications, rigorously validating strict Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO). 

- Develop technology-related crisis management frameworks and facilitate IT DRP simulation exercises (Tabletop drills) for the Group Technology teams. 

High-Availability (HA) & BIA.

- Challenge Enterprise Architects and system owners on High Availability and redundancy designs; exercise authority to mandate the elimination of Single Points of Failure (SPOFs) across physical data centers and decentralized Multi-Cloud/Containerized architectures.

- Lead Business Impact Analyses (BIA) and IT Threat/Vulnerability assessments to proactively align technology recovery strategies with business demands.

Third-Party Cloud Resilience & Supply Chain Governance.

- Execute resilience audits and risk assessments of critical third-party technology vendors, SaaS/PaaS Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), and FinTech partners to prevent supply chain disruptions and mitigate systemic concentration risks. 

Executive Reporting & Remediation Enforcement 

- Design high-impact Operational Resilience dashboards and present strategic BCM risk profiles and compliance postures to the Group Risk Management Committee and the Board. 

- Mandate and strictly track the closure of critical vulnerabilities, architectural gaps, and lessons learned identified during DR simulation exercises to their logical conclusion. 

Minimum Position Qualification Requirements

Academic & Professional

- Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Security or a related IT field RQ

- Master’s degree in business or IT               AA           

- Professional Qualifications

- Business Continuity / Resilience   CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional), AMBCI, MBCI, or ISO 22301 Lead Implementer / Auditor. RQ

- Technology Governance & Security CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, or ITIL v4           AA

Experience

- Total Minimum No of Years’ Experience Required               5

- Experience in IT operations, architecture, or assurance functions within the Financial Services industry. 5          RQ

- Deep, practical knowledge of current business continuity planning techniques, disaster recovery, and performing complex risk and business impact analyses (BIA).               4                RQ

- Demonstrated exposure to IT resilience practices, including Cloud-native recovery orchestration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Automated DR Failover Orchestration, and governing SaaS/PaaS resilience. 3             ES

- Strong understanding of Core IT applications and experience in governing Third-Party/Vendor technology resilience.          3             ES

- Proven track record of managing cross-functional technical teams during high-pressure crisis events or large-scale DR simulations.

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