Director Of Business Continuity Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Business Continuity Planner supporting an Intelligence Community Customer. 

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

Team Leadership & Personnel Development

• Leads and mentors Functional Analysts (FAs) to consistently meet or exceed performance goals.
• Fosters workplace culture centered on continuous growth, learning, and professional development.
• Evaluates FA skills regularly to ensure overall proficiency and technical capabilities are maintained.
• Coordinates assignments for Functional Analysts with the Functional Leadership Team (FLT).
• Receives, evaluates, and schedules resource requests submitted by the FLT.
• Ensures all active tasks are accurately tracked, updated, and visible to the PM, Functional Leads, and the government customer.
• Manages daily scheduling bottlenecks and resolve lower-level resource conflicts between Functional Leads, escalating critical deadlocks to the FLT.
• Be prepared to complete any onsite, no-cost training courses or professional development as directed by government leadership to further skills, proficiency, professional competency, and overall utility in this role.

Continuity & Mission Support

• Manages the comprehensive continuity framework across the agency.
• Oversees and organizes the agency Business Process Analysis and Business Impact Analysis (BPA/BIA) program for Essential Functions (EFs) and Essential Support Activities (ESAs).
• Guides agency components as they develop, update, and manage ESAs within the Mission Assurance Support Toolkit (MAST).
• Builds and manages the liaison program for component continuity planners to audit and evaluate their individual programs.
• Directs all efforts related to agency continuity planning, readiness reporting, and essential records management for all ESAs.
• Serves as the final technical review authority for all Readiness deliverables prior to delivery.
• Manages the Readiness Function's formal battle rhythm and operational schedule.
• Supports alternate site operations as required (not to exceed 10% of time). Requirements include:
  • Opening/closing facilities as needed.
  • Conducts facility tours for agency leadership.
  • Facilitates all alternate site requirements for training and evaluations
  • Advises leadership and continuity personnel on alternate workspace requirements, availability, and capacity limits.
  • Ensures all continuity requirements are met during a contingency or disruption to normal operations.
• Contributes directly to planning efforts for emergency relocation and devolution strategies.
• Collaborates on the development of business continuity plans for the agency and its individual components.

Continuity Training & Mission Assurance Support Toolkit

• Designs, develops, and executes organizational training programs, compliance curricula, and comprehensive performance evaluations; develops and provides user training for the Continuity Planning Tool.
• Develops, updates, and coordinates continuity program training with the NGA College.
• Assists with facilitation of the full exercise cycle, from initial planning through after-action reporting, for component-level continuity plans.
• Serves as the requirements manager for the Continuity Planning Tool (CPT); perform requirements gathering and analysis; document future requirements for development team.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Monitors and tracks NGA compliance across National, Executive, Federal, DoD, and IC directives and regulations to ensure alignment with overarching agency goals.
• Coordinates comprehensive mission risk assessments, vulnerability analyses, and mitigation planning for ESAs through Dependency Risk Acceptance, Function Validation Process, BIA, etc.
• Establishes continuity-related risk metrics and reporting mechanisms for senior leadership assessing Agency-level Readiness & Preparedness.
• Introduces industry's best practices and standards to strengthen Mission Assurance and Continuity of Operations.

Working Groups & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Facilitates and leads continuity working groups, including quarterly Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) meetings.
• Represents the agency at Intelligence Community (IC) Continuity and Mission Assurance working groups relevant to ESAs.
• Coordinates working groups to integrate agency readiness features into the MAST suite and related platforms.

Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI clearance (Polygraph may be required based on agency components).

Degree and Years of Experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent plus a minimum of seven years of experience in program management, with a proven ability to translate complex data into strategic recommendations for executive decision-makers.

Required Certifications:

• FEMA level 1 Professional Continuity Practitioner certified (or ability to attain within 6 months of hire).

Required Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of Federal Continuity Directives, DoD Mission Assurance strategies, and Intelligence Community (IC) Continuity policies.
• Proven experience managing Business Process Analysis (BPA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) cycles for Essential Support Activities (ESAs).
• Hands-on functional administration, tool management, and user training experience in:
  • Mission Assurance Support Toolkit (MAST).
  • BlackBerry AtHoc Computer Emergency Notification System (CENS).
• Experience developing training curricula (ideally partnering with enterprise learning institutions).
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams, in challenging environments, characterized by:
  • Time constraints.
  • Resource constraints.
  • Competing priorities.

Abile Group, founded in July 2004 to support the Intelligence Community and its contractors across Enterprise Analytics, IT & Systems Engineering, and Program & Project Management, merged with Valiant Solutions in January 2026 - an established provider of cybersecurity technologies and services for Federal Agencies since 2005. Together, this partnership creates a stronger, more integrated cybersecurity organization with expanded opportunities for employees, deeper technical collaboration, and a unified mission. With significant experience serving the Federal Government, we remain dedicated to our employees and clients and seek highperforming professionals who excel at providing guidance, developing solutions, and delivering implementation support that blends industry best practices with client expertise and Abile's broad technical capabilities.

Abile is committed to hiring the most qualified and best fit person for the job - always has, always will. Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email careers@abilegroup.com with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days. 

Please review our current job openings and apply for the positions you believe may be a fit. If you are not an immediate fit, we will also keep your resume in our database for future opportunities.