Manager, Business Continuity

What you'll Do

The Manager, Business Continuity, is responsible for supporting Americold's enterprise-wide business continuity.

Operational resilience, crisis management, and IT disaster recovery programs.

This role develops and executes strategies that enable the organization to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from business disruptions across a global network of temperature-controlled facilities, transportation operations, and corporate functions.

The position partners closely with executive leadership, technology, operations, safety, security, and risk management teams to strengthen organizational resilience, protect critical business processes, and ensure continuity of service for customers.

Essential Functions:


* Support the enterprise Business Continuity Management (BCM)/Business Resiliency program, including governance, policies, standards, and continuous improvement.


* Experience building or maturing a BC/DR program in a complex, multi-site, or global operations environment (e.g., supply chain, logistics) preferred


* Facilitate Business Impact Analyses (BIA) and enterprise risk assessments.


* Develop, maintain, and test business continuity and disaster recovery plans.


* Establish and monitor Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).


* Lead crisis response efforts and coordinate recovery activities.


* Develop executive reporting and program metrics.


* Partner across Operations, IT, Cybersecurity, Safety, and Corporate Functions.


* Drive corrective actions and program enhancements.


* Manage resilience-related technology platforms and third-party service providers.


* Support regulatory, customer, and internal audit reviews.


* Excellent verbal and writing communication skills

Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Responsibilities:


* Design and maintain enterprise business continuity and disaster recovery strategies.


* Coordinate disaster recovery testing and validation exercises.


* Conduct third-party resilience and vendor continuity assessments.


* Identify gaps and implement mitigation strategies.

Program Governance & Leadership:


* Coordinate enterprise continuity governance processes.


* Establish program standards aligned to ISO 22301 and NIST.


* Present testing results and risk assessments to senior leadership.


* Partner with Internal Audit, Compliance, Security, and Risk Management teams.

Crisis Management Duties:


* Assist enterprise crisis management and emergency response coordination.


* Manage crisis management teams during significant events.


* Develop crisis communications plans.


* Conduct tabletop exercises and after-action reviews.

What Experience and Education You Need


* Bachelor's degree in a related field required.


* 5+ years of progressive experience in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Risk Management, or Operational Resilience.


* 3+ years...