Business Continuity Senior Advisor

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Business Continuity Senior Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll advance enterprise preparedness and recovery by leading integrated business continuity planning, assessments, and exercises that align organizational units, technology, and operations to a scalable, resilient continuity program.

Additionally, you’ll:

• Lead and project-manage cross‑functional resiliency initiatives spanning business continuity planning, vendor resiliency, continuity assessments, and gap remediation efforts.
• Guide the development, maintenance, and quality assurance of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), Business Impact Analyses (BIAs), and recovery strategies aligned to enterprise standards and regulatory expectations.
• Serve as a strategic connector between Business Resiliency, Organizational Units, IT/OT, and operational partners to assess risk, maturity, and interdependencies impacting continuity and recovery.
• Design, coordinate, and support tabletop, functional, and discussion-based exercises to validate continuity plans, response capabilities, and technology resilience.
• Integrate and mature enterprise business continuity frameworks, tools, and methodologies through multi-team coordination and execution oversight.
• Support governance, compliance, and reporting requirements for Business Resiliency programs, ensuring consistency and audit readiness.
• Identifies areas to mature in the program to increase the company's resilience capabilities, assisting the business functions in identifying and remediating gaps in their resilience capabilities.
• Provide continuity and preparedness support during real-world incidents, including potential activation in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as part of the Incident Management Team (IMT).

As a Business Continuity Senior Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree.
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP), or similar certification.
• Active membership and engagement in professional business continuity, resilience, or emergency management associations, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and advancement of industry best practices.
• Proven experience developing, maintaining, and executing Business Continuity Plans, Business Impact Analyses, and recovery strategies across complex organizations.
• Experience designing and facilitating continuity exercises and translating lessons learned into actionable improvements.
• Experience supporting enterprise‑wide continuity or resiliency programs in a regulated or critical‑infrastructure environment.
• Experience conducting maturity assessments, benchmarking, and long‑term resilience assessments.
• Experience integrating business continuity and disaster recovery into large‑scale exercises or special initiatives. 
• Demonstrated experience with Fusion or other similar business continuity software.
• Familiarity with recognized continuity and resilience frameworks (e.g., ISO 22301, NIST).

Additional Information 

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days.  Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California.  Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. 
• The primary work location for this position is Irwindale, CA.  
• This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation.  Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
• During real-world incidents this position will be called upon to support the IMT in the Emergency Operations Center virtually or in person. 
• Relocation does not apply to this position.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.