Operational Risk Lead Analyst - Mississauga, Canada - The Cigna Group

The Cigna Group

Verified Company

Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

The Contract Operational Risk Lead Analyst will be responsible for coordinating the change control process including review of changes to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance.

This role will assist in the facilitation of CAB meetings, communication, reporting and conducting/reporting Production Defect Review (PDR) for all failed changes.

Responsibilities within Change Management include ensuring that Customer contractual and Business Groups compliance expectations are met.

This role is required to proactively engage essential stakeholder groups to ensure efficient operations and performance of the Change Management intake, output and deliberation processes.

Additionally, this role must lead continuous improvement ensures around Change Management including the use of quantitative measures to expose improvement opportunities.

This role will also be responsible for leading Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plan development activities for the successful recovery of Express Scripts Canada systems should a service disruption or catastrophic event occur.

This role works directly with multiple teams, management levels, disciplines, technologies, business groups, vendors, and customers.

This role will also be asked to work outside of normal business hours to lead, support and complete activities around Change Management, Business Continuity events and Disaster Recovery events to ensure ongoing delivery of value to internal and external stakeholders.

Please note:
This is a 12 Months contract with possibility of extension. This position will be based out of our Mississauga Head Office working 1-2 days on-site in a week.

Key Responsibilities:

Change Management:

Review Changes, checking for accuracy, completeness and compliance
Facilitate the change management process which includes coordinating Change Advisory Board (CAB) calls and scheduling the CAB meetings
Prepare CAB agenda and completing Change Management reporting and metrics
Communicate the outcomes of CAB and Change Management events to stakeholders
Manage stakeholders' participation and engagement within Change Management. This extends to internal and external customer and external vendor stakeholders.
Create and foster an environment of open discussions around CAB and Change Management to ensure outcomes consistent with best practices.
Define success metrics and performance measurements for Change Management and Disaster Recovery activities
Maintain and provide Change Management process/tool training
Own, maintain and ensure continuous improvement of Change Management template assets.
Followup on Emergency Changes to ensure they are categorized correctly
Participate in monthly Change Review and Validation meeting with IT and PMO
Own, review and provide dynamic and annual updates to the Change Management SOP
Support and guide the Project Management and IS Teams in the development of change management plans for projects
Test validation and support for any Cherwell or Incident Management Tool changes related to Change Management
Participate in internal and external audits, as required

Release Management:

Participate in implementation planning meetings
Ensure completeness and accuracy of Release Implementation plans
Communicate the outcomes of Releases to stakeholders
Own, maintain and ensure continuous improvement of Release Management template assets

Business Continuity:

Develop and lead Business Continuity plan tabletop and Disaster Recovery strategies for restoring critical business systems.
Provides recommendations and solutions on how to mitigate the exposure to potential risk and develops risk management tactics and plans to prevent business disruptions; estimates budget and planning costs associated with the implementation of the strategy.
Leads and develops regular and periodic testing exercises and a maintenance schedule to validate the capability of the recovery and contingency plans; implements approved solutions and reports back on the results.
Leads the IT recovery and contingency plan efforts and actual event management, including organizing and leading a team of professionals from across the enterprise in the event of a disaster, communicating the summary information to all internal and external IT recovery support groups, identifying the appropriate level of resources to maintain continuity of essential functions, and tracking the overall recovery process.
Develops and manages the Business Continuity risk analysis process and provide progress updates, advice, and information to the Business Resiliency Program.
Develops and maintains all policies, procedures, methodologies, and documentation, including the Disaster Recovery plan and information and technology recovery run books. Establishes and manages a central online Disaster Recovery repository to house and maintain all information.
Recommends and sponsors critical IT recovery performance targets a