University of Notre Dame

Lead IT business continuity and disaster recovery program to enhance critical service availability and integrity. | Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in IT resilience, disaster recovery, or cybersecurity with stakeholder influence skills. | For over 180 years, the University of Notre Dame has been a leading American research university, offering a distinct perspective in higher education. This Catholic institution, based in Notre Dame, Indiana, is driven by a powerful blend of faith and intellectual curiosity, consistently pursuing excellence in education, groundbreaking research, and service to society. Notre Dame fosters a welcoming and vibrant campus where students, faculty, and staff are united in their commitment to creating an inclusive community and making a difference in the world. For individuals passionate about innovation, ethical leadership, and leveraging world-class facilities and renowned academic programs, Notre Dame provides a dynamic and impactful career path. Job Description The Office of Information Technology’s Information Security team is seeking an experienced IT Resilience Program Manager to build and lead the University’s IT business continuity and disaster recovery program. This information assurance role will improve the availability and integrity of the University’s critical IT services. It will establish enterprise standards, improve recovery capabilities, validate readiness, and advise leaders on resilience risks and investment priorities. The successful candidate will be a program builder who can turn broad goals into practical, sustainable capabilities. They will lead through influence in a matrixed environment and balance resilience, business priorities, technical constraints, and available resources. Responsibilities Build and Lead the IT Resilience Program Design, implement, and continuously improve the University’s IT business continuity and disaster recovery program. Establish standards, governance, methodologies, playbooks, templates, and operating practices. Define minimum resilience requirements based on service criticality, recovery objectives, regulatory expectations, and institutional risk. Maintain a consistent lifecycle for recovery plans, testing, remediation, and reporting. Strengthen Recovery Capabilities Lead service owners to define business impact, recovery time and recovery point objectives, dependencies, and recovery strategies. Evaluate recovery capabilities across applications, infrastructure, identity, networks, endpoints, backups, cloud services, SaaS platforms, and third-party providers. Identify material gaps and develop practical, risk-informed recommendations. Integrate resilience processes into architecture, technology lifecycle, solution advisory, and third-party risk processes. Validate Readiness Design and lead tabletop, functional, technical, and scenario-based exercises with leaders and technical teams Evaluate recovery capabilities across applications, infrastructure, identity, networks, endpoints, data protection, backup and restoration, monitoring, cloud platforms, SaaS services, and vendor-managed environments. Document findings, assign accountable owners, and track remediation through closure. Coordinate with incident response, crisis management, emergency management, and business continuity partners during significant disruptions. Advise, Influence, and Improve Advise IT and business leaders on recovery limitations, institutional risk, remediation priorities, investment needs, and risk acceptance decisions. Shape risk-informed resilience practices across central and distributed IT, and integrate material risks, metrics, audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements into the broader IT risk program. Build the reporting, guidance, and enablement needed to improve readiness, accountability, and sustained adoption across technical teams, service owners, and leaders. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, OR equivalent professional experience. Five or more years of relevant experience in IT resilience, disaster recovery, business continuity, cybersecurity, technology risk, or a related field. Demonstrated experience building or materially improving a resilience or recovery program. Experience defining recovery objectives, dependencies, recovery strategies, and technical requirements. Experience evaluating recovery capabilities across infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms, SaaS services, and third-party providers. Experience designing and facilitating cross-functional exercises. Strong analytical, program leadership, facilitation, and communication skills. Ability to influence technical and business stakeholders without direct authority. Ability to translate technical failure scenarios into business impact and actionable priorities. Ability to work in the United States, now or in the future, without visa sponsorship Preferred Qualifications Experience in higher education or another complex, decentralized organization. Experience with ransomware recovery, identity recovery, backup validation, cloud resilience, or cyber-recovery exercises. Familiarity with NIST SP 800-34, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 22301, ISO 27031, or comparable frameworks. Experience with resilience or risk platforms such as Fusion, Archer, or ServiceNow. Relevant certifications such as CBCP, MBCP, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, ITIL, or cloud architecture credentials. Additional Information Deadline to apply (subject to change): Tuesday, July 28th, 2026 Salary: up to $110,000, commensurate with experience Work Location: Hybrid, on campus three days per week The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or age in employment. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and complies with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). We strongly encourage applications from candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity. Division: VP and Chief Information Officer Job Subfamily: Info Security - IT012 Unit: Information Security - 29022 Career Stream / Level: EIC3 Job Family: IT

Monitor award funds, provide financial oversight, ensure compliance with grant terms, and partner with researchers to address needs. | Bachelor's degree and 3+ years interpreting federal and non-federal regulations for sponsored projects with strong analytical and communication skills. | The University of Notre Dame is more than a workplace; it is a vibrant, mission-driven community where every employee is valued and supported. Rooted in a tradition of excellence and inspired by our Catholic character, Notre Dame is committed to fostering an environment of care that nurtures the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. Here, you will find a deep sense of belonging, a culture that prioritizes well-being, and the opportunity to grow your career while being a force for good in the world. Whether contributing to world-class research, shaping the student experience, or supporting the University’s mission in other ways, you will be part of a dedicated team working to make a meaningful impact on campus and beyond. At Notre Dame, your work matters, and so do you! Job Description Notre Dame Research Administration and Compliance is growing, and we’re looking for talented, mission-driven professionals to join our team as Grants Program Managers (GPMs)! We currently have three new positions available supporting Notre Dame’s world class faculty, researchers, and research administrators across a variety of disciplines. If you’re a thoughtful problem solver who enjoys partnering with others to advance groundbreaking research, we’d love to connect with you. GPMs play a key role throughout the research lifecycle, supporting program activities by: Monitoring and maintaining award funds and accounts. Providing budgeting, forecasting, and financial oversight services. Reviewing expenditures for allowability, allocability, and reasonableness. Communicating grant terms and conditions to project teams with a focus on compliance. Navigating multiple research administration systems and providing guidance to faculty and staff. Anticipating and proactively addressing the needs of researchers. Delivering excellent customer service and confidently managing high-stakes conversations around policy, compliance, and regulations. The ability to work independently with minimal oversight, while also collaborating as part of a wider team, is essential to success. GPMs are expected to bring strong organizational, time management, and communication skills to balance competing priorities and deadlines with efficiency and professionalism. Notre Dame Research fully embraces the University’s coaching culture, fostering regular, open, two-way feedback and development conversations between employees and supervisors. We welcome applicants at varying stages of their careers, from early-career professionals to experienced research administrators. Titles and levels will be determined based on education, experience, and demonstrated expertise. Qualifications Qualifications Bachelor’s degree required (or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience). 3+ years of professional work experience, with demonstrated ability to interpret and apply federal and non-federal regulations to sponsored projects. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and apply complex policies and regulations. Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to engage professionally with diverse stakeholders. Proficiency in research administration systems and comfort guiding others in their use. Strong organizational, time, and project management skills; ability to perform under pressure with confidence. Ability to provide mentorship to junior colleagues (senior-level). Preferred Qualifications (for senior-level candidates): 3+ experience in higher education grants management, with strong knowledge of eRA systems, sponsor systems, compliance, and regulatory requirements. Certified Research Administrator (CRA) credential. Experience mentoring or training junior staff. Graduate-level coursework in financial accounting or related areas. Additional Information To be considered for this role, please include a cover letter and resume. Applications due by July 15, 2026. Compensation Range: $70,000–$100,000, commensurate with experience. Work Environment: Position may be based on Notre Dame’s campus in South Bend, Indiana, or may be structured as a remote role, depending on the needs of the candidate. The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or age in employment. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and complies with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). We strongly encourage applications from candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity. Division: Vice President of Research Job Subfamily: Grant Admin/Proposals - AA002 Unit: NDRAC - NDR, Admin & Compliance - 43100 Career Stream / Level: EIC2 Job Family: Academic Aff