Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Senior Specialist

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. Our products are designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services.

The Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Senior Specialist role is responsible for engaging across Labels, Operations, Information Technology, and Cybersecurity in developing and improving recovery, monitoring, and testing capabilities. The person in this role will help to drive efforts to improve overall business recovery efforts within our gaming products and services. The ideal candidate is a proactive strategist who can develop, implement, and test comprehensive recovery solutions while aligning closely with our broader business continuity goals.

What You’ll Take On:

• Support Take-Two’s global disaster recovery, business continuity management, incident management, and crisis management programs across the company.
• Responsible for coordinating and maintaining the global disaster recovery and business continuity programs to ensure our partners, products, and technologies are prepared to respond to business disruptions.
• Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining disaster recovery and business continuity programs including risk assessments, business impact analyses, and documentation.
• Plan, conduct, and debrief regular scenario-based exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, updating procedures and plans regularly.
• Establish and maintain disaster recovery programs, processes, and practices which ensure that the program remains current and incorporates/aligns with industry standards and practices as appropriate and adequately covers regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate the development, maintenance, and implementation of disaster recovery plans for multiple labels.
• Collaborate with IT and business leaders to align DR strategies with enterprise-wide Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
• Coordinate with stakeholders and partners across multiple labels to identify interdependencies and critical recovery points.
• Perform risk assessments and business impact analyses (BIAs) to determine key areas of vulnerability.
• Design and lead complex DR testing scenarios (including cyberattack simulations, server outages, and data recovery drills).
• Evaluate and recommend DR technologies (e.g., backup solutions, cloud replication, virtualisation).
• Ensure all DR/BCP documentation remains current, auditable, and aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Maintain communication plans for critical issue resolution during emergency response.
• Train internal teams on DR/BCP procedures and ensure awareness at all levels.
• Produce reports and metrics to present to executives and audit/compliance teams.
• Work with business units to develop and ensure effective business recovery plans that allow critical business functions to be resumed within defined timetables and acceptable risk factors.
• Monitor and report on all planning activity and statistical results to senior management and financial regulatory agencies to ensure corporate regulatory and audit compliance.
• Produce ad hoc data and reports in support of business incident management and impact analysis.
• Educate users on the corporation’s business recovery planning software and recovery methodology.
• Stay on top of industry-related disaster recovery processes and evaluate the efficiency of implementing changes to existing practices.

What You Bring:

• 5+ years experience in disaster recovery and/or business continuity roles.
• Demonstrable experience managing DR/BCP in a multi-entity or enterprise organization.
• Solid understanding of IT infrastructure, cloud services, networking, and security.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional recovery teams across diverse lines of business.
• Familiarity with industry frameworks such as ISO, NIST, or COBIT.
• Excellent communication, planning, and documentation skills.
• Administration experience with tools such as Fusion Framework, AlertMedia, ServiceNow or similar platforms is a plus.
• Relevant certifications a plus (e.g., CBCP, CBCI, etc.).

Great to Have:

• Background in gaming, entertainment, or high-availability digital services.
• Knowledge of legal and regulatory compliance in disaster recovery (e.g., GDPR, SOX, etc.).
• Experience in remote work/distributed teams' continuity planning.

What We Offer You:

• Great Company Culture: We pride ourselves as being one of the most creative and innovative places to work.
• Growth: As a global entertainment company, we create environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative, and to grow within and around the company.
• Work Hard, Play Hard: Our employees bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles through various activities.
• Benefits: Benefits include private healthcare, private dental, a double matching pension policy, employee stock purchase scheme, cycle to work scheme, annual health, 26 days holiday, enhanced family-friendly policies, and other great perks.
• Perks: Fitness reimbursement, an onsite gym, an office bar, employee discount programs, free games & events, stocked pantries, and a dog-friendly workplace.

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization.