Full-Time
Head of Disaster Recovery and Resilience
Posted on 5/10/2025
Capital Group
5,001-10,000 employees
Manages investment portfolios for clients
Compensation Overview
$181.2k - $362.6k/yr
Expert
Irvine, CA, USA
- 10+ years of experience leading Disaster Recovery and Resilience for complex and integrated systems.
- Accountable for core disaster recovery operationally: including infrastructure execution (on-premise and cloud) and via automation across all critical application areas.
- Lead a program that will define, build, and run our disaster recovery capabilities.
- Inspire and empower matrixed teams through openness and inclusion to think broadly about disaster recovery gaps, informed consultation, and effective challenge.
- Accountable for regular testing (game days) of the disaster recovery practices and remediation of any issues.
- Partner with Architecture, Infrastructure & Security to establish repeatable patterns that mitigate disaster recovery risk.
- Establish and regularly communicate metrics-based reporting on all disaster recovery activities with clear success criteria, KPIs/KRIs and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Support Global Risk and their requirement to report to regulators on our disaster recovery efforts.
- Establish disaster recovery teams, operating model, and book of record for all disaster recovery related data.
- Partner with Global Risk & Security as disaster recovery scope evolves based on regulatory demand (i.e., DORA, MAS, etc.) and ensure all appropriate documents and standards remain up to date.
- Manage work across organizational lines to address competing priorities and achieve results.
- Establish processes to monitor and maintain disaster recovery lifecycle activities.
- Manage and oversee the team to ensure audit related disaster recovery activities are completed in a timely manner.
Capital Group focuses on managing investments for long-term growth, primarily through its American Funds® brand. The company utilizes high-conviction portfolios, which means they invest in a select number of securities that they believe will perform well based on thorough research. This approach is supported by a team of over 8,000 associates who work across various global offices. Unlike many competitors, Capital Group emphasizes individual accountability among its investment professionals, ensuring that each team member is responsible for their investment decisions. The company's goal is to enhance the financial well-being of its clients by providing successful investment strategies that improve their lives.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$703.7M
Headquarters
Beijing, China
Founded
N/A
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Capital Group's launch of eight active ETF model portfolios taps into growing market demand.
- The firm's collaboration with KKR expands access to private market investment solutions.
- Capital Group's strategic move into cryptocurrency with Metaplanet reflects innovation.
What critics are saying
- Employment scams using Capital Group's name could harm its reputation and trust.
- Investment in Plus500 exposes Capital Group to volatile and regulated CFD trading risks.
- Expansion into private markets with KKR may involve illiquidity and market fluctuation risks.
What makes Capital Group unique
- Capital Group has over 90 years of experience in active investment management.
- The firm manages more than $2 trillion in assets, showcasing its industry leadership.
- Capital Group's global presence spans Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.
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Against a backdrop of heightened uncertainty, investors are increasing allocations across fixed income sectors, particularly to higher quality bonds, and seeking geographical diversification, according to a study by Capital Group, one of the world’s largest and most experienced active investment managers, with more than US$2.8 trillion1 in assets under management.The inaugural Capital Group Fixed Income Horizons Survey 20252, conducted among 300 institutional investment professionals across Asia-Pacific, EMEA and North America, explores asset owners’ strategic portfolio positioning over a 12–24-month period.Ed Harrold, Fixed Income Investment Director, Capital Group, said: “The Fixed Income Horizons Survey highlights the importance of diversification to generate returns while minimising risk. Given market uncertainty, rebalancing fixed income portfolios and risk management are becoming a bigger priority for investors. In our view, a global approach to fixed income investing broadens the investment pool and enhances portfolio robustness through strategic diversification. As one of the largest active fixed income managers globally, with over 50 years of experience in bond markets, Capital Group sees clear value in actively managed, well diversified portfolios to meet investors’ long-term financial goals.”Key findings include:. 1. Amidst ongoing uncertainty, investors are upweighting fixed income and hedging risk· 76% of asset owners plan to increase allocations across all public fixed income sectors over the next 12 months, with investment grade corporate credit being favoured (24%).· 72% of investors surveyed will be highly selective and cautious in their approach to credit risk over the next 12 months, with most planning to keep credit risk exposure unchanged (54%), and slightly more adding (25%) than reducing (21%) their exposure.2. Investors are confident over diversification benefits of fixed income. · 75% of respondents think fixed income will maintain or strengthen its ability to provide diversification within portfolios over the next 12 months. · Asset owners who plan to adjust emerging market debt allocations over the next 12 months cite attractive yields (62%) and diversification benefits (52%) as key drivers.· 41% of investors will increase private credit allocations over the next 12 months, driven by the potential for higher returns (80%) and diversification benefits (63%).3. Regional rebalancing of bond portfolios underway with a strong focus on international diversification among Asia-Pacific and EMEA investors
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