1525 - Principal Specialist, DC Performance (Operational Risk and Insurance)

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Your role at a glance The Senior Principal Specialist, DC Performance (Operational Risk and Insurance) supports the Critical Operations team by providing structured ownership, coordination and operational oversight of DC Operations risk management, including TVRAs, Operational Risk Registers and insurance-related activities. The role acts as a primary interface between Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), DC site teams and Central teams to ensure DC Ops risks, risk requests, TVRA inputs (across 41 external threats), insurance site visit outcomes, and issues arising from Business Continuity/Crisis Management exercises are captured, assessed, tracked and progressed to closure. The role ensures that DC Operations risks and insurance outputs are visible, consistently managed and translated into practical actions that strengthen operational maturity, audit readiness, business continuity effectiveness and stakeholder confidence across the global DC Operations environment. What we are looking for Summary The Senior Principal Specialist, DC Performance (Operational Risk and Insurance) supports the Critical Operations team by providing structured ownership, coordination and operational oversight of DC Operations risk management, including TVRAs, Operational Risk Registers and insurance-related activities. The role acts as a primary interface between Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), DC site teams and Central teams to ensure DC Ops risks, risk requests, TVRA inputs (across 41 external threats), insurance site visit outcomes, and issues arising from Business Continuity/Crisis Management exercises are captured, assessed, tracked and progressed to closure. The role ensures that DC Operations risks and insurance outputs are visible, consistently managed and translated into practical actions that strengthen operational maturity, audit readiness, business continuity effectiveness and stakeholder confidence across the global DC Operations environment.

KEY responsibilities • Design and implement a BCP and EOP harmonized program for scenario drills/exercises across GDC DC Ops, engaging with stakeholders and SMEs, as required. Compile any associated process and documents to support implementation, validating DC Site preparedness, and drive continual improvement. • Supporting TVRAs by managing identified risks and revisions – Primary interface with GRC, Central Functions and DC sites. In essence, establish a Global Operational Resilience Program to transform TVRA insights into: Actionable Mitigation strategies, Standardize readiness practices, Validated response capability through scenario testing. • Act as the primary DC Operations interface with GRC for operational risk topics, including risk register governance, TVRAs, risk methodology alignment, insurance risk/findings, risk review cycles and escalation of key associated issues. • Coordinate the capture, review and tracking of issues, actions and improvement opportunities arising from BCP, EOP and scenario drills exercises, as required. • Support DC Ops BIA (Business Impact Analysis) annual review • Own and maintain the DC Operations Risk Register in 6Clicks, ensuring risks are accurately recorded, structured, assessed, updated and monitored. • Review and coordinate DC Ops risk request forms submitted by DC site teams and Central teams for site-specific operational risks. • Work with GRC, Central teams and DC site stakeholders to validate risk information, clarify ownership, support assessment quality and monitor risk treatment actions. • Ensure risk status, treatment plans, evidence, comments and updates are maintained to support governance, audit readiness and management reporting. • Supporting DC site insurance visits – Primary interface with GRC, Central Functions and DC sites • Manage from a DC Ops perspective, the GRC findings platform/interfaces - 6clicks/Mcube • Manage the Community MS team DCOPS - Performance oversight

Key Performance Indicators: • To work with the NTT DATA GDC teams to define and implement a set of key performance indicator (KPI), performance indicators or metrics for DC Ops Risks, that are measurable and demonstrates how effectively the operational teams are performing against their objectives.

Reporting: • Provide regular reporting on DC Ops Risks against KPIs and schedule regular engagement meetings with stakeholders to address any KPI related issues and concerns. After these meetings, provide a regular status update on any concern relating to KPI performance.

• Provide support and guidance on how to rectify and improve any reported non-conformance or performance issue identified.

Planning: • Develop realistic plans, set goals, align plans with NTT DATA GDC objectives and coordinates with others team members.

Problem solving: • Have the ability to break down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues, can simplify any process complex issues, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts appropriate and escalate when required with strong input and guidance around options / recommendations.

KNOWLEDGE & ATTRIBUTES • Strong understanding of operational risk management, assurance, governance and issue management in a critical infrastructure or data center environment. • Structured, detail-oriented and target-driven approach with the ability to move actions from identification through to closure. • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with GRC, Central teams, regional leadership and site t

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