Business Continuity Manager

your Jared; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

25 days leave + holidays

Company pension

Healthcare and dental insurance

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Udemy access

Job summary

your Jared is seeking a Business Continuity Manager to strengthen resilience across internal operations and client-managed infrastructure. You will own the BC framework, oversee testing, governance and stakeholder reporting to senior leadership.

The role requires strong knowledge of ISO 22301, BIAs, crisis exercises and the ability to work with technical and non-technical teams. Flexible working options and a comprehensive benefits package are included.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of ISO 22301.
• Experience running BIAs, maturity assessments and continuity testing.
• Background in service delivery, operations or a regulated environment would be useful.
• Good understanding of resilience, disaster recovery, risk, compliance and governance.
• Able to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable producing reports for senior leadership.
• Relevant business continuity, risk or resilience qualifications would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Own the business continuity framework across the organisation and report to Head of Assurance.
• Lead continuity testing, crisis exercises and scenario-based exercises.
• Develop, maintain and improve the BCM system, aligned to ISO 22301.
• Run BIAs, assess RTOs/RPOs and resilience gaps.
• Support client assurance, due diligence and audits for managed infrastructure resilience.
• Provide clear reporting on preparedness, audit findings and risks to senior leadership.

Skills

ISO 22301

BIAs

Continuity testing

Governance

Crisis exercises

Stakeholder management

Education

Business continuity qualifications

Job description

Business Continuity Manager

A UK technology and managed services business is looking for a Business Continuity Manager to help strengthen resilience across internal operations and client-managed infrastructure.

Responsibilities

The business works with customers on critical technology, infrastructure and service delivery, so continuity, recovery planning, assurance and resilience are all important parts of the role.

The Role

• You will report into the Head of Assurance and take ownership of the business continuity framework across the organisation.
• This will suit someone who has strong experience in business continuity management, continuity testing, governance, BIAs and crisis exercises. You should be comfortable working with internal teams, service delivery, technical stakeholders and senior leadership.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and improve the Business Continuity Management System, aligned to ISO 22301.
• Maintain business continuity policies, standards, procedures, playbooks and recovery plans.
• Lead Business Impact Analyses across critical systems, services and business functions.
• Assess RTOs, RPOs, dependencies, recovery priorities and resilience gaps.
• Run continuity testing, crisis simulations and scenario-based exercises.
• Support cyber incident, system outage, data breach and physical incident simulations.
• Conduct system-level BC audits across recovery plans, BIA data, access controls, AI usage governance and DPIA oversight.
• Track remediation actions and report on business continuity maturity, risk and readiness.
• Support client assurance, due diligence and audit activity around managed infrastructure resilience.
• Work with service delivery teams to ensure client continuity requirements are documented, tested and aligned to SLAs.
• Provide clear reporting to senior leadership on preparedness, audit findings, exercise outcomes and emerging risks.
• Promote business continuity awareness across the organisation.
• Work with suppliers and external stakeholders to understand continuity risks across the wider supply chain.

Experience Needed

• Strong knowledge of ISO 22301.
• Experience running BIAs, maturity assessments and continuity testing.
• Background in service delivery, operations, professional services or a regulated environment would be useful.
• Good understanding of resilience, disaster recovery, risk, compliance and governance.
• Able to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable producing reports for senior leadership.
• Relevant business continuity, risk or resilience qualifications would be beneficial.

Benefits

Salary up to £65,000.
Portsmouth or London location.

• Flexible remote working.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Option to buy 5 extra days.
• Company pension.
• Healthcare and dental insurance.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Training and development support.
• Access to Udemy training platform.
• Retail, gym and wellness discounts.