Business Continuity Planning Manager

Resilienceforward; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Press is seeking a Business Continuity Planning Manager (Global Operations) to lead the global BCP programme, ensuring resilience across 180 locations and 5,000 colleagues. You will develop, maintain, and test enterprise-wide continuity and crisis management frameworks and embed a consistent global approach.

You will partner with leaders across divisions, manage the mass notification platform, and drive training, testing, and awareness initiatives to ensure preparedness and

Qualifications

• Experience designing, maintaining and testing enterprise-wide continuity and crisis management frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise-wide continuity planning processes including scenario-based exercises and disaster recovery testing.
• Coordinate mass notification and incident response activities.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to embed resilience into operations.

Skills

Business continuity

Crisis management

Policy development

Testing & training

Disaster recovery planning

Tools

Mass notification platform

Job description

Location: UK, Oxford
Company: Oxford University Press

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and lead Oxford University Press’s global business continuity planning (BCP) programme, ensuring resilience across a diverse and international organization. As Business Continuity Planning Manager (Global Operations), you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and testing enterprise-wide continuity and crisis management frameworks that support approximately 5,000 colleagues across 180 locations worldwide. Working within the Global Real Estate and Workplace Centre of Excellence, you will play a critical role in helping OUP prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive events while ensuring compliance with international standards and regulatory requirements.

Partnering closely with leaders across all business divisions, you will drive the continual improvement of business continuity and crisis management practices across the organization. You will work with business continuity coordinators, Technology and cyber security teams, and key stakeholders to identify critical business functions, assess recovery requirements, establish recovery strategies, and address gaps in existing plans. You will also lead the development and delivery of policy, training, testing, and awareness initiatives that embed resilience into day-to-day operations and support a consistent global approach.

The successful candidate will take ownership of enterprise-wide continuity planning processes, including the design and execution of scenario-based exercises, disaster recovery testing, emergency response procedures, and crisis management frameworks. You will manage the organization’s mass notification platform, coordinate response activities during incidents, and ensure business continuity plans remain accurate, accessible, and aligned to evolving organizational needs. This is a highly visible role, working closely with senior leadership, including the Executive Committee, to support informed decision-making and organizational preparedness during times of disruption.