Lead Sector Exercise & Resilience Strategy

UK Finance; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Finance seeks a senior programme lead to run the Cross Market Operational Resilience Group (CMORG) sector exercising programme in collaboration with the Bank of England and industry partners. You will oversee SIMEX planning, year-one simulations and year-two technical exercises, plus governance, findings and improvement actions.

You will work with the SEG and SRF Groups, mentor co-chairs, and translate exercise insights into practical enhancements that strengthen the sector’s resilience

Qualifications

• Experience of coordinating and leading testing and exercising within a financial services, Government, military, security or similar setting.
• Project management experience, including managing and chairing steering committees, and developing project reports, artefacts and minutes.
• Engaging with senior stakeholders across regulators, Government and industry including experience in resolving different views between key participants.
• Research, design and content development, analysis, briefing and drafting, including writing papers, media content, blogs and online material.
• Capable of taking the lead as the subject matter expert and credibly presenting to Boards or high-level governance committees.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, together with the ability to effectively manage stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to work within multi-disciplinary project teams, provide input to others’ work and deliver excellent outcomes in a timely and agile fashion.

Responsibilities

• Lead SIMEX planning and execution every two years with Bank of England and industry participants.
• Deliver two technical exercises in non-SIMEX years, including scenario selection, design and logistics.
• Coordinate design of scenarios to stress the financial services sector and liaise with regulators and Government.
• Draft the technical findings report and support lessons learned and full report production.
• Maintain the sector exercising calendar and track dates, scenarios and themes to avoid scheduling conflicts.
• Support CMORG risk register evolution and scenario library development.
• Assist wider policy teams within UK Finance where required.

Skills

Coordinating exercises

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Research and writing

Presenting to boards

Interpersonal communication

Team collaboration

Education

Degree or equivalent qualification

Job description

UK Finance seeks a senior programme lead to run the Cross Market Operational Resilience Group (CMORG) sector exercising programme in collaboration with the Bank of England and industry partners. You will oversee SIMEX planning, year-one simulations and year-two technical exercises, plus governance, findings and improvement actions.

You will work with the SEG and SRF Groups, mentor co-chairs, and translate exercise insights into practical enhancements that strengthen the sector’s resilience