Operational Resilience & Business Continuity Lead

BWD Search & Selection; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BWD Search & Selection is recruiting on behalf of an international asset management business for an Operational Resilience Lead to advance its resilience and business continuity capabilities. London-based role combines delivery with strategy and governance, working with senior leaders and Boards.

You will unite operations, technology and control teams to strengthen continuity across global services, lead framework development, testing and regulatory alignment, including DORA obligations and FCA

Qualifications

• Experience in asset or investment management with resilience/continuity coverage.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and Boards.
• Strong analytical, project delivery and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate business impact assessments, continuity planning and testing, including tabletop exercises at regional and global level.
• Review important business services, map supporting resources, and assess impact tolerances with scenario testing.
• Update resilience policies and self-assessments.
• Produce resilience metrics and reporting for executives and risk committees.
• Contribute to incident response and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Improve oversight of third-party resilience through due diligence and training.
• Collaborate with IT Risk and Information Security on ICT governance, cyber resilience and DORA obligations.
• Translate regulatory developments into practical resilience initiatives across the global organisation.

Skills

Operational resilience

Business continuity

Risk management

IT risk

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Operational Resilience & Business Continuity Lead – Global Asset Management

Location: London

I am recruiting on behalf of an international asset management business seeking an Operational Resilience Lead to advance its approach to resilience and business continuity.

The position combines practical delivery with the opportunity to influence how the function develops. You will work closely with senior leaders and Boards, with room to take on broader leadership responsibilities and potentially add team resource as the remit expands.

Your remit

You will bring together colleagues across business operations, technology and control teams to strengthen the organisation’s ability to sustain critical services during disruption. Your work will span framework development, testing and the identification of weaknesses, turning assessments into tangible improvements across international operations.

Responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating business impact assessments, continuity planning and testing, including tabletop exercises at regional and global level.
• Reviewing important business services, mapping their supporting resources and assessing impact tolerances, supported by scenario testing and action plans to address vulnerabilities.
• Updating resilience policies, self-assessments and the frameworks that underpin them.
• Producing meaningful resilience measures and reporting for executive stakeholders, risk committees and Boards.
• Contributing to incident response, examining continuity and technology-related disruptions, and ensuring underlying causes are understood and corrective actions completed.
• Improving oversight of third-party resilience through due diligence and training for relevant stakeholders.
• Working alongside IT Risk and Information Security colleagues on ICT governance, cyber resilience and applicable DORA obligations.
• Translating regulatory developments into practical changes and delivering resilience initiatives across the global organisation.

Your background

You will have worked within asset or investment management in a role covering operational resilience, business continuity, operational risk, IT risk or internal audit.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Experience implementing and improving resilience or continuity frameworks, including their testing.
• An understanding of UK and European resilience requirements, including FCA expectations and DORA.
• The ability to influence senior colleagues, provide constructive challenge and communicate effectively with Boards and committees.
• Strong analytical, project delivery and communication skills.
• A collaborative working style, sound prioritisation and a practical approach to resolving issues.