Operational Resilience Lead: Scenario Testing & Recovery

Bank of Ireland; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days annual leave

Excellent pension contributions

Health insurance

Family policies: maternity leave, Fert

Job summary

Bank of Ireland UK is seeking an Operational Resilience lead to design, deliver and evaluate severe-but-plausible disruption scenarios. You will lead end-to-end testing of critical services, shaping the annual testing plan and maintaining the scenario library.

The role is hybrid, based in London or Bristol, with in-person collaboration as needed, and requires strong analytical and communication skills to translate findings into actionable improvements.

Qualifications

• There are no specific qualifications or minimum educational requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing of important business services, working with business teams and specialists across technology, cyber security and other areas.
• Design, deliver and evaluate severe-but-plausible scenarios to understand resilience and tolerances.
• Shape testing strategy, select scenarios and develop the annual testing plan with the Group Operational Resilience team.
• Maintain and develop the Scenario Testing Methodology and scenario library to cover a broad range of disruption scenarios.
• Assess testing outcomes, identify vulnerabilities and agree clear actions for governance and the annual self-assessment.
• Support wider resilience, crisis and incident management activities, including on-call rotation as required.

Job description

Bank of Ireland UK is seeking an Operational Resilience lead to design, deliver and evaluate severe-but-plausible disruption scenarios. You will lead end-to-end testing of critical services, shaping the annual testing plan and maintaining the scenario library.

The role is hybrid, based in London or Bristol, with in-person collaboration as needed, and requires strong analytical and communication skills to translate findings into actionable improvements.