Senior Resilience Manager

JR United Kingdom; Oxford; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national professional services firm in the UK seeks a Senior Resilience Manager for a 6-month fixed-term contract, responsible for leading resilience strategy and ensuring business continuity. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on operational risk management while working in a supportive and values-driven environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Commitment to wellbeing

Inclusive working culture

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in resilience and business continuity.
• Experience in regulated environments like SRA, FCA.
• Strong ability to implement risk strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of a firmwide resilience framework.
• Map critical services for effective recovery.
• Coordinate incident response activities.

Skills

Leadership in resilience management

Crisis and incident response

Stakeholder engagement

Risk-informed thinking

Job description

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Senior Resilience Manager, oxford district

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Client:

MERJE

Location:

oxford district, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

10.06.2025

Expiry Date:

25.07.2025

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Job Description:

Senior Resilience Manager – 6 Month FTC

Location: Home based

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Sector: Legal / Financial Services

A national professional services firm is seeking an experienced Senior Resilience Manager to lead the development and implementation of a firmwide resilience framework. This 6-month fixed-term contract offers a unique opportunity to shape critical business continuity and incident response strategies at an enterprise level.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver a robust, outcomes-focused resilience and continuity framework.
• Map critical services and ensure recovery capabilities meet defined tolerances.
• Govern identification and mitigation of operational vulnerabilities.
• Lead incident response activities, including coordination of out-of-hours support.
• Develop playbooks and testing regimes for critical services.
• Partner with IT and business units to enhance disaster recovery preparedness.
• Represent the organisation externally and advise on resilience standards.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven leadership in resilience, business continuity, and crisis/incident response.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across regulated environments (e.g. SRA, FCA).
• Ability to drive change and embed risk-informed thinking into operations.

Why Apply?

• Join a values-led organisation with a strong commitment to colleague wellbeing, flexible working, and inclusion.
• Be at the heart of strategic resilience in a complex and regulated environment.
• Benefit from a supportive team and a culture that champions collaboration and innovation.

Interested?

Apply now to shape and lead resilience strategy where your expertise will make a real difference.