EMEA Resilience Risk Manager

Neuberger; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Neuberger Berman seeks a Resilience Manager to drive operational resilience and business continuity across EMEA. Based in Dublin or London, you will liaise with local and global teams on risk matters and support implementation of resilience frameworks in line with regulatory requirements.

You will identify operational risks, lead remediation actions, and coordinate cross-functional efforts with risk, technology, and control colleagues.

Qualifications

• University degree in a related and relevant subject is required.
• Demonstrative experience in an asset/investment management firm in operational/ IT risk, BCP, Resilience or internal audit (2-5 years).
• Ability to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization.
• Attention to detail, able to meet competing deadlines with a solutions-focused approach.
• Strong organizational, communication and time management skills are essential.
• Excellent time management, organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and project management experience.
• Ability to present to Boards and senior management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain resilience policies and procedures (e.g., resilience policy, risk self-assessment, digital resilience, ICT risk management).
• Lead annual resilience program refresh and board reporting.
• Conduct scenario testing and oversee BIA and continuity planning.
• Investigate risk events, root cause analyses and control assessments.
• Coordinate cross-functional risk governance and global resilience projects across Neuberger entities.
• Provide resilience reporting to risk committees and boards.
• Oversee business continuity planning, testing and third-party due diligence.

Skills

Operational risk/BCP/Resilience

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Communication

Time management

Team player

Board presentations

Project management

Influence and education

Oral and written communication

Education

University degree in related subject

Tools

Fusion resilience system

Job description

Dublin

Full time

R0012020

About Neuberger Berman:

Neuberger was founded in 1939 to do one thing: deliver compelling investment results for our clients over the long term. This remains our singular purpose today, driven by a culture rooted in deep fundamental research, the pursuit of investment insight and continuous innovation on behalf of clients, and facilitated by the free exchange of ideas across the organization.

As a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, Neuberger is structurally aligned with the long-term interests of our clients. We have no external parent or public shareholders to serve, nor other lines of business to distract us from our core mission, and with our employees and their families invested alongside our clients - plus 100% of employee deferred cash compensation directly linked to team and firm strategies - we are truly in this together.

From offices in 40 cities worldwide, Neuberger manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide. With more than 700 investment professionals and more than 2,900 employees in total, Neuberger has built a diverse team of individuals united in their commitment to client outcomes and investment excellence. Our culture has afforded us enviable retention rates among our senior investment staff and has earned us citations in the top-ranked firms (among those with 1,000 or more employees) in the Pensions & Investments “Best Places to Work in Money Management” survey each year since 2013.

For more information, please visit our website at www.neuberger.com.

Position Overview:

Operational resilience is a mandatory requirement across EMEA. Regulators across EMEA have now set enforceable standards, with the focus shifting from framework-building to evidence of compliance, testing, and third-party oversight. In order to support this evolution, the Operational Risk and Resilience team are hiring a dedicated Resilience Manager who will be based in the Dublin or London office.

You will serve two key purposes firstly as a key liaison across local and global business functions on risk and resilience matters and secondly provide core support for the execution of the operational risk and resilience frameworks in accordance with best practice guidance and regulatory requirements.

The role will also include the identification and management of operational and resilience risks and issues, as well as the development of solutions and re-engineering of processes to avoid future control and process weaknesses.

You will be required to challenge and coordinate front-to-back business management, as well as collaboration with risk and support and control colleagues across the global firm. The will require regular board and senior management engagement.

Primary Responsibilities:

Operational Resilience

• Managing and maintaining the resilience policies and procedures, such as:
  • Operational Resilience policy
  • Operational Resilience self-assessment document
  • Digital Resilience strategy
  • ICT Risk Management Framework
• Enhancing the operational resilience programme in line with global regulations, which includes the collection of key risk indicators and reporting to the Board.
• Undertake the annual refresh of the important business services, resource mapping, and the impact tolerance statements.
• Conducting scenario testing for the operational resilience important business services.
• Investigating BCP and Technology related operational risk events, ensuring root cause analysis and control assessments, including ‘deep dive’ reviews on significant and complex events.
• Identifying vulnerabilities from the important business services mapping and scenario testing, and raise issues and associated actions, where required. This will involve notifying responsible owners and providing sufficient oversight to ensure the issue is managed to completion.
• Maintenance and development of the BCP and Resilience system, Fusion.
• Acting as subject matter expert for all resilience matters, including upcoming regulatory changes.
• Undertake the review of FCA resilience regulatory changes.
• Run global Resilience projects across all Neuberger entities.
• Provide resilience reporting to the EMEA Risk and Compliance Committee, and relevant Boards.

Business Continuity

• Managing and maintaining the business continuity policy and procedures (including the Business Continuity plans), such as:
  • Business Continuity policy
  • Business Continuity Executive Group Response Plan
• Implementing a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) programme that meets all necessary regulatory requirements.
• Creation and maintenance of Business Continuity plans across locations and functions.
• Undertaking and developing the Business Continuity testing programme and, where appropriate, the Neuberger Group.
• Coordinate and run the global and regional Business Continuity tabletop exercises, in conjunction with Technology teams.
• Management of Business Continuity incidents, ensuring the appropriate response and communications are taken.
• Ensuring all key stakeholders, including Business Continuity Coordinators, are trained on their business continuity responsibilities.
• Coordinating and overseeing the third-party due diligence processes undertaken by the Senior Relationship Managers, including the creation of bespoke questionnaires.

ICT Risk Governance

• Oversight of the ICT Risk Framework, partnering with the first line IT Risk function, including annual refresh of the Critical and Important Functions (DORA).
• Chair of the ICT Risk Governance Committee, providing input and challenge.
• Input into the DORA incident reporting and Register of Information process.
• Partnering with the Information Security team to ensure effective cyber-security resilience.

Key Requirements / Qualifications : (essential unless otherwise stated)

• University degree in a related and relevant subject is required.
• Demonstrative experience in an asset / investment management firm as a member of operational / IT risk, BCP, Resilience or internal audit team (2-5 years minimum)
• Ability to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders and delegates across the organization.
• Attention to detail, ability to work to competing deadlines, and a solutions-focused approach.
• Strong organizational, communication and time management skills are essential.
• Team player with strong work ethic and positive attitude.
• Excellent time management, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to present to Boards and senior management.
• Track record of working with senior staff.
• Ability to educate and influence.

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Founded in 1939, Neuberger is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. From offices in 40 cities worldwide, the firm manages $567 billion in client assets (as of March, 2026) across a range of strategies—including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity and hedge funds—on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally.

Tenured, stable and long-term in focus, the firm has built a diverse team—including 790-plus investment professionals and more than 2,900 employees in total—united in their commitment to delivering client outcomes and investment excellence. It is our people who define our culture and have enabled us to be recognized by Pensions & Investments as the first or second "Best Place to Work in Money Management" for last eight consecutive years (firms with 1,000+ employees).

Neuberger believes strongly that all employees are entitled to be treated with respect and dignity, and to work in a professional and safe environment. These values are the cornerstone of our firm. We prohibit any form of harassment, whether mental, verbal or physical. We do not tolerate the support of terrorist groups, acts of terrorism, or threats of violence. All who wish to be employed by the firm are expected to uphold these principles.

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