Operational Resilience Manager RLAM Ireland

Royal London Ireland; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Pension matching (up to 14%)

Medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is establishing its Ireland Management Company to support the continued growth of our European business. We are seeking an experienced Operational Resilience Manager to lead the implementation and ongoing management of the Operational Resilience Framework for the Irish ManCo.

This role reports into Risk and requires designing, embedding and governing resilience across the Irish ManCo and its delegated operating model, working with RLAM, Royal London Group and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in operational resilience or business continuity within a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience designing and implementing DORA-aligned resilience frameworks.
• Strong understanding of DORA, CP140 and CP86 regulatory requirements.
• Experience in incident management, regulatory reporting and resilience governance.
• Experience overseeing outsourcing and third-party risk management.
• Ability to produce high-quality Board and regulatory reporting.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading development and enhancement of the DORA-aligned Operational Resilience Framework.
• Establishing resilience policies, governance arrangements and oversight processes.
• Managing resilience requirements across outsourcing and third-party relationships.
• Leading incident management, escalation and regulatory reporting activities.
• Delivering resilience testing and scenario exercises across critical services.
• Overseeing business continuity planning, BIAs and disaster recovery testing.
• Producing operational resilience reporting and MI for senior leadership and Board committees.
• Supporting regulatory engagement and evidencing compliance with Irish/European requirements.
• Embedding resilience considerations into change and operating model development.

Skills

Operational resilience

Regulatory reporting

DORA expertise

Stakeholder management

Incident management

Third-party oversight

Governance

Job description

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is establishing its Ireland Management Company (ManCo) to support the continued growth of our European business. We are seeking an experienced Operational Resilience Manager to lead the implementation and ongoing management of the Operational Resilience Framework for the Irish ManCo.

This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in building resilience capabilities from the ground up, ensuring compliance with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Central Bank of Ireland operational resilience requirements and broader regulatory expectations.

The Opportunity

Reporting into the Risk function, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and embedding the Operational Resilience Framework across the Irish ManCo and its delegated operating model. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across RLAM, Royal London Group and outsourced service providers to ensure the resilience of critical and important business functions.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the development and ongoing enhancement of the DORA-aligned Operational Resilience Framework.
• Establishing and maintaining resilience policies, governance arrangements and oversight processes.
• Managing operational resilience requirements across outsourced providers and third-party relationships.
• Leading incident management, escalation and regulatory reporting activities.
• Delivering scenario testing and resilience exercises across critical business services.
• Overseeing Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis and Disaster Recovery testing.
• Producing operational resilience reporting and MI for senior leadership and Board committees.
• Supporting regulatory engagement and evidencing compliance with Irish and European regulatory requirements.
• Embedding operational resilience considerations into business change and operating model development.

About You

We are looking for a highly motivated operational resilience professional who combines technical expertise with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

You will bring:

• Significant experience in operational resilience, operational risk or business continuity within a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience designing and implementing DORA-aligned resilience frameworks.
• Strong understanding of DORA, CP140, CP86 and operational resilience regulatory requirements.
• Experience of incident management, regulatory reporting and resilience governance.
• Strong third-party oversight and outsourcing risk management experience.
• Experience designing and delivering resilience testing and scenario exercises.
• The ability to produce high-quality Board and regulatory reporting.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.

About Royal London Asset Management

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), part of the Royal London Group, is one of the UK's leading fund management companies working with a wide range of clients across the globe to achieve their investment goals. Our long-term, client-driven focus means that we have a long-standing commitment to responsible investment. We act as responsible stewards of our clients’ capital, exercising their rights and influencing positive change.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme with an allowance towards medical insurance.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.

Controlled Functions - some of our roles are ‘controlled functions’ as defined by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (Sections 20 and 22) Regulations and 2011 (S.I. No. 437 of 2011), as amended. If a vacancy is for a Controlled Function (CF), it will state this in the job title above. For CF roles, appointment will be conditional on Royal London Ireland being fully satisfied that the appointee meets the requirements as set out in the Fitness and Probity standards issued by the Central Bank of Ireland.