Business Resilience Manager

BNB Chain; Australia Landing (MS); On-site; USD 83,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

TAL is seeking a Senior Business Continuity professional in Australia to strengthen resilience and ensure CPS 230 compliance. You will lead BIA/BCP activities, map critical operations, and collaborate with business and technology partners to develop practical recovery strategies.

The role focuses on exercises, governance across committees, and safeguarding service continuity while engaging diverse stakeholders with clarity and rigor.

Qualifications

• Experience building and testing business continuity plans.
• Strong analytical skills to map dependencies and recovery priorities.
• Experience aligning with regulatory CPS 230 requirements.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen enterprise resilience by uplifting continuity documentation aligned to CPS 230.
• Identify critical operations and dependencies to guide recovery priorities.
• Lead BIA and BCP challenges and approvals.
• Shape recovery strategies with business and technology partners.
• Design continuity exercises to improve organizational readiness.
• Represent Business Resilience across committees and forums.
• Oversee third-party continuity assurance.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders and challenge assumptions.

Skills

Business continuity

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

CPS 230 knowledge

Resilience planning

Tools

BCP software

Job description

Why Join Us?

Help protect over 5 million Australians, making a real difference in their lives during their most challenging times. Enjoy work-life balance with flexible working options, and well-being initiatives that prioritise your health. Sydney office with free onsite gym

In This Role You Will:

• Strengthen TAL’s enterprise resilience by uplifting continuity documentation aligned to CPS 230.
• Identify and validate critical operations, dependencies and tolerances to guide recovery priorities.
• Lead BIA and BCP challenge and approval to ensure robust, actionable continuity plans.
• Shape severe-but‑plausible scenarios into practical recovery strategies with business and technology partners.
• Design and facilitate continuity and crisis exercises that build organisational readiness and drive improvement.
• Represent Business Resilience across committees and stakeholder forums to influence decision‑making.
• Oversee business disruption and third‑party continuity assurance to safeguard service continuity.
• Apply an understanding of APRA’s CPS 230 requirements to support strong continuity and resilience practices.
• Communicate clearly and confidently, engaging stakeholders with curiosity and constructive challenge.
• Strong ability to analyse processes and dependencies
• Use your knowledge of business continuity, resilience frameworks and internal controls to strengthen organisational readiness
• Approach complex problems with a learning mindset

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:

• Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change
• Reconciliation Advocates – Readour Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.

#LI-Hybrid Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.