IT Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Manager

IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Manager

Location: West Yorkshire. The role will initially be based in Bradford but will relocate to Leeds Valley Park in summer 2026. Hybrid Working (1‑2 days in the office a week – Bradford/Leeds)

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

• Competitive salary, depending on experience (£62,000 - £72,000)
• Company car lease/allowance scheme (£500 per month / £6,000 per year; full‑time employees). Option to sign up to the EV Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme after 6 months.
• Annual incentive bonus (up to 10% of annual salary, increasing to 15% in the 26‑27 performance year)
• Private health care (self only)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus 2 extra wellness days
• A range of additional benefits – health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex, partner cover, retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts, and more

Yorkshire Water serves over 5.4 million residents in the region and the millions of visitors who rely on us each year. We provide clean, safe drinking water and wastewater services, protect the environment, and plan for the future of Yorkshire’s water 24/7, 365 days a year. Our IT Operations team plays a key role in meeting changing customer and regulator expectations, especially around operational resilience and cyber security.

As IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Manager you will:

• Take ownership of the organisation’s Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) capability, driving the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of plans, runbooks, recovery procedures and resilience documentation.
• Strengthen operational resilience by ensuring DR and BC frameworks align with organisational risk appetite, regulatory expectations and industry best practice.
• Lead the delivery of engaging and impactful DR testing activities, including fail‑over simulations, restoration testing and tabletop exercises, ensuring the business is prepared to respond confidently to disruption.
• Act as a trusted expert and advisor across the business, partnering with IT Operations, Service Operations, system owners and business stakeholders to embed resilience into everyday operations.
• Ensure recovery strategies align with Business Impact Analysis (BIA) outcomes, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Maximum Acceptable Outages (MAOs) and key business continuity requirements.
• Drive accountability by maintaining clear roles, responsibilities and escalation paths across IT and business teams, ensuring a coordinated and effective response during incidents.
• Review test outcomes, identify lessons learned and champion continuous improvement initiatives that enhance resilience and recovery capability across the organisation.
• Monitor and assess operational risks relating to system availability, cyber resilience and business continuity, proactively identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Own and maintain high‑quality DR and BC documentation, ensuring it accurately reflects current technologies, services, dependencies and organisational structures.
• Collaborate with business units to ensure continuity plans are realistic, effective and fully aligned to IT recovery capabilities and operational priorities.
• Support and facilitate cross‑functional workshops to gather critical information on services, processes, ownership and continuity dependencies.
• Provide governance, reporting and assurance to senior stakeholders on DR and BC readiness, resilience posture, identified risks and remediation activity.
• Ensure incident response, cyber resilience and major incident management processes integrate seamlessly with the wider DR and BC framework.
• Act as a key leader during major incidents and recovery events, helping to coordinate response activities and drive business recovery outcomes.
• Promote a strong culture of resilience across the organisation by increasing awareness and understanding of DR and BC responsibilities at all levels.