Operational Resilience, Associate - Regulatory Focus

About this role

We are seeking an Associate who is passionate about operational resilience and looking to work in a dynamic environment that values proactive, innovative and pragmatic solutions. With over USD $13 trillion of assets, we have an extraordinary responsibility: our technology and services empower millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial well‑being.

Operating in 128 offices across 38 countries, and with over 20,000 employees, Black Rock is a truly global firm that can combine the benefits of worldwide reach with local service and relationships. This role offers a genuine opportunity to experience what it feels like to be part of an organization that makes a difference. For additional information, please visit the Company's website at .

The role will reside in the Resilience & Safety team, part of the Enterprise Services organization within the Technology and Operations group at Black Rock.

Technology and Operations is the backbone for Black Rock's client and investment lifecycle. The group ensures that the firm's operations are consistent and efficient across all investment products, client channels and geographies, helping to deliver a superior client experience and drive scalability. Technology and Operations is driven by a global network of Operating Centers of Excellence, which centralizes knowledge and equips support teams with the data and timely information needed to innovate and deliver on behalf of internal stakeholders and clients.

Enterprise Services contributes to the continued success of Black Rock through strategic solutions and business services that provide each employee with an efficient, resilient, safe and high‑performance workplace experience. Enterprise Services is comprised of four key functions – Resilience & Safety, Real Estate Management, Workplace Experience, and Executive Operations & Corporate Security.

The Resilience & Safety team has responsibility for protecting the firm's employees and visitors, reputation, physical and information assets, and operations from disruptive events so Black Rock can continue to meet the needs of its clients. The teams brings together operational resilience with business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis management, to ensure the resilience of Black Rock by working to prevent, adapt, respond to, recover, and learn from operational disruptions.

The role will support maintaining the Resilience framework globally to meet both business and regulatory expectations.

The role will be responsible for working with other members of the Resilience team and other risk teams (e.g. information security, technology, 3rd party risk, operational risk), along with business stakeholders to coordinate and implement the resilience program as it relates to the firm's Operational Resilience Regulatory requirements (e.g. DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act activities.

The role will report to the Resilience team lead for Governance and be based in Edinburgh.

The successful candidate for this position will be able to deliver exceptional performance in a professional, innovative, scalable, and pragmatic manner.

• Be part of the team designing, delivering, and embedding the resilience framework and strategy across the firm.

• Support the continued development of policy and standards as well as governance arrangements for resilience, to ensure these meet global regulatory, business and client expectations.

• Help support program change caused by business, regulatory, or industry‑specific change initiatives.

• Support the development and maintenance of key program documentation including process documentation and reporting materials for Boards and other governance groups.

• Partner with business functions to maintain or develop response plans in the event of severe but plausible operational disruptions.

• Monitor operating events relating to resilience, including near misses and help escalate, remediate, and coordinate the firm's response as required, including participation in major incident management…