Operational Resilience & Business Continuity Lead

Operational Resilience & Business Continuity Lead – Global Asset Management

Location:
London

I am recruiting on behalf of an international asset management business seeking an Operational Resilience Lead to advance its approach to resilience and business continuity.

The position combines practical delivery with the opportunity to influence how the function develops. You will work closely with senior leaders and Boards, with room to take on broader leadership responsibilities and potentially add team resource as the remit expands.

Your remit

You will bring together colleagues across business operations, technology and control teams to strengthen the organisation’s ability to sustain critical services during disruption. Your work will span framework development, testing and the identification of weaknesses, turning assessments into tangible improvements across international operations.

Responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating business impact assessments, continuity planning and testing, including tabletop exercises at regional and global level.
• Reviewing important business services, mapping their supporting resources and assessing impact tolerances, supported by scenario testing and action plans to address vulnerabilities.
• Updating resilience policies, self-assessments and the frameworks that underpin them.
• Producing meaningful resilience measures and reporting for executive stakeholders, risk committees and Boards.
• Contributing to incident response, examining continuity and technology-related disruptions, and ensuring underlying causes are understood and corrective actions completed.
• Improving oversight of third-party resilience through due diligence and training for relevant stakeholders.
• Working alongside IT Risk and Information Security colleagues on ICT governance, cyber resilience and applicable DORA obligations.
• Translating regulatory developments into practical changes and delivering resilience initiatives across the global organisation.

Your background

You will have worked within asset or investment management in a role covering operational resilience, business continuity, operational risk, IT risk or internal audit.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Experience implementing and improving resilience or continuity frameworks, including their testing.
• An understanding of UK and European resilience requirements, including FCA expectations and DORA.
• The ability to influence senior colleagues, provide constructive challenge and communicate effectively with Boards and committees.
• Strong analytical, project delivery and communication skills.
• A collaborative working style, sound prioritisation and a practical approach to resolving issues.