Senior Manager – Technology Resilience & Risk Improvement

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and ongoing maturity of the Enterprise Technology Resilience Programme across EMEA/APAC
• Ensure effective execution of core resilience activities (e.g. exercises, scenario testing, plan validation, recovery readiness)
• Coordinate (not lead) regional response in alignment with global event management structure
• Act as resilience SME within incident response
• Maintain oversight of resilience capability health, including tracking risks, gaps and remediation
• Partner with Business, Risk and Technology partners to embed resilience into operational processes
• Drive continuous improvement by incorporating lessons learned from exercises, incidents, and reviews
• Provide clear, concise reporting on resilience posture, risks, and progress to senior stakeholders
• Act as subject matter expert between 1st Line Operational Resilience and Technology to align enterprise and operational testing strategies
• Support client, regulatory, and due diligence reviews relating to resilience and technology risk

• Coordinate technology risk and resilience engagement into technology projects
• Identify and prioritise improvement initiatives across technology risk and resilience
• Deliver initiatives to strengthen control effectiveness, resilience testing, recovery outcomes, and automation
• Translate regulatory, audit, and incident findings into actionable improvement plans
• Track and report measurable improvements in resilience maturity, control effectiveness, and risk reduction
• Support broader Technology Risk Office (TRO) priorities and transformation initiatives

• Experience leading regional/global programs
• Experience with:
  • scenario testing
  • crisis / incident management
  • regulatory engagement
• Experience driving measurable improvements (not just participation)
• Proven ability to lead regional programmes and deliver measurable improvement outcomes
• Experience managing resilience events, exercises, or incident response coordination
• Engage senior technology and business stakeholders to drive accountability for resilience outcomes
• Ability to help translate complex regulatory expectations into practical execution
• Highly structured, delivery-focused, and comfortable working across multiple priorities

Our employees work in the office at least four days per week, with flexibility to work from home one day per week.

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