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Business Continuity Manager
Business Continuity Manager £65k base
Location: London / Portsmouth (Hybrid: 1 day a week) Salary: Competitive + robust benefits
Are you an experienced Business Continuity (BC) professional eager to drive an organisation-wide resilience programme? We seek a Business Continuity Manager to spearhead the evolution of a mature Business Continuity Management System (BCMS), ensuring resilience across critical services, technology platforms, and operational workflows.
About the Role
This high-visibility role spans technology, operations, risk, security, and executive leadership teams. You’ll lead strategic improvements, governance, and proactive planning to safeguard operations against disruptive threats.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and continuously enhance the BCMS, ensuring alignment with ISO 22301 standards.
- Lead Business Impact Assessments (BIAs) and recovery planning while establishing resilience governance.
- Define and refine Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), and critical dependencies.
- Design and execute continuity exercises, crisis simulations, tabletop tests, and disaster recovery scenarios.
- Assess organisational resilience against disruptions, including cyber incidents, technology outages, data breaches, and operational failures.
- Provide executive reporting on continuity readiness, risk maturity, and remediation strategies.
- Support regulatory compliance for ISO 22301, ISO 27001, GDPR, and broader risk frameworks.
- Act as a strategic partner for technology, security, service delivery, and business units, embedding resilience principles organisation-wide.
- Drive third-party supplier continuity assurance initiatives.
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Requirements
Essential
- 5+ years’ experience in Business Continuity, Resilience, Disaster Recovery, Risk, or Operational Resilience (reg necessarily technology-focused).
- Profound expertise in ISO 22301 (mandatory, hands-on training, lead implementor, or lead auditor experience).
- In-depth experience with Business Impact Assessments (BIA) and continuity testing programmes.
- Proven track record in designing and running crisis management exercises, incident simulations, and recovery planning activities.
- Sound understanding of cyber resilience, operational risk, and technology recovery solutions.
- Strong stakeholder management skills to influence and collaborate with senior leadership and cross-departmental teams.
- Strong preference for experience in a technology, professional services, regulated, or progressively complex operational environment.
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Technical Focus
- BSI or equivalent ISO 22301 certification (essential).
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA) expertise (non-negotiable).
Why Join Us?
- Lead a critical, high-impact resilience programme.
- Engage deeply with executive teams and shape strategic decisions.
- Enjoy flexible hybrid working.
- Access excellent learning and development opportunities.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Competitive pension scheme
- Enhanced healthcare contributions
- Life assurance
- Robust wellbeing initiatives
- Extensive holiday options
If triumphing over risk—carving a path through complexity, crisis, and continuity—fuel your ambition, we want to hear from you. Apply now to build resilience, drive resilience culture, and turn challenges into opportunities.
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