At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead business continuity and resilience initiatives, ensuring critical systems are protected.
- Company: Established organisation with a collaborative culture and direct access to senior leadership.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team with significant reach across the UK and excellent career prospects.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in crisis management and operational resilience at a senior level.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in business continuity, IT risk, and crisis management required.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 90000 £ per year.
Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year
Requirements
- Substantial hands-on experience in business continuity and operational resilience.
- Strong grounding in IT and technology risk.
- Proven experience managing supplier and third-party risk.
- Confidence presenting at Board or Executive level.
- Track record of managing crises or major incidents.
- Relevant professional certifications such as CISM, ISO 22301, ICA or PRINCE2 are desirable.
- Experience with recognised operational and technology resilience frameworks is desirable.
- Sound judgement and the ability to cut through ambiguity.
- Strong stakeholder influence and the ability to operate at both Board and operational level.
- Ability to remain clear-headed under pressure and make decisive decisions when it matters.
- Analytical approach to risk assessment and control design.
Responsibilities
- Own and continually improve the Business Continuity Management framework.
- Design and run disaster recovery simulations and resilience exercises.
- Lead crisis management planning and incident response.
- Coordinate resilience assurance across third-party suppliers.
- Define and maintain technology resilience standards, including DR, backup and RTO/RPO frameworks.
- Provide independent assurance that critical systems are protected and recovery plans are tested.
- Support access controls, credentials management and authentication reviews for critical platforms.
- Build and manage a supplier and partner risk framework.
- Ensure due diligence and ongoing monitoring is in place for suppliers supporting critical services.
- Report regularly to the Board and Audit & Risk Committee.
- Maintain oversight of key controls and assurance activities across the business.
Technologies Support
We are a well-established, commercially significant organisation headquartered in Leicestershire with excellent motorway access. Although we have a lean headcount, we operate at a scale that far exceeds our size, with significant reach across the UK. Our culture is collaborative and purposeful, with real access to senior leadership for those who earn it. This is a newly created senior role with genuine scope, reporting into our senior IT leadership team and with direct Board exposure through regular reporting to the Audit & Risk Committee. The role is hybrid and offers a salary of £80,000 to £90,000 DOE.
Head of Business Continuity & Resilience in Leicester employer: Sivara GmbH
As a well-established organisation based in Leicestershire, we pride ourselves on our collaborative and purposeful work culture that fosters employee growth and offers direct access to senior leadership. This newly created role of Head of Business Continuity & Resilience not only provides a competitive salary but also presents unique opportunities for professional development and significant influence at the Board level, making it an excellent employer for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
