Operational Resilience, Business Continuity Manager

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Business Continuity Planning Manager to lead the design development and rigorous testing of our global business continuity plans. This critical role will be responsible for ensuring Wises ability to maintain essential operations and recover swiftly from disruptive events safeguarding our customers employees and reputation across all our markets.

You will work cross-functionally with various teams including operations technology risk and compliance to embed a robust continuity culture and ensure our plans are effective regularly updated and compliant with regulatory requirements worldwide.

Heres how youll be contributing to the Global Operational Resilience team in the first line: 

Heres how youll be contributing to the Global Operational Resilience team in the first line: 

• Strategy & Design: Develop and implement a comprehensive global business continuity and disaster recovery strategy aligned with Wises strategic objectives risk appetite and regulatory obligations.

• Plan Development: Design document and maintain detailed business continuity plans (BCPs) and disaster recovery plans (DRPs) for critical business functions across all global Wise entities.

• Risk Assessment: Conduct regular Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) and risk assessments to identify critical business processes dependencies and potential vulnerabilities.

• Testing & Validation: Lead and coordinate a robust global testing program for BCPs including tabletop exercises functional tests and full-scale simulations. Document results identify gaps and drive remediation actions.

• Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across all levels and departments including senior leadership product teams engineering operations and regional leads.

• Regulatory Compliance: Stay abreast of global business continuity regulations (e.g. FCA MAS FinCEN) and industry best practices ensuring Wises programs meet or exceed compliance requirements.

• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement of the BCP/DR program based on lessons learned from incidents test results and evolving business needs.

• Reporting: Provide regular reporting on the status effectiveness and maturity of the business continuity program to senior management and relevant committees.

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

• The chance to make a real impact on a global product used by millions.

• Work right at the heart of the organisation in the 1st line of defence in a fast-moving environment

• Be empowered to identify business continuity problems and take a lead in the solution design and implementation

Qualifications :

Experience

• 5 years of experience in business continuity disaster recovery or operational resilience with at least 2-3 years in a managerial role.

• Proven experience designing implementing and testing global business continuity programs preferably within a fast-paced technology or financial services environmen

Skills

• Strong understanding of business continuity methodologies standards and best practices (e.g. ISO 22301 NIST)

• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic global environment.

• Ability to effectively communicate with Product Managers and Engineers and provide practical actionable and value added recommendations; 

• Problem solving attitude with the ability to use regulations together with data to drive business decisions; 

• Willing to travel as Wise offices are located across different countries; and

• Legally authorized to work in the the UK 

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• Experience with regulatory expectations for business continuity in key markets (e.g. UK EU US APAC).

Additional Information :

• Were people without borders without judgment or prejudice too. We want to work with the best people no matter their background. So if youre passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission youll fit right in.

• Also qualifications arent that important to us. If youve got great experience and youre great at articulating your thinking wed like to hear from you.

• And because we believe that diverse teams build better products wed especially love to hear from you if youre from an under-represented demographic.

For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.

Were proud to have a truly international team and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time