Senior Manager, Continuity & Response

Lloyds Banking Group

. Lead the development and enhancement of response and recovery capabilities across the organisation .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeBristol • United KingdomSenior💰 £85,493 - £100,580 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong expertise in Business Continuity and Operational Resilience, with a focus on leading teams and embedding measurable resilience outcomes. Proficient in using data and tooling to enhance decision-making and assurance across complex organizational structures.

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Business Continuity PlanningOperational ResilienceCrisis ManagementStakeholder ManagementData-Driven Decision-Making

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Hard Skills

Business ContinuityResponse PlanningRecovery ActivitiesExercising and TestingAssurance Activities

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipInfluencing SkillsClarity in Complex Challenges

Tools & Technologies

Data ToolingAutomation

Industry Keywords

Operational ResilienceCrisis ManagementTechnology ResilienceSupplier Networks

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the development and enhancement of response and recovery capabilities across the organisation
Lead response and recovery capability to ensure preparedness and effective recovery during disruption
Drive exercising, assurance and continuous improvement activities
Develop and lead a specialist Business Continuity team
Build capability and embed future-focused ways of working
Use data, tooling and automation to improve resilience insight, assurance and decision-making
Connect resilience activity across technology, data, suppliers, operations, people and property
Drive a coordinated approach to operational resilience across key enabling functions
Provide guidance and challenge to senior leaders, executive forums and regulatory stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience delivering Business Continuity, Operational Resilience, Crisis Management or Recovery activities within a large, complex organisation
Strong expertise in Business Continuity and response and recovery planning
Ability to embed practical and measurable resilience outcomes
Experience leading teams, developing capability and providing clarity through complex challenges
Ability to use data, tooling and management information to support assurance, oversight and informed decision-making
Strong stakeholder management skills, including influencing senior, executive and regulatory audiences
Experience designing, delivering or overseeing exercising, testing and assurance activities
Experience supporting enterprise-wide exercising, crisis response or recovery activity
Understanding of how cloud technology, artificial intelligence, data and supplier networks influence resilience capabilities
Established external networks within Operational Resilience, Business Continuity, Crisis Management or Technology Resilience communities

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid working, involving at least two days per week or 40% of time at an office site
Job share
30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
Generous pension contribution
Discretionary performance-related award
Private healthcare and wellbeing support
Wide range of colleague benefits and learning opportunities
Reasonable workplace adjustments, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns
Reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process
Disability Confident Scheme interview guarantee for a fair and proportionate number of applicants meeting minimum criteria who have a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition