Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Manager - MBDA : Job Details

We have a new and exciting role as a Business Continuity Manager to join us! This opportunity plays a crucial role in developing, maintaining, and testing the organisation's business continuity (BC) and mitigation frameworks.

Salary: Circa £80,000 - £85,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 35.5% of base salary

• Car allowance: £510 per monthly allowance

• Private Medical Insurance: Company funded for individual cover

• Pension: Maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%

• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements

• Enhanced parental leave: Offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments

• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

The opportunity:

This role is a 2 year fixed term contract that focuses on ensuring the organisation can effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive incidents, safeguarding critical business functions, people, assets, and reputation. Additionally, the role involves engaging and influencing senior stakeholders across all Business Units & Functions to establish a unified approach to operational resilience. The Business Continuity Manager also participates in and influences industry working groups as necessary to enhance overall resilience strategies.

Drive and lead the company's resilience strategy from vision to execution:

Business Continuity Planning & Governance

• Oversee business continuity systems and processes, identifying critical business impacts, setting recovery priorities and creating robust response plans

• Update and maintain the yearly Horizon Scanning identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities to business operations

• Lead the business impact analysis (BIA) and risk assessment processes across all business units

• Coordinate the development and maintenance of business continuity and recovery plans

• Establish and maintain the critical asset register, identify where required mitigation plans 

Testing & Exercising

• Design and deliver regular testing programs (tabletop exercises, scenario simulations, IT disaster recovery tests).

• Create simple flow charts to aid incident management 

• Monitor outcomes and implement lessons learned from exercises and real incidents.

• Identify and resolve compliance gaps swiftly to maintain operational readiness

• Be the industrial lead supporting MoD exercises

Incident Management & Response

• Act as a key member of the crisis management team during incidents.

• Support leadership in coordinating response efforts, communication strategies, and recovery actions

Stakeholder Engagement & Training

• Serve as the go-to expert for resilience and business continuity across the business

• Work closely with senior management and various Heads of Department, e.g.  IT, facilities, HR, Security, Procurement, Manufacturing and other key stakeholders to embed resilience planning

• Maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders (MoD)

Continuous Improvement

• Recommend and implement improvements to strengthen resilience

• Provide regular reporting to senior management and governance committees

What we're looking for from you:

• Experience of business continuity systems and processes

• Strong business acumen and knowledge across a variety of functions such as, Operations, Facilities, Security, Programmes, HR and Finance

• Good research and data analysis abilities

• Knowledge of the UK business' customers, both UK and International

• Strong ability to draw conclusions, recommendations and provide synthesis of complex situation for consumption by senior leadership

• Broad knowledge of the UK and international defence markets

• Understanding of the strategic direction of the business to allow activities to be orientated

• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team

• Able to influence key stakeholders to drive a unified approach

• Multi-tasking and prioritisation skills to meet deliverables and deadlines

• The ability to effectively represent MBDA in external forums and act as a company ambassador.

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation.  We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

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