IT Resilience Manager

The IT Resilience Manager is responsible for ensuring that Phoenix Group IT has a clear understanding of the Threats, Opportunities and Weaknesses that threaten to impact on Group IT. The Resilience Manager will ensure that we have considered plans for responding to impacts on Group IT that threaten the stability of IT Services either through an external threat or an internally created opportunity.

Job Type: Permanent
Location: This role could be based in either our Wythall, Telford, London or Edinburgh offices with time spent working in the office and at home.
Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.
Closing Date: 02/12/24
Salary and benefits: £60,000 - £80,000 plus 16% bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

Who are we?
We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.
We're the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We're a FTSE 100 business that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we're not done yet.
The role
We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a IT Resilience Manager to join our IT Governance, Risk & Compliance team.
The IT Resilience Manager is responsible for ensuring that Phoenix Group IT has a clear understanding of the Threats, Opportunities and Weaknesses that threaten to impact on Group IT. The Resilience Manager will ensure that we have considered plans for responding to impacts on Group IT that threaten the stability of IT Services either through an external threat or an internally created opportunity. The Resilience Manager will ensure that adequate plans exist and that internal Projects and Functions have considered the impacts of their activities on resilience and where necessary mitigation steps have been implemented.
What are we looking for?

- Demonstrate experience of designing and developing IT wide Resilience Plans
- Skilled in managing the execution of IT wide Resilience Plans both at a Senior Leadership and Functional level within IT
- Demonstrate experience in the design and management of the IT Resilience process ensuring that the process is fit for purpose and accepted across IT
- Able to demonstrate practical experience in the planning, development and implementation of DR strategies to ensure protection of critical business and IT Infrastructure
- Previous experience in the coordination of various departments including InfoSec, to create and maintain comprehensive disaster recovery plans, performing risk acceptance and ensure recovery procedures are up to date

We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we've advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.