Job Title: Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Manager

Location: Christchurch, other DI sites will be considered. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £70,000 dependent on skills and experience plus executive package

What you’ll be doing:

• Drive and lead the company’s Digital Intelligence Resilience Strategy from vision to execution

• Engage and influence senior stakeholders across all Business Units & Functions to deliver a unified approach to Operational Resilience

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

• Design and deliver targeted training to equip business leaders with the skills and knowledge to fulfil their continuity responsibilities

• Plan and run high-impact simulations for Executive-level Incident Response and Critical Incident Management teams

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

• Safeguard certification standards (ISO22301) and uphold best-in-class business continuity practices

• Identify and resolve compliance gaps swiftly to maintain operational readiness

Your skills and experiences:

• Proven track record in Business Continuity, Incident Management and Emergency Response, with the ability to influence and gain buy-in from senior leaders

• Agile, analytical thinker who’s able to assess situations fast, make sound decisions and solve complex problems under pressure

• Expert in building risk-based resilience strategies that protect the business and enable long-term stability

• Skilled project leader, being experienced in managing cross-functional initiatives and delivering clear, concise reports to senior and executive audiences

• Confident crisis facilitator who is adept at designing and running high-stakes simulations for Executive and Board-level teams

• Professional qualifications in Crisis Management, Risk Management, or Business Continuity (e.g. Strategic Risk & Crisis Management Diploma, MBCI, CRM), or equivalent proven experience

• Active membership of relevant industry or sector professional bodies

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Digital Intelligence team:

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is a leading supplier of innovative and secure military defence solutions and services delivering to the UK and international customers and home to over 4,500 talented digital, cyber and intelligence experts.We work collaboratively across 10 countries to understand complex customer challenges in a rapidly evolving world so that armed forces, governments and partners can unlock the digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Come and lead the evolution of Digital Intelligence’s resilience strategy, identifying the critical capabilities that power our operations, ensuring they withstand disruption, and driving business continuity excellence in line with ISO standards.

As the Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Manager you will drive business continuity and resilience across our global operations, advising leaders, embedding best practice, and ensuring readiness from crisis response to recovery. You’ll connect tactical action to strategic goals in a complex, high-stakes environment.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 29th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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