Barclays · 16 hours ago
VP, Resilience Governance and Testing Lead
Whippany, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $200K/yrBarclays is redefining the future of banking and is seeking a VP, Resilience Governance and Testing Lead to develop and implement a robust resilience strategy. This role focuses on operational recovery planning and incident management to ensure effective response to critical business services during disruptions.
BankingConsumerFinancial ServicesWholesale
Responsibilities
Socialisation and implementation of the resilience strategy and underpinning framework across the firm (e.g. SMRs and delegates, business / function resilience role owners and all colleagues), ensuring complaince to the standard and controls
Development and enhancement of the resilience, crisis and incident management framework to uplift recovery and response capabilities to ensure Important Business Services can continue to operate during disruption events to minimise the impact on customers, clients and the market
Operational Recovery Planning and Security Incident Management planning standards and controls enhancement according to industry practice, emerging threats and regulatory requirements
Provide oversight to the business and technology recovery capability improvements, and uplifts to third-party (suppliers and Financial Market Infrastructure) recovery capabilities to enable Important Business Services to remain within or mitigate impact tolerance thresholds
Communication of the firm’s / business’ resilience position (risks and remediation) through clear and transparent scorecards / dashboards to enable effective investment decisions to the Board and Executive Committees, Control Forums and business stakeholders
Enhancement of resilience, crisis management and incident response and recovery capability through sophisticated, regular and adequate testing coverage to demonstrate Important Business Services’ ability to recover within impact tolerance for a severe but plausible scenario
Assurance that services and products are built resiliently by the business through the change management process (NAPAs, DRAs, material change process)
Continually remain abreast of resilience and crisis and incident management developments, regulatory policy requirements and the emerging landscape
Mitigation of the impact of unexpected incidents by identifying , responding to and enabling the resolution of events that threaten the services, operations, infrastructure, colleagues and clients of the bank
Execution of responses to reported incidents and potential threats from various channels including intelligence, email, phone and monitoring systems prioritised by the assessed or actual impact to the bank
Documentation and analysis of past prioritised incident details, the steps to resolution and the lessons learnt to support the identification and implementation of preventative measures and process improvements
Qualification
Required
Program management expertise with the ability to create board‑level deliverables
Ample risk management capability and experience in regulatory engagement
Ability to engage externally and apply a considerable business lens to resilience activities
Preferred
Exceptional stakeholder management and executive presence
Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to structure complex testing scenarios, interpret results, and articulate insights clearly
Experience leading operational resilience exercises, particularly complex simulations involving senior leadership, crisis teams, and technology recovery groups
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision coverage
401(k)
Life insurance
Other paid leave for qualifying circumstances
Company
Barclays
Barclays is a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank with global reach, offering products, and services.
Founded in 1690
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1986-09-09IPO
Leadership Team
Geoffrey Belsher
Chief Executive Officer for Canada
David Morris
Head of Engineering, Colleague Platforms
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