Prudential

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

Job Requirements:

• Support the Business Continuity Management (BCM) function within Group Security & Resilience, with a primary focus on Group entities and Eastspring Investments businesses.
• Support the review, publication and implementation of the Business Continuity Standard and relevant operational resilience requirements under the Group Resilience Policy (GRP).
• Deliver third-party resilience risk due diligence for vendors, including assurance and development of new initiatives to enhance the framework, in partnership with procurement and third-party risk teams.
• Guide the first line (1LOD) and local business unit (LBU) activities with technical advice and support, including training, as required.
• Develop and maintain metrics and ensure routine and ad hoc reporting is delivered within set parameters.
• Work closely with all members of the Group Security & Resilience team and IT, tech risk, procurement and third-party risk teams, as well as LBUs.
• Drive and deliver business continuity and resilience programme implementation and report to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Ensure that gaps and areas of risk to the business are reported and escalated as needed.
• Conduct BCM performance reviews with in-scope LBUs, discuss findings with management and ensure appropriate responses are obtained for each issue raised and that actions are closed.

Job Qualifications:

• Experience – 4-5 years relevant experience in Business Continuity and/or Operational Resilience, preferably with experience in a second line (2LOD) role.
• Experience in third-party resilience is highly advantageous.
• Qualification – A relevant technical degree, preferably with a relevant professional certification(s) such as MBCI/CBCI/CBCM/CBCP/EDRP.
• Preferred industry (in order of priority)
• Financial services (Banking, Insurance etc.) Consultancy – Technical Advisory, BCM Services Tech Companies (Digital Fintech, Digital Banks etc.)
• Technical experience:
• Experience in implementing and enforcing risk-based standards, processes, and procedures for responding to operational disruption in at least two or more of the following areas:
• (Required) Business Continuity
• Operational Resilience
• IT infrastructure management (e.g., network and databases) and/or technology risk management
• IT operations (e.g., data centre management, backup, batch processing, incident, and problem management) and/or Disaster Recovery
• Third-party resilience
• Cybersecurity (e.g., NIST framework, security operations)

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.