Operational Resilience Senior IT Risk Manager

Bupa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurance provider in London is seeking an Operational Resilience Senior IT Risk Manager. You will develop risk management frameworks and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure IT resilience across the organization. The role requires proven experience in IT risk management and excellent communication skills, with the added benefit of flexibility in the working model. Join a team that values health and wellbeing while making a significant impact on customer care.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year

Management bonus scheme

Car allowance

Access to wellbeing services

Workplace pension

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT risk management or related fields.
• Strong understanding of IT risk frameworks and regulations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a Group-wide IT risk management framework.
• Identify, assess, and monitor IT risks across all business units.
• Partner with technology teams to strengthen resilience.

Skills

IT risk management

Operational Resilience

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Education

Professional certifications (CISSP, CISM, CRISC)

Tools

ISO2330

ISO31000

ISO27002

NIST

COBIT

ITIL

Job description

* Before submitting your application, you should read our to understand how Bupa will use, store and share your information.* For Australia or New Zealand candidates - Before submitting your application, you should read our to understand how Bupa will use, store and share your information.Operational Resilience Senior IT Risk Manager page is loaded## Operational Resilience Senior IT Risk Managerlocations: Angel Court, Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: January 28, 2026 (15 days left to apply)job requisition id: R1212444Job Description:**Operational Resilience Senior IT Risk Manager****London****Permanent****Full time & Hybrid****Salary - Competitive DOE & Attractive benefits package****The closing date for all applications is Tuesday 27th January, 2026****We make health happen!**At Bupa, we’re here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives – and make a better world. As an Operational Resilience Senior IT Risk Manager, you’ll work closely with the Group Head of IT & Information Security Risk playing a vital role in protecting the technology that underpins our critical services.You’ll play a key role in identifying, assessing, and managing IT risks across the Group, while implementing robust frameworks and controls to ensure effective risk management. Ultimately, your work will help us stay resilient, safeguard customer data, and ensure we can deliver care when it matters most.**How you'll help us make health happen:*** Develop and maintain a Group-wide IT risk management framework aligned with business goals and regulations.* Identify, assess, and monitor IT risks across all business units, ensuring effective mitigation.* Design and implement controls to manage IT resilience risks, reviewing effectiveness regularly.* Partner with technology teams to strengthen resilience of data centres and critical services.* Work closely with the Group Head of IT and Information Security Risk to ensure consistency in risk management practices and reporting* Help design technical groupwide severe but plausible exercises to test ability to meet Impact tolerances and SLA’s across important business services / critical operations and critical internal services* Prepare and deliver clear, concise risk reports for senior management, regulatory, and board-level audiences.* Champion a culture of risk awareness, providing training and guidance to business units on IT risk management best practices.* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess the impact of new technologies, regulatory changes, and industry standards on the Group’s IT risk profile* Support and guide Market Units in identifying, prioritising and sequencing for recovery their critical internal technology services.* Partner with Market Unit technology teams in ensuring resilience requirements are incorporated into their incident, problem and change processes.**Skills & Experience needed for this role:*** Proven experience in IT risk management, Operational Resilience, or related fields.* Strong understanding of IT risk frameworks, assessment methodologies, and regulations.* Experience implementing and managing risk controls and frameworks in large organisations.* Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.* Ability to translate complex technical risks into actionable recommendations for non-technical audiences.* Professional certifications (CISSP, CISM, CRISC) are highly desirable.* Strong background with frameworks including ISO2330, ISO31000, ISO27002, NIST, COBIT, ITIL* Strategic thinker with proactive problem-solving skills.**Benefits**Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:* 25 days holiday per year.* Management bonus scheme* Car allowance* Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing* Workplace pension* Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.*If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [e-mail]*Time Type:Full timeJob Area:Locations:Angel Court, London