Operational Resilience Testing Lead - 12-month FTC
About AXA:
AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them. As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance. We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.
AXA UK Support Functions look after our three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure and expertise to make sure we can be there for our customers.
Job overview:
We're seeking an experienced leader to play a key role in shaping and embedding AXA UK's approach to operational resilience, ensuring that the organisation meets regulatory requirements while fostering a resilient, 'by design' culture across the business. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Key responsibilities:
• Support the Head of Operational Resilience in developing and maintaining the testing strategy.
• Lead the integrated AXA UK Resilience function, providing services across all resilience disciplines.
• Design and enhance the resilience testing framework to ensure UK regulatory compliance and best practices.
• Define and execute testing methods such as walkthroughs, tabletop exercises, failover tests, and simulations.
• Oversee scenario-based tests and simulations to validate preparedness and resilience.
• Collaborate with Business Partners to incorporate business unit level input and coordinate cross-functional testing and improvement actions.
• Identify resilience gaps across people, processes, technology, data, facilities, and third parties.
• Provide insights and analysis to support resilience-by-design initiatives and continuous improvement.
Work arrangements:
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.
Your skills & experience:
• Leadership experience in Operational Resilience, Business Continuity, and Crisis Management, focusing on resilience testing and validation.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, capable of engaging senior stakeholders and boards.
• Proven success leading complex, multi-year regulatory programs, working with numerous entities on resilience testing and improvements.
• Thought leadership in measuring, enhancing, and maturing resilience testing capabilities.
• In-depth knowledge of operational resilience practices, standards, and industry developments.
• Understanding of AXA UK's operations, subsidiaries, and broader AXA Group entities is beneficial.
• Technical knowledge of IT infrastructure, facilities, and operational technologies relevant to resilience.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and influence decision-making at senior levels.
Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
How to apply:
To apply, click on the 'apply now' button, you'll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don't discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we're proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to adi.stapletonberry@axa-uk.co.uk.
We encourage you to apply for this opportunity as soon as possible, as we may close this advert earlier than the listed closing date.
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