Director of Technology Resilience & Recovery | UK Remote (Midlands / London travel) | Permanent (Interim possible, if preferred)
We’re working with one of the UK’s most integral CNI organisations to appoint a Director of Technology Resilience & Recovery to own and deliver enterprise-wide recovery and resilience capability.
If there’s a major cyber attack, system failure, or global/national disruption, this is the role responsible for making sure the organisation (and UK) keeps operating.
Reporting to the exec-level CIO, this role will have the support, seniority and funding to implement best in class resilience and recovery strategies.
We are seeking a specilaise Recovery and Resilience leader who has executed this in other large, complex, organisations. This one isn't right for someone to step up in to and learn on the job, we need a proven expert who can make an immediate impact.
The focus:
* End-to-end technology recovery and resilience across a landscape of 100+ locations and UK wide critical infrastructure.
* Ensuring critical services and operations are restored in a controlled, prioritised way.
* Building and governing recovery frameworks, playbooks, and sequencing
* Leading live recovery during major incidents
* Driving readiness through testing, simulations, and continuous improvement
This is a high-impact, highly visible role with regular engagement at exec, board, and regulator level.
We’re looking for:
* A Head of / Director level technology Resilience and Recovery leader, who has designed and executed robust strategies for large, complex, critical organisations.
* Strong understanding of cyber recovery, backup integrity, and complex dependencies
* Experience operating in regulated, high-stakes environments would be beneficial.
* Someone who can bring structure and control in high-pressure scenarios
* A credible stakeholder operator across tech, business, and external partners
You can be based anywhere in the UK, with travel to the Midlands and London.
We would like to make a perm appointment here, with a strong, market leading which can flex to attract the best person. We are also open to bringing in an interim, if that would suit better.
If you’re motivated by real-world impact, resilience at scale, and owning one of the most critical capabilities in a national organisation, this is for you.