Business Resilience Senior Specialist

The European Strategic Services department has an opening for a critical role responsible for improving the resiliency of Vanguard's European business. We are looking for a Business Resilience Senior Specialist within the European Resilience & Governance team to support a complex team spanning our European business including European Operational Resilience, Digital Operational Resilience (DORA) and Business Continuity Management.,

• Supporting the design and implementation of our European Resilience strategy for each European entity will be the central tenant for this role therefore excellent stakeholder management skills and a proficiency engaging with senior stakeholders is important.


• Assist the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) implementation with our Regulatory Programme Office and IT team.


• Post implementation this role will own the ongoing governance and reporting to the senior leadership committees and boards.


• Provides advice and support to stakeholders from implementation to BAU, making improvements to frameworks and reporting.


• Be the key SME for Operational Resilience across the European business maintaining oversight of the business service lifecycle and capturing vulnerabilities to ensure they are supervised by the business to resolution.


• Responsible for the coordination and management of important business service owners, facilitates the approval of changes to important business services and impact tolerances at each legal entity level.


• Prepares and supports the facilitation of governance to enable senior management to steer the decisions of relevant European legal entities.


• Maintains the annual self-assessment documentation.


• Designs, implements, and leads stress testing of each important business service.


• Mentors and coaches junior team members.


• Support for BCM when required.


• Provides training, maintenance, and support to the European staff on European Resilience.


• Undertakes independent horizon scanning to identify potential threats, risks, emerging issues and opportunities allowing for better preparedness to support resilience decision making.
  
  Proven related work experience in Digital Operational Resilience.


• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required.


• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills will be key as this role will face off to a variety of stakeholders across the business.


• Relevant Business Continuity qualifications are preferred.
  
  Vanguard is an investment company unlike any other. It was founded by Jack Bogle in the US in 1975 on a simple but ground-breaking idea: that an investment company should handle its funds solely in the interests of its clients. Jack helped bring investing to the masses with the index fund. Index funds do not pick individual shares or bonds to beat the market. They supervise the performance of the entire market. Or as Jack put it, "Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!". We have stood for low-cost, uncomplicated investing ever since. Over the last 45 years people have come round to our way of thinking and more than 30 million investors worldwide now trust us with their money., Vanguard's continued dedication to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: "Do the right thing." We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard's core purpose through our values.


When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard's core purpose.

Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

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How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.