Business Resilience and Security Officer

About the Role

Teneo is seeking a Business Resilience and Security Officer to join our Information Security function with a primary focus on business continuity disaster recovery and operational resilience complemented by business-facing security and risk responsibilities.

This role is designed for a resilience-oriented professional with a background in risk or consulting who can operate as a trusted advisor to the business. You will play a key role in supporting embedding and maturing Teneos business continuity and resilience capabilities while also acting as a business-aligned security partner.

The role sits at the intersection of resilience security and business engagement working closely with technology security and business stakeholders to ensure resilience and security considerations are embedded into operational processes change initiatives and decision-making.

This is a generalist role suited to someone with 57 years of experience who can operate autonomously manage multiple initiatives and communicate resilience and security concepts in clear business-focused terms.

What Youll Do

Business Resilience & Continuity (Primary Focus)

• Support the design implementation and ongoing operation of Teneos Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) programme aligned to recognised standards such as ISO 22301.
• Contribute to and maintain Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) identifying critical business processes systems and recovery requirements.
• Support the development maintenance and review of business continuity and disaster recovery plans strategies and procedures.
• Assist with resilience-related risk assessments control design and remediation tracking across technology and business processes.
• Coordinate and support BC/DR testing activities tabletop exercises and simulations including documentation of outcomes and follow-up actions.
• Help maintain resilience documentation evidence and reporting to support internal governance audits client assurance and regulatory expectations.
• Partner with technology security and operational teams to ensure resilience requirements are embedded into system design change management and operational processes.

Business Information Security & Advisory (Secondary Focus)

• Act as a business-facing security and resilience advisor helping translate cyber security information risk and resilience requirements into practical actionable outcomes.
• Support the development and ongoing operation of Teneos information security and technology risk frameworks policies and standards.
• Provide subject-matter input on security and risk considerations across IT initiatives system changes third-party engagements and business projects.
• Support security awareness and resilience education initiatives for employees and key stakeholders.

Stakeholder & Project Engagement

• Build and manage strong relationships with stakeholders across IT operations and the business.
• Support and where required lead small-to-medium resilience and security initiatives coordinating inputs across multiple teams.
• Act as a trusted point of contact for resilience and security matters within assigned business or operational areas.

What Were Looking For

Essential

• 57 years of experience in business continuity operational resilience cybersecurity consulting GRC or advisory roles.
• Strong working knowledge of business continuity disaster recovery and operational resilience principles.
• Understanding of information security technology risk and governance frameworks.
• Experience operating in stakeholder-facing roles advising and influencing rather than solely executing.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams projects or initiatives simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical and operational risk into business-relevant language.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to standards and frameworks such as ISO 22301 ISO 27001 NIST or similar.
• Prior experience in professional services consulting or regulated environments.
• Certifications such as ISO 22301 Lead Implementer CISSP CISM CRISC or similar.
• Exposure to risk intelligence critical event management or mass notification platforms (e.g. ISOS AlertMedia Everbridge or similar) including use in monitoring alerting or response coordination.
• Experience supporting or partnering with corporate security facilities or GSOC teams in a resilience risk or advisory capacity.
• Experience operating in globally distributed or multi-site environments with awareness of regional security and resilience considerations
• Experience supporting or coordinating security or resilience-related technology implementations including requirements definition vendor engagement and operational oversight.

Why Join Teneo

This role offers a unique opportunity to play a hands-on role in strengthening Teneos business resilience and continuity capabilities while also contributing to the firms broader security and risk maturity.

Youll work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to embed resilience and security into the fabric of how Teneo operates helping ensure the organisation can respond effectively to disruption while maintaining client confidence and operational excellence.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority