Delivery Lead

**Role purpose** Owns end\-to\-end delivery of the BCM programme, from mobilization through business impact analysis, strategy definition, plan development, exercising and embedding into business\-as\-usual. Accountable for scope, schedule, quality, commercials and client relationship, and is the single point of ownership the client holds responsible for the engagement. **Key responsibilities** **Delivery ownership** * Own the delivery plan, milestones, dependencies and critical path against the signed Statement of Work * Run governance: weekly status reporting, steering committee updates, RAID log, change control * Manage deliverable production, internal quality review and formal client acceptance * Track commercials — budget, burn rate, milestone invoicing and revenue recognition * Identify and manage scope creep; raise change requests before work is undertaken **BCM technical scope** * Define BCM scope, policy and governance structure aligned to ISO 22301 and applicable regulatory frameworks * Direct the Business Impact Analysis: critical activities, dependencies, MTPD, RTO, RPO and MBCO * Oversee threat and risk assessment and the resulting continuity strategy options * Govern development of business continuity plans, crisis management structure, incident response protocols and communication trees * Ensure IT disaster recovery capability is mapped against business recovery objectives and gaps are surfaced * Design and run the exercise programme — walkthrough, tabletop, simulation and live failover — and drive remediation from findings * Build the awareness, training and continual improvement cycle so the capability survives handover **Stakeholder and team management** * Serve as primary interface to the client sponsor, BCM function, risk, IT and business unit leads * Secure client\-side inputs, approvals and participation, and escalate dependency slippage early * Lead and develop the delivery team; allocate work, review output, manage utilization * Run knowledge transfer so the client can operate the capability independently * 8\+ years of experience in Business Continuity Management, Operational Resilience, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Risk, or a related discipline. * Proven experience leading end\-to\-end BCM programmes from mobilization through implementation and handover. * Experience conducting and governing: + Business Impact Analyses (BIA) + Risk Assessments + Continuity Strategy Development + Business Continuity Plan (BCP) development + Crisis Management and Incident Response programmes * Experience managing programme governance, RAID logs, executive reporting, and steering committees. * Experience managing client\-facing consulting engagements and programme commercials. * Experience leading workshops and stakeholder engagements across business and technology functions. * Experience running continuity exercises including tabletop, simulation, and recovery testing.