Cyber Resiliency Manager

Competitive salary plus benefits

Location: Leeds (Asda House) / Hybrid (3 days in office)

Department: Technology – Cyber Security

Reports to: Head of Cyber Security Operations

We are looking for a Cyber Resiliency Manager to lead on strengthening Asda’s ability to withstand and recover from cyber-attacks and major technology disruptions. This role will set the direction for resiliency practices, guiding application and asset owners to ensure that critical systems are backed up, tested, and able to be restored quickly.
The Cyber Resiliency Manager will act as a trusted advisor across Technology and the business, ensuring that our cyber resilience strategy is embedded into day-to-day operations and that Asda’s critical business solutions are protected, recoverable, and resilient.

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Asda’s cyber resiliency strategy, aligned with business priorities and risk appetite.
• Provide expert guidance to application and asset owners to ensure that backup, recovery, and continuity capabilities are effective and tested.
• Oversee the identification of critical business services and assets, ensuring appropriate resiliency measures are in place (e.g., backup frequency, data retention, RTO/RPO alignment).
• Collaborate with Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations teams to embed resilience requirements into design and delivery.
• Ensure regular testing and exercising of recovery plans, validating the ability to restore critical services within required timeframes.
• Work with Business Continuity and Risk teams to align cyber resilience with wider enterprise continuity planning.
• Produce reporting and metrics for senior stakeholders and governance boards, demonstrating the effectiveness of resilience measures.
• Stay ahead of evolving threats, industry regulations, and best practices to enhance resilience posture.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to junior team members or analysts contributing to resilience initiatives.

• Proven experience in cyber security, technology risk, or IT disaster recovery with a focus on resilience, recovery, and continuity.
• Strong understanding of backup and restore technologies, cloud and hybrid architectures, and resilience frameworks.
• Experience working with application and asset owners to assess risks and embed controls.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and standards (e.g., NIST, ISO 22301, FCA Operational Resilience).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence technical and non-technical audiences.
• Analytical mindset; able to assess resilience gaps and define pragmatic, business-aligned improvements.
• Project management or programme delivery experience in resilience initiatives.

Desirable:

• Professional certifications in resilience, risk or security (e.g., CRISC, CBCP).
• Experience in retail, financial services, or other complex operational environments.
• Familiarity with Microsoft technologies and cloud platforms (Azure, M365).

• Critical business services have tested and validated restore plans aligned with RTO/RPO requirements.
• Application and asset owners feel supported and guided in implementing effective resilience controls.
• Cyber resilience posture is measurably stronger, with improved recovery times and reduced impact of incidents.
• Senior leadership has visibility and confidence in Asda’s ability to withstand and recover from attacks or disruptions.
• Resilience practices are embedded into design, change, and operations across the business.

• Opportunity to shape and lead Asda’s cyber resilience capability at enterprise scale.
• Visibility across the organisation, influencing senior stakeholders and critical decision-making.
• A collaborative, values-led culture with strong focus on career growth and learning.
• Hybrid working, competitive benefits, and the chance to protect a brand that matters to millions of customers.

• One team: collaborating across Technology, Operations, Risk, and Business Units.
• Customer-first: protecting trust is at the heart of everything we do.
• Bold and innovative: we adapt and evolve to meet resilience challenges head-on.
• Do the right thing: ethically, securely, and with integrity.

  
This role is open to job share / Part-time / Flexible working.

Please be advised that this position requires attendance at Asda House in Leeds for a minimum of three days per week. We’re really looking forward to having you around!

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To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus

• Company pension up to 7% matched

• Company Car allowance of £5,700

• 15% colleague discount in store and online

• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.

• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated

• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves