Senior Business Continuity Specialist

QBE Insurance

Senior Business Continuity Specialist partnering with leaders to lead continuity planning at QBE. Role involves ensuring operational resilience and collaborating across the business.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeSydney • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support Head of Business Continuity and Resilience in the design and continuous improvement of business continuity and operational resilience practices, working closely with leaders across the organisation
Facilitate discussions, lead exercises, and confidently guide stakeholders through complex disruption scenarios to ensure the business is prepared and resilient
Partner with business leaders to coordinate and deliver the business continuity management (BCM) lifecycle, including impact assessments, plan reviews, and testing
Develop and maintain business continuity plans and recovery strategies
Facilitate critical operation assessment and define impact tolerances with stakeholders
Design and lead scenario testing, training and simulation exercises, confidently facilitating sessions and guiding decision-making
Provide trusted advisory support during incidents and contribute to post-incident reviews
Collaborate with stakeholders to assess third-party resilience and strengthen contingency planning

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience in business continuity, operational resilience, or risk management, including understanding of crisis management and BCM frameworks or standards (e.g. ISO 22301) and CPS230
Demonstrated ability to coordinate and manage multiple tasks while maintaining strong attention to detail
Experience developing business continuity plans and recovery strategies
Strong facilitation skills, with the ability to lead workshops, exercises, or simulations
Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior leaders
Experience in regulated environments (financial services advantageous)

Benefits

Comp & perks

‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

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Hard Skills & Tools

Business Continuity PlansRecovery StrategiesImpact AssessmentsScenario TestingTraining Exercises

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailStakeholder EngagementInfluencing Skills