DORA & Operational Resilience Manager
Core
Lead the DORA and operational resilience framework for Irish payments entities, ensuring alignment with EU Digital Operational Resilience Act, technical standards, and Central Bank of Ireland expectations.
Role type
Manager, DORA & Operational Resilience
Builds
Resilience framework, policies, control mappings, risk assessments, metrics, dashboards, and decision papers for senior management and Boards.
Domain
Financial services / Payments / Regulatory Compliance
Deliverable
Dashboards & analysis
Required skills
DORA regulatory compliance, operational resilience testing, business continuity planning, incident management, ICT risk assessment, third-party risk oversight, gap analysis, stakeholder coordination
Preferred skills
Experience with Central Bank of Ireland engagement, threat-led penetration testing, business impact analysis (BIA), crisis management
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Own the DORA and operational resilience framework with entity-level accountability; Coordinate gap assessments, compliance monitoring, and remediation; Lead responses to Central Bank requests and inspections; Identify critical services and map dependencies; Coordinate severe-but-plausible scenario testing and Business Impact Assessments; Oversee ICT incident classification, escalation, and root-cause analysis; Challenge ICT risk assessments and control performance; Maintain the DORA Register of Information and oversee third-party due diligence; Deliver training to promote a resilience culture.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on IC
