Testing Strategy Lead

Testing Strategy Lead – Operational & Cyber Resilience

Location: Warsaw or Gdańsk (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
Language: English

About the Role

An experienced Testing Strategy Lead is sought to support a large-scale program focused on operational resilience and cyber recovery capabilities. The role will focus on designing and implementing a comprehensive testing strategy for Minimum Viable Business (MVB) capabilities, ensuring the organization can effectively respond to and recover from major operational or cyber incidents.

This position works closely with senior stakeholders across technology, cyber resilience, risk, business continuity, and business teams, contributing to a strategic resilience program with high regulatory and organizational impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement a comprehensive testing strategy for operational and cyber resilience capabilities.

• Develop recovery testing plans and execution schedules for critical systems and business processes.

• Coordinate large-scale resilience and disaster recovery testing exercises involving multiple technical and business teams.

• Define and manage dependencies between business processes, applications, and infrastructure to ensure realistic recovery scenarios.

• Conduct risk assessments and design realistic disaster scenarios to validate organizational resilience.

• Develop and execute different types of resilience tests, including tabletop, integrated, and technology-level testing.

• Support the setup and configuration of testing environments for resilience and recovery exercises.

• Continuously improve the testing strategy based on test results, feedback, and evolving regulatory requirements.

• Communicate testing strategy and results to senior stakeholders and ensure alignment between business and technology teams.

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a Testing Manager, Test Strategy Lead, or similar senior testing leadership role within large organizations.

• Strong background in the financial services or banking sector, including familiarity with banking products and regulatory environments.

• Deep understanding of Business Continuity Management (BCM), Crisis Management, and Cyber/Operational Resilience.

• Proven experience designing and executing Disaster Recovery and recovery testing programs in complex environments.

• Experience managing large testing programs and coordinating cross-functional teams during resilience or recovery exercises.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders across technology, security, risk, compliance, and business domains.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate strategic objectives into practical testing frameworks.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as DORA, EBA, PRA, or Basel.

• Experience working on enterprise resilience or regulatory transformation programs.

What the Role Offers

• Participation in a strategic cyber resilience and operational resilience program.

• Opportunity to shape the long-term testing framework for recovery and resilience capabilities.

• Collaboration with senior stakeholders across risk, cyber security, technology, and business domains.

• High impact role contributing to the organizational resilience of a large financial institution.