Incident Manager
1 day ago
London
Incident Manager – IT Service & Operational Resilience - Insurance Engagement: Permanent (Immediate Start) Location: London (Hybrid) Client Industry: Insurance Company: Albany Beck About Albany Beck Albany Beck is a Management Consultancy focused on providing specialist talent and transformative solutions to Financial Services clients. We combine subject matter expertise with innovative delivery models that help clients scale efficiently, while offering meaningful, long-term career opportunities to our people. At Albany Beck, you’ll be choosing to work with an organisation that’s passionate about your learning journey and committed to your professional and personal development. Role Overview We are looking for an experienced Incident Manager to join our Change & Transformation practice, with an immediate deployment opportunity onsite with one of our largest Insurance clients, based in London. This role will be to support the delivery and continuous improvement of IT Incident and Major Incident Management within a regulated Financial Services environment. This role is responsible for the end-to-end coordination of incidents that impact business services, ensuring rapid service restoration, clear stakeholder communication, and alignment with regulatory and operational resilience requirements. The Incident Manager will act as the central point of command during major incidents, working closely with Technology teams, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors. The engagement requires strong knowledge of ITIL v4 Incident Management, experience operating in regulated environments (e.g. ISO 27001, DORA), and the ability to embed robust, auditable incident management controls and reporting. Key Responsibilities • Own and maintain the Incident Management policy, procedures, standards, and workflows, • Act as the central command and escalation point during major incidents, coordinating multi-level IT support teams, • Lead major incident communications, providing clear, timely updates to senior stakeholders and impacted business areas, • Facilitate effective IT–business collaboration during incidents, ensuring impact, risk, and recovery decisions are clearly understood, • Ensure alignment with ITIL v4 Incident Management, ISO/IEC 27001 controls, and DORA operational resilience objectives, • Produce incident and major incident reports, including severity assessments and post-incident reviews, • Drive post-incident analysis and lessons learned, partnering with Problem Management to identify root causes and trends, • Own and manage Incident Management workflows within ServiceNow, • Monitor incident trends, SLAs, OLAs, and KPIs, driving continuous improvement initiatives, • Coordinate incident management interfaces with related processes, including Service Asset & Configuration Management, • Support audit, risk assessments, and regulatory evidence requirements, • Maintain strong engagement with internal Technology teams and external vendors, • Contribute to training, awareness, and adoption of incident management processes across the organisation Key Deliverables • Incident Management policies, procedures, and standards, • Major Incident communications and stakeholder updates, • Incident and post-incident review reports with documented actions, • ServiceNow Incident Management workflows and reporting, • SLA, KPI, and trend analysis reporting, • Audit-ready evidence supporting incident management controls Key Skills & Experience • Proven experience as an Incident Manager within regulated Financial Services environments, • Strong knowledge of ITIL v4 Incident Management principles and best practices, • Experience coordinating and leading major incidents with senior business stakeholders, • Hands-on experience with enterprise service management tools, ideally ServiceNow, • Strong understanding of operational resilience, risk, and control frameworks, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, • Ability to remain calm under pressure and manage high-severity incidents effectively, • Strong documentation skills with attention to detail Desirable Experience • ITIL v4 certification, • Experience working within ISO 27001 and/or DORA-aligned environments, • Experience supporting audit-driven or regulatory change initiatives, • Background in Service Delivery, Technology Operations, or Enterprise IT environments