Senior Risk Manager

Overview

As Senior Risk Manager you guide risk governance for large infrastructure programmes across sectors. You will partner with project teams and senior stakeholders to shape risk strategies and decision making. You’ll lead risk assurance, reporting, and the development of risk registers and plans, while coaching others in best practice. This role sits in the Integrated Programme Controls team and offers opportunities to impact numerous UK and global projects. You will apply innovative techniques to optimise contingencies and drive project success.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• competitive compensation and well-being programs
• inclusive environment
• global opportunities
• education and development support
• equal opportunity employer

Responsibilities

• Engage project teams to implement risk management effectively
• Contribute risk input to bids and proposals
• Perform risk assurance checks on project and programme risk management
• Communicate risk data to senior leadership
• Produce comprehensive risk reports for informed decisions
• Coach and mentor staff in risk management best practices
• Facilitate risk identification, assessment, and prioritisation
• Develop Risk Registers, Risk Management Plans, and Risk Mitigation Plans
• Conduct Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA) using Monte-Carlo techniques
• Design and implement risk management frameworks for projects and programmes
• Support cost, scheduling, and change management teams as needed

Key requirements

• 3+ years of risk management experience
• 2+ years on high value projects
• Bachelor’s Degree or risk management qualification (MOR, APM Risk, IRM)
• Experience in multi-discipline project environments
• Proficiency with industry risk tools (ARM, Xactium, RiskHive, Predict)
• Experience with QCRA/QSRA tools (Safran, Primavera Risk Analyser, @risk)
• Knowledge of ISO31000, IRM, or APM risk methodologies
• Willingness to travel and work across sectors
• People management and facilitation skills
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management
• Working knowledge of project management methodologies
• Stakeholder engagement
• Strong communication
• Mentoring and coaching
• Risk management frameworks
• Quantitative risk analysis (Monte Carlo)
• Risk registers and risk mitigation planning

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