Senior Risk Manager

In this role you will lead risk management for high-profile infrastructure programmes, shaping risk processes and data quality. You work closely with project delivery teams to embed robust risk practices and drive continuous improvement. You will act as a risk SME, mentor teams, and support change control within a broad controls network. This is a Midlands-based opportunity with exposure to a wide range of complex projects and a chance to contribute to impactful programme outcomes.

• Lead risk management teams to deliver consistent, value-adding risk practices across complex projects
• Design and tailor risk management processes to client needs aligning with best practice
• Improve risk management and project controls processes for efficiency and benefits
• Ensure robust, scrutinizable risk data and risk registers
• Support rollout of Changes to Risk Management approaches
• Act as risk subject matter expert on major projects/programmes
• Collaborate with Integrated Project Team to establish a robust PMB and support change control
• Design and deliver risk training and coach junior staff
• Facilitate risk workshops with SMEs for identifying risks and uncertainties
• Drive mitigation actions and measurable responses
• Interpret QSRA/QCRA outputs to focus project effort
• Support efficient contingency drawdown and liaise with supply chain on risks
• Coordinate with other project controls disciplines to align information

• Experience managing risk across multiple projects/programmes or in a similar risk role
• Experience defining, improving, or implementing Risk Management approaches
• Familiarity with risk standards (ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA)
• Experience with Quantitative Risk Analysis (Monte-Carlo) and interpreting outputs
• Familiarity with risk tools (ARM, Predict!, Risk Controller, riskHive, Xactium)
• Experience in QRA with Primavera Risk Analysis, @Risk, or Safran
• Risk qualification such as APM Risk Certificate Level 2, IRM or MoR (desirable)
• Experience leading a team (desirable)
• Familiarity with NEC contracts (desirable)
• Security Clearance or eligibility (desirable)
• UK driving license or ability to travel to client sites (essential)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strategic thinking and ability to guide teams through change
• Strong analytical and software skills, with attention to detail
• Ability to manage relationships with executives and project stakeholders
• Ability to interpret client requirements and manage expectations
• Time management and proactive responsiveness
• Ability to adapt risk strategies to changing environments
• Commitment to inclusive leadership and positive change

• Excellent communication
• Strategic thinking
• Integrity and ethics
• Monte-Carlo QRA techniques
• Risk registers and data quality management
• Risk management process design