Risk Manager
Role Overview
Support strategic enterprise risk management, policies, processes and standards across the organisation.
Develop an integrated view of programme risk, identify trends, and develop risk management and mitigation strategies.
Key Skills for This Role
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Salary and benefits
- Base salary is £41,092 to £48,344 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
- A flexible benefits fund of 15% is paid on top of base salary and is pensionable.
Job purpose
Support strategic enterprise risk management, policies, processes and standards across the organisation.
Develop an integrated view of programme risk, identify trends, and develop risk management and mitigation strategies.
Risk management and reporting
- Guide teams on risk management and mitigation and support consistent application of policies throughout the programme lifecycle.
- Support joint risk evaluation with Project Controls and the supply chain, and contribute to periodic risk and performance reporting.
- Advise development and delivery teams and support their understanding and use of risk data.
- Support QRA policies and standards; analyse and statistically model programme risk exposure in cost, time and other categories.
- Provide risk exposure assessments and cost and schedule risk assessments to inform financial forecasts and delivery trade-off decisions.
- Develop exposure scenarios over time and compare them with contingency provisions in the HS2 Investment Model.
- Provide functional line management, performance management and objective-setting support to direct reports.
Skills and experience
- Experience in a project or programme risk management role within a large-scale, complex project.
- Ability to perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and build cost, schedule and risk models in appropriate applications.
- Ability to explain risk concepts clearly and produce persuasive written and verbal communications for colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Ability to develop and implement risk actions for projects, with subject matter expert support where appropriate.
- Knowledge of project and programme risk management and project management and project control processes, particularly for major programmes.
- A risk management qualification such as IRM or APM is cited.
Inclusion
HS2 describes an inclusive workplace, flexible working, staff networks, adjustments and development opportunities.
The role is expected to promote and support equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives and policies.
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