Senior Project & Portfolio Risk Manager (f/m/d)

Uniper Energy; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bike leasing

E-car charging

Pension plan

Lifelong training

Flexible working

Job summary

Uniper Energy in Düsseldorf, Germany, is seeking an experienced Senior Risk Manager for project and portfolio risk governance across cross-functional teams. The role involves leading QSRA/QCRA analyses, Monte Carlo simulations, and translating complex risk data into actionable management actions.

Travel across Europe is expected; the position offers flexible working arrangements and a strong focus on professional development, with exposure to energy transition projects and governance across the

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering, Business, Finance or equivalent; MBA advantageous.
• Several years of senior project risk management experience in energy/power/infrastructure environments.
• Proven leadership and coaching of risk professionals.
• Knowledge of PMI, PRINCE2, ISO 31000; QSRA, QCRA, Monte Carlo simulations.
• Experience with Planisware or comparable risk-management tools.
• Fluent German and English, excellent communication and stakeholder skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and enhance project and portfolio risk management frameworks, standards, processes, and governance throughout the lifecycle.
• Conduct cross-project and portfolio-risk analyses to identify systemic risks and advise leadership.
• Develop and manage risk tools, integrating risk registers, schedules, costs, and reporting for data-driven decisions.
• Perform QSRA/QCRA with Monte Carlo simulations to estimate risk budgets and contingencies.
• Interpret complex outputs (P20/P50/P80, distributions, tornado charts) into actionable mitigations.
• Provide technical leadership and risk advisory support to project teams and risk professionals.
• Act as trusted advisor to leadership for risk assessments at gates and key milestones.
• Strengthen risk governance by aligning interfaces across risk disciplines.

Skills

Risk governance

Leadership

Stakeholder management

PMO methods (PMI/PRINCE2/ISO 31000)

QSRA/QCRA

Monte Carlo simulations

German & English

Education

University degree in Engineering/Business/Finance

Tools

Planisware

Job description

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Location:

Düsseldorf, DE, 40221

Country/Region: DE

Contract type:

Working hours: Full time

Compensation:

We are Uniper

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

Your responsibilities

• Lead and continuously enhance project and portfolio risk management frameworks, standards, processes, and governance, ensuring a consistent and effective approach across the full project lifecycle.
• Conduct cross-project and portfolio-level risk analyses to identify systemic risks, interdependencies, emerging exposures, and critical risk drivers, translating insights into actionable recommendations for project and senior leadership.
• Develop and manage risk management tools and processes, ensuring effective integration of risk registers, project schedules, milestones, cost estimates, and portfolio reporting to enable transparent, data-driven decision-making.
• Lead quantitative schedule and cost risk analyses (QSRA/QCRA), including Monte Carlo simulations, to assess risk exposure, establish appropriate risk budgets and contingency requirements, and support robust investment and cost estimation.
• Interpret and communicate complex quantitative risk outputs, including P20/P50/P80 confidence levels, probability distributions, sensitivity analyses, tornado charts, and key schedule and cost drivers, translating them into clear management actions and mitigation priorities.
• Provide technical leadership and risk advisory support to project risk professionals and multidisciplinary project teams, facilitating risk workshops and constructively challenging risk assessments, assumptions, and mitigation strategies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to project and senior leadership, supporting risk assessments at key project stage gates and decision points and ensuring that risk considerations are appropriately reflected in planning and strategic decision-making.
• Strengthen risk governance and cross-functional alignment by coordinating interfaces between project, asset, operational, enterprise, and financial risk disciplines, ensuring appropriate escalation and integrated risk reporting.

Your profile

• University degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or a comparable discipline; an MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is advantageous.
• Several years of relevant experience in senior project risk management, ideally within the energy, power, infrastructure, engineering, construction, or other complex capital project environments.
• Proven expertise in project and portfolio risk management, including experience providing technical leadership, coaching, and guidance to other risk professionals.
• Strong knowledge of established risk management methodologies and standards, such as PMI, PRINCE2, and ISO 31000, combined with hands-on expertise in QSRA, QCRA, and Monte Carlo simulations.
• Strong understanding of project scheduling, critical path methodology, project controls, and integrated project planning, with practical experience using quantitative risk analysis and integrated project risk management tools; experience with Planisware or comparable solutions is advantageous.
• Strong analytical and quantitative capabilities, with the ability to interpret complex risk data and translate it into clear, commercially relevant recommendations, mitigation strategies, and management actions.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, including the confidence to constructively challenge project teams, engage senior stakeholders, and operate effectively in complex and high-pressure project environments.
• Fluent written and spoken German and English, combined with a willingness and ability to travel regularly across Europe and respond flexibly to project-specific requirements.

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.

Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:

Work-Life-Balance / New Normal:

• Choosing how, where, and when to work in accordance with your team and the requirements of your job
• Modern and ergonomic equipment for your workplace (home & office)
• Support to balance private life and work: Sabbaticals, part-time possibilities, family service

Mobility:

• Bike leasing offer (deferred compensation)
• E-car charging stations at almost all Uniper locations

Health offers:

• Preventive health services
• Employee assistance program

Company pension:

• Employer-funded contributions to a modern pension system
• Possibility of self-funded contributions with employer-funded matching

Trainings:

• Lifelong training
• Coaching

Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!

Your contact

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

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Job information

Start Date: 01/08/2026

Deadline:

As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. Therefore, we encourage applications from suitably qualified individuals whose capabilities match the role requirements regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We live inclusion and support flexible working.