Hybrid Risks & Opportunities Manager – Rail Infra

Hitachi; Ballerup; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

6 weeks holidays

Canteen

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Denmark A/S is seeking a Risks & Opportunities Manager to operate the risk management framework across multi-project governance. The role coordinates risk scoring, mitigation, and escalation while aligning with contract governance and supplier management.

You will own the risk/opportunity register and drive proactive risk handling in cross-functional teams. The position emphasizes disciplined risk processes, stakeholder engagement at senior levels, and a practical, action-oriented

Qualifications

• Risk management experience in major infrastructure, rail, engineering or technology programmes.
• Knowledge of qualitative/quantitative risk methods and risk-to-schedule/cost integration.
• Strong facilitation and challenge skills across senior and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to identify opportunities for cost avoidance, acceleration, or improved acceptance strategy.
• Comfortable escalating high-exposure items and ensuring governance compliance.

Responsibilities

• Operate the risk and opportunity management plan, scoring method, register, ownership model, review rhythm and escalation thresholds.
• Facilitate discipline and work-package risk workshops producing clear causes, consequences, mitigations, dates and owners.
• Coordinate qualitative and quantitative risk inputs for EAC, contingency, schedule, claims and management reviews.
• Track mitigation effectiveness and retire, elevate or re-score risks based on evidence.
• Identify opportunities for cost avoidance, acceleration, simplification, supplier leverage or improved acceptance strategy.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation and data protection.
• Owns risk and opportunity process discipline.
• Coordinate risk management across multiple interfaces and governance levels.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder facilitation

Analytical thinking

ISO 31000

Resilience under pressure

Job description

Hitachi Rail Denmark A/S is seeking a Risks & Opportunities Manager to operate the risk management framework across multi-project governance. The role coordinates risk scoring, mitigation, and escalation while aligning with contract governance and supplier management.

You will own the risk/opportunity register and drive proactive risk handling in cross-functional teams. The position emphasizes disciplined risk processes, stakeholder engagement at senior levels, and a practical, action-oriented