Risk Manager

Wärtsilä; Vaasa; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wärtsilä Corporation in Vaasa, Finland seeks a Risk Manager to drive risk management across the full project lifecycle, from sales opportunities to execution and warranty, with a focus on governance, analytics, and proactive risk culture.

The role supports projects with risk-based decision-making, escalation paths, and continuous improvement, and offers hybrid work per company policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Risk Management, or related field.
• PMP®, PMI-RMP®, PRINCE2® or similar certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate project risk assessments during sales and execution phases.
• Ensure consistent application of ES Upgrades risk management processes, tools, and governance.
• Support teams in identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and responding to risks and opportunities.
• Drive high-quality risk register maintenance, action follow-up, and risk reporting.
• Coach stakeholders, facilitate workshops and trainings, and promote a proactive risk-aware culture.
• Drive the adoption of AI, business intelligence, analytics, dashboards, automated reporting, and predictive project health indicators.
• Analyze trends and lessons learned and integrate risk management with planning, scheduling, cost control, contract management, and change management.
• Prepare risk overviews for management and steering forums and support portfolio-level visibility and escalation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Risk management

English fluency

AI awareness

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

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We are always on the lookout for a talent with a growth mindset - are you the one?

We are looking for a Risk Manager with a main responsibility for driving and facilitating risk management activities across the full project lifecycle, from early sales opportunities through project execution and warranty.

The preferred location is Vaasa, Finland. We offer the possibility of hybrid work as per company policies.

Your role and responsibilities

As Risk Manager, you will enable project teams and management to make timely, risk-informed decisions, reduce surprises, and improve project outcomes through strong facilitation, governance, analytics, and continuous improvement. Your work will include:

• Lead and facilitate project risk assessments during sales and execution phases.
• Ensure consistent application of ES Upgrades risk management processes, tools, and governance.
• Support teams in identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and responding to risks and opportunities.
• Drive high-quality risk register maintenance, action follow-up, and risk reporting.
• Participate in opportunity reviews, gate reviews, project kick-offs, and project health reviews.Support Project Managers and Sales teams with risk-based decision-making, practical responses, contingency strategies, and escalation paths.
• Coach key stakeholders, facilitate workshops and trainings, and promote a proactive and transparent risk-aware culture.
• Drive the adoption of AI, business intelligence, analytics, intelligent dashboards, automated reporting, and predictive project health indicators.
• Analyze trends and lessons learned and integrate risk management with planning, scheduling, cost control, contract management, and change management.
• Prepare risk overviews for management and steering forums and support portfolio-level visibility and escalation.

You will work as part of the ES Upgrades organization with broad cross-functional interfaces across Sales, Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Site Operations, Finance, digital teams, and other business stakeholders.

Requirements for the position

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Risk Management, or a related field. P rofessional certifications such as PMP®, PMI-RMP®, PRINCE2® or similar are considered an advantage.
• Experience in advanced project risk management, project management, EPC projects, power generation, energy storage, industrial construction, or a related environment.
• Practical experience in leading risk workshops, maintaining risk registers, executed response planning, and overseen project governance.
• Proven understanding of project controls, schedules, contracts, cost management, and project delivery models.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Qualifications/to be able to succeed in the position we expect you to have:

• Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to anticipate challenges, constructively challenge assumptions, and help teams act early.
• Sound commercial, contractual, technical, and execution judgement.
• A genuine interest in digitalization, data analytics, and artificial intelligence.
• Ability to translate business challenges into practical digital and AI-enabled solutions.
• A continuous improvement mindset with enthusiasm for testing, learning, and scaling useful technologies.
• Ability to apply sound judgement, data-quality awareness, and responsible AI principles.

Why you and us?

You are valued - as your true self.At Wärtsilä YOU matter. We value diversity and are committed in supporting inclusive work community.

Your growth is supported.We believe in continuous learning & teamwork. Wärtsilian community has your back when it comes to development opportunities - so you can develop beyond your potential.

You get to make a difference.Innovation and sustainability are important for us. Every day, we - Wärtsilians - put our hearts and minds into enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services into reality.

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.
Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.

Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com .