Defence Programme Risk Manager | Strategy & Delivery

AWE plc; Spencers Wood; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day working fortnight

270 hours annual leave

Pension scheme 9-13%

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Professional development funding

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

AWE plc is seeking a Risk Manager embedded in a Delivery Area to oversee risk, assumptions, dependencies and issues. You’ll enable informed decision-making and protect delivery confidence across programmes, working with PMOs and design/manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities include maintaining risk and issue logs, managing dependencies, and producing governance-ready RADIO reports. Strong communication and integrity are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management within large-scale, complex programmes or projects.
• Knowledge of risk frameworks, methodologies and reporting practices.
• Proven ability to manage logs and governance artefacts within a PMO.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the delivery-area risk register aligned to standards.
• Lead risk workshops with PMs and stakeholders and track mitigations.
• Conduct qualitative/quantitative risk analysis including Monte Carlo.
• Escalate risks, manage dependencies, and maintain alignment with risk appetite.
• Produce RADIO reports and governance-ready briefings for stakeholders.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Governance reporting

Communication

Decision support

Influence without authority

Education

APM PMQ

APM RPQ

MoR

Tools

@Risk

ARM

Saffran

Job description

AWE plc is seeking a Risk Manager embedded in a Delivery Area to oversee risk, assumptions, dependencies and issues. You’ll enable informed decision-making and protect delivery confidence across programmes, working with PMOs and design/manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities include maintaining risk and issue logs, managing dependencies, and producing governance-ready RADIO reports. Strong communication and integrity are essential.