Head of Risk – Strategic Programmes

Babcock International; West Devon; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and Aviva DigiCare+ health

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists leave

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Head of Risk to lead risk and opportunity management across bids and complex programmes at its Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth. You will drive governance, forecasting and decision-making processes, collaborating with senior stakeholders to improve risk practices and project performance.

Day-to-day responsibilities include developing risk models, coordinating risk reviews and maintaining risk registers, while leading a small team within the Project Management

Qualifications

• Significant experience in risk and opportunity management within strategic programmes and project-based environments.
• Experience developing and managing risk models and cost forecasting tools.
• Experience supporting bids, tenders and project delivery through risk modelling and analysis.
• Experience working with Project Managers and stakeholders on complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement capabilities, including presenting risk information to senior audiences including senior customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leading risk and opportunity management activities across bids, programmes and project delivery activities.
• Developing and maintaining risk models, forecasting tools and governance processes to support informed decision‑making.
• Responsible for the development and implementation for joint risk management capability with the customer and coordination of risk reviews, maintaining risk registers and producing insightful performance reports.
• Collaborating with Project Managers, stakeholders and project teams across complex multi-disciplinary programmes whilst driving continuous improvement and promoting best‑practice risk management standards across the organisation.
• Oversee a small number of direct reports and larger matrix team.

Skills

Risk management

Forecasting

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Education

Engineering/PM/Construction degree or related

Job description

Babcock is seeking a Head of Risk to lead risk and opportunity management across bids and complex programmes at its Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth. You will drive governance, forecasting and decision-making processes, collaborating with senior stakeholders to improve risk practices and project performance.

Day-to-day responsibilities include developing risk models, coordinating risk reviews and maintaining risk registers, while leading a small team within the Project Management