Portfolio Risk Manager – Defence Programs (Hybrid)

Babcock International; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday 25 days

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Professional Fees paid

Reservists leave

Homeworking up to 3 days

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking a Portfolio Risk Manager to lead risk identification, assessment and mitigation across the Advanced Planning Department. You will support multiple projects and collaborate with diverse sites to embed robust risk frameworks and governance.

The role requires experience in complex environments, strong stakeholder skills, and the ability to deliver timely risk reports. Hybrid working with two onsite days is available, with occasional site travel.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in risk management within a complex project, programme or operational environment.
• Proven ability to identify, assess, manage and mitigate risks across projects, programmes or portfolios.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working across multiple teams and disciplines.
• Experience maintaining risk registers and producing high-quality risk reporting and analysis.
• Proven track record of delivering accurate work to agreed timescales and business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Managing risk profiles across projects and programmes, ensuring risks are identified, assessed and effectively mitigated.
• Developing and maintaining departmental risk frameworks covering capability, capacity and training requirements.
• Gathering, scoring and monitoring risks across multiple work packages, ensuring controls and mitigation plans are in place.
• Analyzing programme and portfolio risks, identifying trends, dependencies and potential impacts on delivery.
• Liaising with stakeholders to support governance, risk reporting and informed decision-making.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Risk reporting

Portfolio risk

Education

APM Project Risk Management Level 2

PRINCE2 Risk Management

Tools

PRINCE2

Job description

Babcock International is seeking a Portfolio Risk Manager to lead risk identification, assessment and mitigation across the Advanced Planning Department. You will support multiple projects and collaborate with diverse sites to embed robust risk frameworks and governance.

The role requires experience in complex environments, strong stakeholder skills, and the ability to deliver timely risk reports. Hybrid working with two onsite days is available, with occasional site travel.