Programme Risk Manager — Hybrid, High-Impact Projects

Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd; Barnstaple; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/flexible working arrangements

25 days' annual leave

Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual

Half day Fridays

Reservists in the Armed Forces leave

Private medical health insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Group Pension Plan up to 8% employer

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing Centre

Sports & Social activities

Job summary

SEA is seeking a Programme Risk Manager to deliver specialist risk management across programmes, projects and bids. You will establish governance, maintain risk-related data, and support qualitative/quantitative risk analyses to improve delivery confidence and decision making.

The role requires experience in complex systems programmes, preferably in defence/engineering, and will involve risk reporting to senior stakeholders. Hybrid/flexible working is available across multiple sites in the UK.

Qualifications

• Relevant P3M, project controls or risk management qualification, with formal APM accreditation such as PMQ, MoR or equivalent desirable; candidates actively working toward relevant accreditation will be considered
• Significant experience managing risk in complex systems programmes within the defence/engineering sectors, or similar high-assurance engineering sector
• Practical experience facilitating risk workshops, maintaining RAIDO/risk registers, developing mitigation plans and producing decision-ready risk reporting for senior stakeholders
• Working knowledge of integrated project controls, including how risk, schedule, cost, change, assumptions and dependencies interact across the programme lifecycle
• Experience supporting bids and live delivery programmes, including risk inputs to estimates, schedules, governance reviews and management reporting
• Competence with Microsoft Excel and project/risk management tools; experience with Microsoft Project, Power BI, ARM, @Risk, PRA, Safran or equivalent tools would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain robust risk management governance, including risk reviews, risk workshops, escalation routes, and decision-ready risk reporting
• Maintain high-quality risk, opportunity, assumption, issue and dependency information, ensuring risk exposure is understood and actively managed against programme objectives, cost, schedule and OQOTOC commitments
• Support qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, including cost and schedule risk inputs, to improve delivery confidence, contingency planning and evidence-based decision making

Skills

Risk management

P3M

Project controls

Stakeholder reporting

Governance

Education

APM accreditation (PMQ/MoR) desirable

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Power BI

ARM

@Risk

PRA

Safran

Job description

SEA is seeking a Programme Risk Manager to deliver specialist risk management across programmes, projects and bids. You will establish governance, maintain risk-related data, and support qualitative/quantitative risk analyses to improve delivery confidence and decision making.

The role requires experience in complex systems programmes, preferably in defence/engineering, and will involve risk reporting to senior stakeholders. Hybrid/flexible working is available across multiple sites in the UK.