Project Risk & Change Lead

Rolls-Royce; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Project Risk & Change Lead to oversee risk and change management within their PMO. This hybrid role involves working closely with project teams and stakeholders to ensure effective risk mitigation and change adoption. The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and possesses strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Benefits

Continuous learning and development opportunities

Employee support and discounts

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Change Management, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of risk and change management methodologies.
• Proficiency in risk and change management tools.

Responsibilities

• Oversee risk and change management across programmes and projects.
• Develop and maintain risk and change management frameworks.
• Facilitate risk identification workshops and change impact assessments.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Change Management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Project Risk & Change Lead

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days a week in the office
Working Location: Bristol or Winsford

Why Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce, we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration, and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles shape our culture and are fundamental qualities we look for in all roles. We offer continuous learning and development opportunities, competitive salary, bonus, employee support, and discounts.

Our hybrid working model empowers people to balance time between office, home, and remote locations, with a minimum of three days per week in the workplace for collaboration and key activities.

Where in Rolls-Royce?

NautIQ Solutions is part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems, focused on delivering electrical, automation, and autonomy products to Naval and Commercial Marine customers. With centres in Bristol and Heybridge, and support from East Grinstead, we operate an integrated programme delivery team across sites.

What You Will Be Doing

As the Project Risk & Change Lead, you will play a critical role within the PMO, overseeing both risk management and change management across programmes and projects. You will ensure risks and changes are identified, assessed, monitored, and effectively managed to support project success and organizational objectives.

You will work closely with project teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership, facilitating workshops, driving adoption of change, embedding risk mitigation strategies, and maintaining governance and reporting structures.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated risk and change management frameworks, processes, and reporting within the PMO.
• Facilitate risk identification workshops and change impact assessments.
• Assess risks and change impacts, ensuring mitigation and contingency plans are developed and embedded in project delivery.
• Standardize risk and change assessment methodologies across programmes.
• Ensure risks and change activities are appropriately documented, owned, and monitored within registers and trackers.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and communication strategies to ensure alignment and adoption.
• Generate reports on risk exposure, mitigation effectiveness, change readiness, and adoption rates.
• Support integration of risk and change management into project planning and scheduling.
• Provide training and guidance on risk and change management best practices to project teams and stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the PMO’s risk and change management capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Change Management, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of risk and change management methodologies, frameworks, and best practices.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong organisational, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency in risk and change management tools and Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in risk and/or change management within a PMO or large-scale programme environment.
• Certification in Risk Management (PMI-RMP, MoR), Change Management (Prosci, APMG), or Project Management (PMP, PRINCE2).
• Understanding of project controls, scheduling, and governance processes.

Security Requirements

To apply for this role, you must be able to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance without caveats. Rolls-Royce will support this application. Due to the nature of the work and protection of certain assets, UK nationality is required. Dual nationals may require additional scrutiny.

Closing date: 27th July

Job Category Project Management Posting Date 22 Jul 2025; 00:07 Posting End Date 27 Jul 2025