Project Risk & Change Lead

Rolls-royce; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in the UK is seeking a Risk and Change Manager. The role involves developing risk management frameworks, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring effective communication strategies. Ideal candidates should have a degree in a relevant field, strong analytical skills, and experience in a PMO environment. This position offers a hybrid working model and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Continuous learning and development opportunities

Competitive salary and bonus

Employee support and discounts

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of risk and change management methodologies.
• Experience in a PMO or large-scale programme environment required.
• Certification in Risk Management or Project Management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated risk and change management frameworks.
• Facilitate risk identification workshops and change impact assessments.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and communication strategies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Risk Management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Risk and change management tools

Job description

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.

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.
• Standardise 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.

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.
• 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.

Benefits

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.