Risk Manager

Assystem; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression policy

Global project exposure

Employee assistance programme

Discounts & wellbeing benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Job summary

Assystem is seeking a Risk Manager to lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation across an infrastructure programme. You will report to the Programme Delivery Lead and collaborate with client teams and partners to manage complex risks on site and across the supply chain.

You will oversee risk processes, maintain risk registers, and facilitate reviews while ensuring compliance with client requirements and governance.

Qualifications

• SC Clearance held and available to work on client site 3 days/week.
• Strong knowledge of risk processes and management.
• Ability to analyse data, identify trends, and see the bigger risk picture.
• Experience in infrastructure risk analysis.
• Strong leadership, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficient IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the risk management process, roadmap, and Target Operating Model (TOM)
• Facilitate monthly risk reviews, workshops, and maintain risk registers and dashboards
• Support Quantitative Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA) and quarterly reporting
• Manage project assumptions and maintain the Master Data & Assumptions List (MDAL)
• Track mitigation plans and ensure risk actions are delivered
• Collaborate with project leads, suppliers, and partners to manage risks, avoid duplication, and drive delivery
• Monitor supply chain performance and flag emerging issues early
• Ensure compliance with client processes and infrastructure requirements

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Leadership

Job description

Job Description

Join this Defence project providing Risk Expertise through a Joint Project Team delivering an infrastructure programme.

We’re seeking a Risk Manager to lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation throughout the project lifecycle. Reporting to the Programme Delivery Lead, you’ll work across our client’s site and industry partners to manage risks in a complex, fast‑paced environment.

You’ll need strong project delivery and risk management skills, with experience handling major infrastructure projects and navigating multiple stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the delivery of the risk management process, roadmap, and Target Operating Model (TOM)
• Facilitate monthly risk reviews, workshops, and maintain risk registers and dashboards
• Support Quantitative Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA) and quarterly reporting
• Manage project assumptions and maintain the Master Data & Assumptions List (MDAL)
• Track mitigation plans and ensure risk actions are delivered
• Collaborate with project leads, suppliers, and partners to manage risks, avoid duplication, and drive delivery
• Monitor supply chain performance and flag emerging issues early
• Ensure compliance with client processes and infrastructure requirements

Qualifications

• SC Clearance held and available to work on client site 3 days/week
• Strong knowledge of risk processes and management
• Ability to analyse data, identify trends, and see the bigger risk picture
• Experience in infrastructure risk analysis
• Strong leadership, organisational, and stakeholder management skills
• Proficient IT skills

Desirable

• Industry knowledge, including competitors and adversaries
• Confident communicator at executive level
• Agile, adaptable, and responsive to change
• Experience managing risk in complex, live operational environments
• Collaborative team player across multi‑agency teams

Additional Information

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions.

Benefits

• A dynamic career management policy to enable employees to progress through five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales, and support functions
• Opportunities to work on exciting, global projects
• Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text
• Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs
• Enhanced sick pay