Risk Manager

Triumph Consultants Limited; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Triumph Consultants Limited seeks a seasoned Risk Manager to lead risk and issue management for a major infrastructure portfolio. You will provide strategic guidance to programme leaders and governance bodies, shaping evidence-based risk practices and escalation processes in a high-profile public sector context.

You will establish consistent risk methodologies, metrics and reporting, partnering with owners to develop mitigation plans while strengthening risk culture and governance across the

Qualifications

• Extensive risk management experience in major, complex projects (£200–£500m+).
• APM membership and recognized practitioner qualification.
• Strong infrastructure project experience and ability to advise senior leaders.
• Proven capability to operate in high-risk environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve risk and issue management across a major infrastructure portfolio, ensuring robust and consistent standards.
• Establish evidence-based approaches to identifying, assessing, treating, monitoring and escalating risks and issues across portfolio, programme and project levels.
• Provide expert strategic advice to senior leaders, governance groups and risk owners, supporting informed decision making.
• Work with accountable owners to understand exposure, develop mitigation plans, identify opportunities and elevate matters beyond agreed tolerances.
• Ensure risk insights are clearly communicated, enabling senior stakeholders to manage complexity and intervene effectively when required.
• Support the development of risk culture, capability and governance across the wider portfolio environment.
• Contribute to portfolio reporting, ensuring risks and issues are accurately represented and aligned with governance expectations.
• Champion continuous improvement in risk processes, tools and behaviours.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Risk communications

Education

APM Practitioner level qualification

Job description

Risk Manager – Major Infrastructure Portfolio
Location: Plymouth (3 days per week onsite)
Ref: 8112
Rate: £442.05 (flexible holiday pay options)
Contract: 12 months
Working Pattern: Onsite 3 days per week
Hybrid Working: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote
IR35: In scope

The Role:

We are supporting a high profile public sector organisation in securing an experienced Risk Manager to lead and enhance risk and issue management across a high value, complex infrastructure portfolio. This senior role sits close to strategic decision making, providing authoritative guidance to programme leaders, governance bodies and accountable owners. You will shape consistent, evidence based risk practices, strengthen exposure management, and ensure risks and issues are escalated appropriately within a fast?paced, high profile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve risk and issue management across a major infrastructure portfolio, ensuring robust and consistent standards.
• Establish proportionate, evidence based approaches to identifying, assessing, treating, monitoring and escalating risks and issues across portfolio, programme and project levels.
• Provide expert strategic advice to senior leaders, governance groups and risk owners, supporting informed decision making.
• Work with accountable owners to understand exposure, develop mitigation plans, identify opportunities and elevate matters beyond agreed tolerances.
• Ensure risk insights are clearly communicated, enabling senior stakeholders to manage complexity and intervene effectively when required.
• Support the development of risk culture, capability and governance across the wider portfolio environment.
• Contribute to portfolio reporting, ensuring risks and issues are accurately represented and aligned with governance expectations.
• Champion continuous improvement in risk processes, tools and behaviours.

You Will Need (Essential Requirements)

• Extensive Risk Management experience (5+ years) within major, complex projects (£200–£500m+).
• A recognised Risk Management qualification at Practitioner level or equivalent.
• Membership of APM.
• Strong infrastructure project experience.
• Proven ability to advise senior leaders and operate confidently in complex, high risk environments.

Desirable Experience

• Public sector or Defence experience.
• Experience within project controls.
• Familiarity with NEC4 contracts.
• Understanding of the Government Yellow Book.

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