Senior Risk Manager

QinetiQ Group plc; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

QinetiQ Group plc is hiring a Senior Risk Manager in Farnborough to support complex projects across bidding to delivery. You will develop tailored risk solutions, maintain risk registers, and contribute to cost and schedule risk analyses, with strong stakeholder engagement.

The role requires deep risk expertise, governance awareness, and experience leading risk teams, using Predict! tools and providing robust contingency planning.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of risk management across the full project lifecycle.
• Experience with governance, assurance, data analysis and reporting.
• Ability to mentor and lead lower-level professionals in risk practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive best practice and implementation of risk management systems.
• Collaborate with project teams to maintain risk registers and mitigation plans.
• Analyse risk data and quantitative cost/schedule models for decisions.
• Advise teams on risk exposure, contingency, and operational impacts.
• Lead complex projects and deliver effective risk outcomes.
• Engage stakeholders with risk assurance aligned to processes.

Skills

Risk management

Project lifecycle

Governance & assurance

Data analysis

Cost control

Education

APM Risk Management

IRM Certificate in Risk Management

PMI-RMP

Tools

Predict! Risk Controller

Predict! Risk Analyser

Job description

Senior Risk Manager

Location: Farnborough, England, United Kingdom

Role Type: Permanent - Full Time

Package: £57,375 - £63,750 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20524

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we're not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Senior Risk Manager at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role

As a Senior Risk Manager, you will support complex projects at all stages of the project lifecycle from bidding through to delivery.

Day-to-day, you'll develop tailored risk solutions and provide risk advice alongside contributing to risk registers, cost and schedule risk estimates and analyses of QinetiQ programmes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive best practice and implementation of risk management systems to support effective project and programme delivery
• Collaborate with project teams to develop and maintain high-quality risk registers, mitigation plans, and tailored risk management approaches
• Analyse and report on risk data, including quantitative cost and schedule risk models, to inform decision-making
• Advise teams on risk exposure, contingency, and the wider operational impacts of risk management strategies
• Lead complex projects, providing solutions to complex challenges and delivering effective risk management outcomes
• Engage stakeholders and provide risk assurance and recommendations, ensuring alignment with organisational processes and integration with project management and controls

Essential experience of the Senior Risk Manager:

• In-depth knowledge of risk management with an understanding the full project lifecycle and wider understanding of project management and controls techniques, trends and tools, with in depth knowledge of associated areas such as governance and assurance, benchmarking, data analysis and reporting, change control, cost control/reporting, supply chain development
• Extensive experience of working within project teams and leading on risk management
• Experience developing and implementing new processes, standards or plans that will impact on the achievement of functional results
• Experience coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower-level professionals. Mentors community, supervises and functionally manages lower level professionals
• Has extensive experience of using project management tools such as Predict! Risk Controller and Predict! Risk Analyser

Essential qualifications for the Senior Risk Manager:

• Holds one of the following: APM Risk Management, IRM Certificate in Risk Management, PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), MoR Foundation or working towards

We value difference and we don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

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Our Recruitment Process:

At QinetiQ we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible and welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a diverse mix of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences drives innovation and leads to better outcomes for our people, customers and communities. We encourage applications from all candidates and are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing . One of our recruitment team will contact you.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there's never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innov