Senior Risk Manager - Strategic Project Risk Lead

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

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.