Senior Risk Lead – Major Saudi Programme (Hybrid)

Mace; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is delivering one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia, leading integrated risk across a major mixed-use development. The role focuses on risk leadership, governance, and the embedding of robust controls across plans, schedules and budgets.

You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior staff, and champion safety, quality and compliance while advancing the project’s net-zero ambitions and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in risk management, engineering, or project management.
• Chartered membership or recognised professional certification preferred.
• 10+ years’ risk leadership experience on major projects, ideally in KSA/Middle East.
• Strong expertise in risk tools, analytics, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Necessary visa criteria for Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience for immigration.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety-first values, applying stop-work authority and wellbeing standards.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and coaching to junior staff.
• Implement and improve risk frameworks, registers, dashboards and reporting.
• Facilitate risk workshops, reviews and assessments to mitigate risks.
• Collaborate with project teams to integrate risk controls into plans, schedules and budgets.
• Ensure high-quality risk data and proactive monitoring of changing risk profiles.
• Contribute to net-zero carbon initiatives and manage emissions reductions during delivery.

Skills

Risk leadership

Analytics

Stakeholder collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Degree in risk management / engineering / project management

Chartered membership or professional certification

Tools

Risk tools

Analytics tooling

Job description

Mace is delivering one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia, leading integrated risk across a major mixed-use development. The role focuses on risk leadership, governance, and the embedding of robust controls across plans, schedules and budgets.

You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior staff, and champion safety, quality and compliance while advancing the project’s net-zero ambitions and client outcomes.