Senior Risk Leader — Rail & Mobility Programs

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Risk Manager for Rail and Mobility Programs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You will lead an integrated risk framework across metro, light rail, bus rapid transit, and multimodal assets, ensuring safety, financial, and operational risk controls throughout the asset lifecycle.

The role requires a minimum of ten years in risk management within rail or transportation, with strong capability in qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, workshops, and governance reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a rail/transportation or related field.
• Minimum ten years of relevant risk-management experience.
• Experience leading risk management for major rail/transportation programs.
• Knowledge of railway systems and safety-management requirements.
• Professional qualification such as PMI-RMP/IRМ/CRM is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a comprehensive risk framework aligned with policies and standards.
• Develop risk plans, classifications, criteria and reporting tools.
• Tailor the framework to metro, light rail, bus rapid transit, and multimodal assets.
• Lead workshops with engineering, operations, safety, and digital teams.
• Assess technical risks in signaling, train control, telecom, SCADA, and power.
• Create quantitative risk models for major programs and provide risk-adjusted forecasts.
• Integrate risk findings with cost forecasts and governance decisions.
• Provide risk reports and dashboards for boards and regulators.
• Coordinate risk registers across portfolios and manage lessons learned.

Skills

Rail risk management

Multimodal mobility risk

Qualitative risk analysis

Quantitative risk modeling

Monte Carlo simulation

Stakeholder workshop facilitation

Risk-adjusted forecasting

Project risk registers

Safety-management systems

Contractual risk allocation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Rail Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Transportation/Risk Management preferred

Job description

Parsons is seeking a Risk Manager for Rail and Mobility Programs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You will lead an integrated risk framework across metro, light rail, bus rapid transit, and multimodal assets, ensuring safety, financial, and operational risk controls throughout the asset lifecycle.

The role requires a minimum of ten years in risk management within rail or transportation, with strong capability in qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, workshops, and governance reporting.