Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Senior Risk Manager, ANS (Must Relo. to Houston, TX Area)

Accenture; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a seasoned risk management professional to lead project controls for capital programs at client sites. The role emphasizes integrating risk frameworks, governance, and quantitative analyses to drive better cost, schedule, and performance outcomes.

You'll collaborate with project managers, engineering leads, and controls teams, delivering training and ensuring proactive risk ownership across teams. Onsite work with flexible in-person collaboration is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Risk Management, or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience in project controls, risk management, or capital project delivery, preferably within the pharmaceutical or industrial sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement project and portfolio-level risk management frameworks, strategies, and governance processes to support successful project delivery.
• Facilitate risk identification, assessment, and mitigation workshops throughout all project phases to proactively manage project uncertainties.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analyses, including Monte Carlo simulations, to evaluate potential impacts on cost, schedule, and performance.
• Support project teams in developing, maintaining, and executing Risk Management Plans, Risk Response Plans, and mitigation strategies.
• Maintain risk registers within enterprise systems such as Oracle Primavera Cloud (12C), ensuring data accuracy, traceability, and timely updates.
• Evaluate, monitor, and report on key risks, mitigation actions, and residual impacts affecting project cost, schedule, quality, and overall performance.
• Lead or support project assurance activities, including Independent Project Reviews (IPRs), Health Checks, Gate Reviews, and capital funding submissions.

Skills

Risk management

Monte Carlo analysis

Facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering/PM/Risk Management

Tools

Oracle Primavera Cloud (12C)

Primavera P6

Monte Carlo tools (Acumen/@Risk/Safran/PRA)

Job description

You’ve Never Been Satisfied with \"Good Enough\". You want to make an impact, not just manage projects, but change how the world gets built. At Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects, you’ll do exactly that. You’ll help develop and deliver the factories, grids, transit systems, and public infrastructure that keep communities moving - and do it smarter, safer, and more sustainably than ever before. You’ll work alongside people who think big and act bold - project managers, engineers, technologists, and strategists who blend real-world experience with digital innovation and AI. Together, we’re transforming how capital projects are planned, managed, and executed, creating a better way to build for the future. Because “good enough” builds the past. You’re here to build what’s next, on a team that outperforms every norm.

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As Accenture continues to grow, you may see a variety of new career opportunities, and depending on the role and location you may be directed to apply through Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects LLP or one of our other legal entities - Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC or Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects Inc., with benefits varying by country and role, so please check with your recruiter for details.

THE WORK:

• You’ll develop and implement project and portfolio-level risk management frameworks, strategies, and governance processes to support successful project delivery.
• You’ll facilitate risk identification, assessment, and mitigation workshops throughout all project phases to proactively manage project uncertainties.
• You’ll perform qualitative and quantitative risk analyses, including Monte Carlo simulations, to evaluate potential impacts on cost, schedule, and performance.
• You’ll support project teams in developing, maintaining, and executing Risk Management Plans, Risk Response Plans, and mitigation strategies.
• You’ll maintain risk registers within enterprise systems such as Oracle Primavera Cloud (12C), ensuring data accuracy, traceability, and timely updates.
• You’ll evaluate, monitor, and report on key risks, mitigation actions, and residual impacts affecting project cost, schedule, quality, and overall performance.
• You’ll lead or support project assurance activities, including Independent Project Reviews (IPRs), Health Checks, Gate Reviews, and capital funding submissions.
• You’ll partner with Project Managers, Engineering Leads, Project Controls teams, contractors, and stakeholders to embed risk management into project execution plans and decision-making processes.
• You’ll provide training, mentoring, and guidance that strengthens risk awareness, compliance, accountability, and proactive risk ownership across project teams.
• You’ll prepare executive-level risk dashboards, identify portfolio-wide trends and systemic risks, and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, best practices, and enhanced forecasting methodologies.

Onsite at client site: The work location for this role is onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery and cultivate our client relationships.

With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

$150,000 - $180,000 a year

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HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Risk Management, or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience in project controls, risk management, or capital project delivery, preferably within the pharmaceutical or industrial sectors.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:

• Proficiency in Monte Carlo analysis tools (e.g., Acumen, @Risk, Safran, PRA), 12C, and project management software
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle risk processes, cost and schedule integration, and PMF (Project Management Framework)
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate complex topics clearly. Capability to interpret data, forecast risk impacts, and develop actionable insights
• Collaborative, proactive, adaptable, and able to lead under uncertainty while fostering a culture of continuous improvement

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