Risk Manager

LTD Global; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Financeroles is seeking a Senior Project Risk Manager to lead the risk-management program for a large-scale capital construction project in Berkeley, CA. You will serve as the principal advisor on risk, delivering independent assessments of threats and opportunities across scope, cost, schedule, and technical milestones.

You will build and maintain risk registers, run workshops, perform Monte Carlo analyses, and provide monthly executive briefings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction/project management, business, economics, math, statistics, or related.
• 8+ years in project risk management, controls, estimating, scheduling, or complex capital projects.
• Experience leading risk management on a large, technically complex capital/infrastructure/scientific/aerospace program.
• Experience with risk registers, workshops, senior-level reviews, and mitigation tracking.
• Experience with Monte Carlo simulation, uncertainty/sensitivity analysis, and contingency confidence assessment.
• Experience integrating risk data with schedules, cost estimates, EAC, and change control.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Risk Management Plan, taxonomy, and governance cadence; facilitate the Risk Management Board; maintain the risk register.
• Run risk workshops and reviews across technical, procurement, staffing, and commissioning areas; develop well-supported risk statements; spot cross-cutting and compounding risks.
• Build and maintain cost/schedule risk models; run Monte Carlo simulations, sensitivity and scenario analysis; assess contingency adequacy; support rebaselines and funding decisions.
• Help owners build measurable mitigation plans; track commitments and elevate stalled or ineffective actions.
• Assess critical-path risk, vendor/staffing/funding exposure, and external dependencies.
• Deliver monthly reports and executive briefings; maintain auditable risk records.
• Develop risk-management training and quality standards; benchmark against industry practices

Skills

Risk management

Monte Carlo simulation

Data analysis

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Cost integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction/project management, business, economics, math, statistics, or related

Tools

Primavera P6

EVMS

Job description

Senior Project Risk Manager

We're seeking an experienced Senior Project Risk Manager to lead the risk-management program for a large-scale, technically complex capital construction/upgrade project. This person will serve as the principal advisor on risk, delivering independent assessments of threats and opportunities affecting scope, cost, schedule, technical performance, and milestones — combining program leadership, quantitative analysis, mitigation oversight, and executive reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Leadership: Maintain the Risk Management Plan, taxonomy, and governance cadence; facilitate the Risk Management Board; maintain the risk register
• Risk Identification: Run risk workshops and reviews across technical, procurement, staffing, and commissioning areas; develop well-supported risk statements; spot cross-cutting and compounding risks
• Quantitative Analysis: Build and maintain cost/schedule risk models; run Monte Carlo simulations, sensitivity and scenario analysis; assess contingency adequacy; support rebaselines and funding decisions
• Mitigation Management: Help owners build measurable mitigation plans; track commitments and elevate stalled or ineffective actions
• Forward-Looking Analysis: Assess critical-path risk, vendor/staffing/funding exposure, and external dependencies
• Reporting: Deliver monthly reports and executive briefings; maintain auditable risk records
• Training: Develop risk-management training and quality standards; benchmark against industry practices

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (engineering, construction/project management, business, economics, math, statistics, or related) + 8+ years in project risk management, controls, estimating, scheduling, or complex capital projects
• Experience leading risk management on a large, technically complex capital/infrastructure/scientific/aerospace program
• Experience with risk registers, workshops, senior-level reviews, and mitigation tracking
• Experience with Monte Carlo simulation, uncertainty/sensitivity analysis, and contingency confidence assessment
• Experience integrating risk data with schedules, cost estimates, EAC, and change control
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• DOE Order 413.3B or similar federally governed project experience; familiarity with DOE Guide 413.3-7A
• Safran Risk Manager, Primavera P6, EVMS experience
• Experience with rebaselines, recovery plans, or independent cost estimates
• Background in accelerator/scientific facilities, industrial construction, aerospace, or defense
• PMI-RMP, PMP, AACE certification, or advanced degree