Strategic Aviation Risk Manager

Peraton; Herndon (AR); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an Enterprise Risk Manager to lead enterprise risk, opportunity, and issue management for FAA BNATCS programs. This role emphasizes proactive risk identification, data-informed decision support, and governance aligned with federal requirements.

The successful candidate will integrate SRM and ORM concepts, collaborate with safety, engineering, scheduling, and supply-chain teams, and elevate risk visibility across program portfolios to protect mission delivery.

Qualifications

• Significant experience supporting enterprise risk management, program risk management, or ORM/SRM.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights.
• Experience identifying cross-program risks and cascading impacts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Risk, Opportunity, and Issue Management Plan across portfolios.
• Establish enterprise risk registers, taxonomies, escalation criteria, and tracking.
• Identify risks/opportunities affecting cost, schedule, technical execution, and safety.
• Conduct risk analyses to support informed decisions.
• Coordinate cross-functional risk governance and reporting.
• Apply SRM/ORM principles to identify hazards and mitigations.
• Facilitate risk workshops and executive briefings.

Skills

Enterprise risk mgmt

SRM

ORM

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Executive briefings

Risk dashboards

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree

Associate’s degree

HS diploma/equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Peraton is seeking an Enterprise Risk Manager to lead enterprise risk, opportunity, and issue management for FAA BNATCS programs. This role emphasizes proactive risk identification, data-informed decision support, and governance aligned with federal requirements.

The successful candidate will integrate SRM and ORM concepts, collaborate with safety, engineering, scheduling, and supply-chain teams, and elevate risk visibility across program portfolios to protect mission delivery.