Strategic Leader — Enterprise Risk Management

Black & Veatch; Overland Park (KS); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision protections

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Performance-based bonus program

Job summary

Black & Veatch is seeking a Head of Enterprise Risk Management to design, implement, and lead a company-wide risk program for a large EPC organization. You will develop the ERM framework, govern risk policies, and oversee risk across projects and contracts.

You will collaborate with finance, operations, and project leadership to assess exposure on major EPC pursuits and ensure governance, compliance, and reporting to executives and boards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise risk management, project risk, or related fields.
• Experience leading risk programs in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Experience presenting to executive leadership and boards.
• Strong EPC, construction, insurance, and regulatory risk knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the company’s enterprise risk management framework, governance model, policies, and reporting structure.
• Establish a consistent methodology for identifying, assessing, prioritizing, mitigating, and monitoring risks across all business units and projects.
• Lead periodic enterprise risk assessments and maintain the corporate risk register.
• Present enterprise risk profiles, emerging risks, and mitigation strategies to executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and Audit/Risk Committees.
• Promote a strong risk-aware culture across the organization.
• Partner with business development, estimating, operations, and project leadership to evaluate risk exposure on major EPC pursuits and active projects.
• Review contract structures, commercial terms, delivery strategies, joint ventures, consortium agreements, and execution plans for risk implications.
• Support risk analysis related to large capital projects, fixed-price and lump-sum contracts, schedule and cost overruns, supply chain disruption, labor availability, regulatory compliance, geopolitical and commodity risks.
• Develop project risk governance standards and escalation protocols for high-risk projects.
• Collaborate with finance and treasury on liquidity, credit, bonding capacity, and financial exposure management.
• Support M&A activities, strategic partnerships, and market expansion initiatives through risk diligence and scenario analysis.
• Assess macroeconomic, regulatory, cybersecurity, and operational resilience risks affecting the business.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit, Legal, Compliance, HSE, and Cybersecurity functions.
• Develop ERM dashboards, metrics, KRIs, and executive reporting tools.
• Coordinate with the Head of Security on business continuity and crisis management planning.

Skills

Executive presence

Strategic leadership

Commercial acumen

Analytical thinking

Influencing stakeholders

Communication skills

Decision making under uncertainty

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering, Construction Management, Risk Management, Business, or related field

MBA, JD, or advanced technical degree preferred

Job description

Black & Veatch is seeking a Head of Enterprise Risk Management to design, implement, and lead a company-wide risk program for a large EPC organization. You will develop the ERM framework, govern risk policies, and oversee risk across projects and contracts.

You will collaborate with finance, operations, and project leadership to assess exposure on major EPC pursuits and ensure governance, compliance, and reporting to executives and boards.