Lead Risk Specialist

Job Description

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual who is as passionate about and skilled in risk management in a way that provides our clients with certainty and confidence in:

• Managing their significant (esp. cost, schedule, revenue and reputational) risks in accordance with their own organisation’s risk appetite.
• Meeting any affordability challenges they have along with their regulatory, industry and/or own compliance requirements.
• Safeguarding and/ or enhancing their reputation for major project development and delivery.
• Their developing risk management awareness and capability.
• The accuracy of risk products for reliable decision-making

We are seeking a risk management practitioner who puts the client at the centre of their efforts. This includes being proactive in building relationships with clients and identifying, not only their programme or project needs, but others that can address through other advisory or engineering disciplines meaning you will have delivery as well as business development responsibilities. The post holder will report to the PRM business leader and will be expected to carry out the following activities:

• Provide PRM advice to internal and external clients in a variety of market sectors at different lifecycle stages, including facilitating risk workshops and applying other risk identification techniques, assessing risk (e.g. CAPEX, OPEX, schedule, revenue and reputation) qualitatively and semi-quantitatively, quantifying CAPEX & schedule risk exposure using different methods (e.g. Monte Carlo sampling, reference class forecasting) and reporting/advising on risk exposure and risk response plans.
• Manage PRM commissions with minimal supervision from the PRM team leader.
• Mentor junior risk consultants.
• Continually review how we could improve our service offering by (a) reviewing how PRM is practised by others, (b) monitoring PRM developments in the marketplace, and (c) acting on lessons we learn when delivering our PRM service.
• Work closely with internal project teams (especially project managers, technical discipline leaders, planners and quantity surveyors) to recommend and provide PRM support

You belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

We are seeking a professional with interpersonal skills, who is curious about client business and excited to draw on the diversity of their skills to meet client needs. You will have a demonstrable background in client relationship and business development with a sound understanding of risk management on energy and transport infrastructure projects (this is preferred). In addition, you will have experience of working with different client types (operators, developers, contractors, investors, central government departments, local authorities), and be able to co-ordinate and influence others within the project environment, including persuading sceptical clients of the value of risk management. This will include chairing risk workshops.

Requirements:

• Familiar with practising risk quantification using recognised techniques, developing and embedding risk assurance and governance frameworks and cost-effective risk response planning.
• A background in making contributions to different project lifecycle stages.
• Have an awareness of risk management innovations, especially AI-related, developing best practice and emerging markets/industry trends.
• Team leadership & a background in project management.
• Business development experience.