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Risk Manager
Risk Manager (Defence Project) – Assystem
Company Description
Assystem is an international company dedicated to one overarching mission: accelerating the energy transition worldwide.
With 7,500 employees across 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia, & Africa), our collective—"switchers"—tackles the global challenge of transitioning to low-carbon energy. By combining deep expertise, a collaborative culture, and innovative approaches, we provide engineering, project management, and digital services for complex infrastructure projects.
Ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering, we deliver robust solutions to ensure a sustainable, efficient, and reliable energy future.
Job Description
Your Mission
Join a Defence project as a Risk Manager, leading risk identification, analysis, and mitigation across a Joint Project Team for a major infrastructure programme.
Reporting to the Programme Delivery Lead, you’ll work across client sites and industry partners in a high-stakes, dynamic environment, ensuring risks are proactively managed throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the risk management process, roadmap, and Target Operating Model (TOM)
- Conduct monthly risk reviews and workshops while maintaining risk registers and dashboards 📊
- Support Quantitative Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA) and deliver quarterly reporting 💸⏱️
- Oversee project assumptions and update the Master Data & Assumptions List (MDAL) 📚
- Track mitigation plans and ensure timely execution of risk actions 🔎
- Collaborate with project leads, suppliers, and partners to streamline risk management and delivery
- Monitor supply chain performance, flagging emerging issues early 🚀
- Ensure compliance with client processes and infrastructure requirements 🛠️
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Requirements
Essential
✅ SC Clearance (held and available for on-site work, 3–4 days/week) ✅ Proven expertise in risk processes and management ✅ Strong analytical skills for data-driven risk identification and trend analysis 🔎 ✅ experience in infrastructure risk analysis ✅ Leadership in stakeholder management, organisation, and project delivery 🤝 ✅ Proficiency in IT tools and project management software
Desirable
⭐ Knowledge of defence/industrial risks, including competitors and adversaries ⭐ ability to communicate confidently at an executive level 🎤 ⭐ Agility, adaptability, and responsiveness to rapidly changing demands 🔄 ⭐ Experience managing risks in complex, live operational environments ⭐ Strong teamwork skills for multi-agency collaborations
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Why Join Assystem?
✔ Dynamic career progression: Switch across five business functions (operations, project, technical, sales, and support) ✔ Global impact: Work on cutting-edge, multinational projects ✔ Wellbeing support: Access 24/7 mental health resources, mindfulness programs, and a confidential helpline ✔ Employee benefits:
- Discount vouchers for leisure, dining, and retail
- Free eye tests/glasses, cycle-to-work scheme
- Flu vaccination program
- Enhanced sick pay ✔ Equality and diversity: We celebrate unique perspectives—skills and daring matter over backgrounds.
Notice to Candidates: Assystem firmly rejects recruitment fraud. We will never:
- Ask for payment
- Request sensitive personal details beyond professional needs
- Offer "CV writing services"
Assystem Job Title*: Risk Manager (Project Management) Contract Type: Permanent Sector: Defence
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