Senior Risk Manager

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Job Description

Senior Risk Manager to join in our Dublin office. The Senior Risk Manager will be required to attend site three days per week and two days per week will be remote working.

The Senior Risk Manager provides leadership in the delivery of risk management services across complex capital projects within a consulting environment. The role leads the identification, assessment, and management of project risks, while offering expert guidance to clients and project teams to ensure risks are proactively and effectively managed throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continual improvement of project and programme-level risk management processes aligned with client requirements and industry best practice.
• Proactively identify, assess, and manage a wide range of project risks, including financial, commercial, operational, schedule, and delivery risks.
• Plan and facilitate risk identification workshops, risk reviews, and assurance sessions with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop, maintain, and assure high-quality risk registers and RAID logs, ensuring risks are clearly articulated, appropriately scored, and effectively tracked.
• Undertake and oversee qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, including risk modelling, and provide clear interpretation of results to inform decision-making.
• Work closely with project controls, cost, planning, and commercial teams to ensure risk outputs are fully integrated into forecasts, schedules, and performance reporting.
• Monitor and report on risk exposure, trends, emerging risks, and mitigation effectiveness, providing concise, actionable insights to clients and leadership teams.
• Support and challenge project teams in the development and implementation of robust risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
• Ensure risk data is accurate, current, and reflective of the project’s evolving risk profile.
• Provide expert risk management advice, coaching, and mentoring to project teams and junior risk practitioners.
• Contribute to the development of organisational risk capability, standards, tools, and best practices within the consulting business.

Qualifications

• Typically 8+ years’ experience delivering risk management and/or project controls within complex capital projects.
• Strong experience operating in a consulting or client-facing environment, with a proven ability to build trusted relationships.
• Demonstrated expertise in qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, including risk modelling and scenario analysis.
• Advanced hands-on experience using industry-standard risk management and modelling tools.
• Proven experience working with multidisciplinary project teams, including cost, planning, commercial, and delivery functions.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Professional qualifications in risk management, project management, or related disciplines (e.g. APM, PMI, IRM) are desirable.

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Additional Information

For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide a wide array of compensation, benefits, and well-being programs. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using the email above if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.