Required Risk Manager - Metro PMO
Key Responsibilities
Risk Strategy & Implementation;
Develop, maintain, and implement a comprehensive risk management strategy that aligns with project objectives, stakeholder expectations, and industry best practices.
Ensure consistent risk management governance across the project lifecycle by overseeing risk assessments submitted by Line Managers and Contractors, ensuring compliance with the Clients risk policies.
Collaborate with project teams, external authorities, and regulatory bodies to integrate risk management frameworks at the program level.
Risk Assessment & Analysis:
Lead qualitative and quantitative cost and schedule risk assessments, ensuring Line Managers and Contractor submissions align with client-side project risk methodologies.
Oversee risk workshops to identify, assess, and quantify risks affecting project timelines and budgets, ensuring alignment with the Clients risk exposure framework.
Perform data-driven research and analysis to support risk-based decision-making, ensuring risk quantification accurately reflects project financial and schedule uncertainties.
Plan and conduct onsite evaluations of risk controls implemented by Line Managers and Contractors, ensuring effective mitigation and contingency measures.
Stay updated on cybersecurity risks, adversarial attack methods, and evolving regulatory frameworks, ensuring comprehensive risk oversight beyond traditional construction risks.
Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting:
Engage with stakeholders (clients, Line Managers, Contractors, regulators) to communicate risk-related information, ensuring risk discussions translate into actionable mitigation plans.
Provide guidance on risk management principles, techniques, and best practices to internal teams and delivery partners, ensuring adherence to the Clients risk governance framework.
Report on risk management issues to senior management and clients, identifying high-impact risks and proposing strategic mitigation strategies.
Support the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), ensuring contractual risk requirements align with project control best practices.
Governance, Compliance & Risk Control:
Conduct technical risk and security assessments for third-party service providers, internal projects, and technology implementations, ensuring compliance with client-driven policies.
Ensure full regulatory compliance with risk-related industry standards and internal project controls, maintaining oversight over risk assessments from Line Managers and Contractors.
Manage risk controls for external and third-party approvals, ensuring government regulatory alignment and risk transparency.
Requirements: 15+ years of experience in major infrastructure, transportation, mass transit, urban development, industrial, and marine projects, with a focus on risk governance and strategic oversight.
Expert in Monte Carlo simulation, leveraging simulation techniques to model uncertainty, quantify potential project risks, and enhance decision-making in cost and schedule risk assessments.
Strong understanding of construction schedules and project controls, ensuring Line Managers and Contractor risk models accurately represent time, cost, and uncertainty factors.
Proficiency in risk analysis tools such as @RISK, Primavera, and CrystalBall, ensuring comprehensive risk quantification and mitigation strategies.
Experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative cost and schedule risk assessments, including the application of simulation techniques.
Strong written and verbal communication, stakeholder engagement, and decision-making abilities, ensuring risk-related discussions drive proactive solutions.
International experience preferred, with a deep understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance frameworks.
Chartered Engineer status preferred. Accredited certification in risk management highly desirable (e.g., RMP or equivalent).
This position is open to all candidates.