Senior Project Risk Manager
We're seeking an experienced Senior Project Risk Manager to lead the risk-management program for a large-scale, technically complex capital construction/upgrade project. This person will serve as the principal advisor on risk, delivering independent assessments of threats and opportunities affecting scope, cost, schedule, technical performance, and milestones combining program leadership, quantitative analysis, mitigation oversight, and executive reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Program Leadership: Maintain the Risk Management Plan, taxonomy, and governance cadence; facilitate the Risk Management Board; maintain the risk register
- Risk Identification: Run risk workshops and reviews across technical, procurement, staffing, and commissioning areas; develop well-supported risk statements; spot cross-cutting and compounding risks
- Quantitative Analysis: Build and maintain cost/schedule risk models; run Monte Carlo simulations, sensitivity and scenario analysis; assess contingency adequacy; support rebaselines and funding decisions
- Mitigation Management: Help owners build measurable mitigation plans; track commitments and escalate stalled or ineffective actions
- Forward-Looking Analysis: Assess critical-path risk, vendor/staffing/funding exposure, and external dependencies
- Reporting: Deliver monthly reports and executive briefings; maintain auditable risk records
- Training: Develop risk-management training and quality standards; benchmark against industry practices
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (engineering, construction/project management, business, economics, math, statistics, or related) + 8+ years in project risk management, controls, estimating, scheduling, or complex capital projects
- Experience leading risk management on a large, technically complex capital/infrastructure/scientific/aerospace program
- Experience with risk registers, workshops, senior-level reviews, and mitigation tracking
- Experience with Monte Carlo simulation, uncertainty/sensitivity analysis, and contingency confidence assessment
- Experience integrating risk data with schedules, cost estimates, EAC, and change control
- Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications
- DOE Order 413.3B or similar federally governed project experience; familiarity with DOE Guide 413.3-7A
- Safran Risk Manager, Primavera P6, EVMS experience
- Experience with rebaselines, recovery plans, or independent cost estimates
- Background in accelerator/scientific facilities, industrial construction, aerospace, or defense
- PMI-RMP, PMP, AACE certification, or advanced degree
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