Risk Manager Role Specification

Role Title:
Risk Manager

Location:
Dublin

Reporting To:
PMO Lead

Whole Time Equivalency:
1.0 (Full-time)

The Risk Manager will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and managing project risks throughout the project lifecycle. This role involves ensuring timely mitigation or escalation of risks, managing the risk register, and maintaining all relevant insurance mechanisms. The Risk Manager will work closely with various project teams to provide oversight, coordinate risk assessments, and develop comprehensive risk models.

• Risk Identification & Management: Manage project risks, update the risk register, and ensure timely mitigation or escalation.
• Insurance Mechanisms: Maintain relevant insurance processes to manage and protect against potential project risks.
• Workshops & Assessments: Facilitate integrated workstream risk workshops throughout the project lifecycle.
• Policy Review & Improvement: Review and enhance risk management policies and protocols; recommend and implement improvements.
• Risk Register Management: Coordinate with the Cost Manager and Lead Scheduler for comprehensive risk assessments and analyses (both qualitative and quantitative).
• Risk Modelling: Develop risk models tailored to project scope, timeline, budget, and resources.
• Risk Cost Profiling: Maintain an accurate, up-to-date view of the programme risk register to facilitate profiling and timely drawdown or retirement of risk budgets.
• Mitigation Implementation: Monitor and follow up on the implementation of mitigation actions across the project.
• Contingency Planning: Develop, implement, and manage a risk contingency management process suitable to project requirements.
• Reporting: Draft and present risk reports and proposals to programme leadership and senior staff.
• Lessons Learned: Gather and document lessons learned for continuous improvement in risk management practices.

• Risk Management
• Risk Analysis
• Project Management
• Reporting

• Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
• Professional Experience:
  • Proven experience in a risk management environment.
  • Experience in a healthcare risk management setting is highly desirable.
• Technical Skills:
  • Experience in qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, including probabilistic modelling.
  • A solid understanding of integrated risk management processes (including risk, cost, and scheduling) for large-scale projects.
• Certification: Professional risk certification is desirable.
• Additional Skills:
  • Strong industry and region-specific knowledge.
  • Ability to anticipate programme risks proactively.