Risk Manager

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Risk and Opportunity Manager to join Thales Above Water Systems (AWS) who provide integrated combat management systems and services for naval surface ships in the UK and internationally You will be responsible for working on Above Water Systems largest and most complex projects to provide practical support and guidance on risk and opportunities and supporting specific projects. You will also work on the improvement of our risk and opportunity management practices to improve the quality of decisions taken. Some of the Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Risk and Opportunity meetings (workshops, reviews, interviews etc.) and perform Risk Manager role in our largest and most complex projects/programs
• Initiating and facilitating R&O workshops with the project team, which may include customers/suppliers too.
• Setting up and maintaining the Risk & Opportunity register, thereby proactively challenging/improving the input by project and work package managers.
• Setting up plans to mitigate risk(s) or secure opportunities, supporting their implementation and monitoring progress.
• Work with the project manager and project controller in order to monitor, review and challenge the project contingencies (risk budget) and perform schedule risk analysis in to bids and projects
• Define general guidelines/inputs for Risk and Opportunity Management.
• Propose and implement improvements in the Risk and Opportunity Management process.
• Cooperation with other departments and international colleagues to align definition of processes and deliverables.
• Train/coach colleagues throughout the organization on Risk and Opportunity Management.
This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held; if not currently held it is expected that the post holder will undergo SC Clearance, please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.


• You will have significant experience in Risk and Opportunity Management practices and will be able to demonstrate successfully managing risk within large complex projects/Programmes in a Global setting
• Experience of managing and setting up Risk Registers
• Experience of managing the Schedule Risk Analysis process, developing probability models to advise project teams in schedule outcomes.
• You thrive on involvement in highly complex situations and decisions
• The ability to successfully manage and drive solutions to successful and be able to challenge the status quo at all levels in the organization;
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to deal with customers, partners, suppliers and other parts of the business (stakeholder management skills
• Analytical skills aligned with the need to carry out detailed investigations.
• An ability to successfully manage change
  
  Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions., At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Are you inquisitive and do you enjoy Risk Management? Would you like to work with a highly regarded team who will support your learning and development? Would you like to work for a world-renowned department that research, develop and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer? What the role has to offer:
• Great opportunity to gain experience and develop a career in Risk Management
• Opportunity to work in a fast paced, exciting and dynamic environment
• Working with cutting edge technology
What can we offer you? On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;
• Performance Related Bonus
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
• Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)
• Life Cover
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts