Associate Director – Risk Management

Overview

Senior Project Risk Management Professional/Director to lead and grow Turner & Townsend’s Scotland Infrastructure Risk team. You will shape risk practice across complex projects, influence client strategy, and mentor junior colleagues while collaborating with a national risk community. This role offers impact on risk governance, project outcomes, and market positioning in Scotland. You will work with cross-functional teams to embed robust risk management and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead Risk Management team on complex projects or programmes and coordinate activities
• Communicate updates to Senior Management and Stakeholders
• Brief project scope and clarify roles/responsibilities; maintain interfacing relationships
• Line management, career development and performance management
• Drive continuous improvement of risk management processes and roll-out changes
• Promote the benefits and requirements of risk management within project teams
• Provide subject matter expertise and perform expert analyses (e.g. QCRA, QSRA) for decision-making
• Train and coach clients and junior team members on risk processes
• Support management of risk team and related business operations; contribute to national/regional risk communities

Key requirements

• Tangible experience in managing and delivering risk management on complex projects/programmes
• Experience interfacing with other project disciplines
• Experience leading risk management teams
• Practical experience with risk standards (ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA), Quantitative Risk Analysis and software (Safran, @risk, PRA)
• Experience with risk tools (ARM, Predict!, Risk Controller, riskHive, Xactium)
• Ability to work in both delivery and transformation projects is desirable
• Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable
• Security Clearance Requirements is desirable

• Anticipates future challenges and opportunities for clients
• Strong stakeholder understanding and change management ability
• High standards and performance management
• Quantitative Risk Analysis
• ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA methodologies
• QCRA, QSRA analyses

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