Risk Management Specialist

Thales Group

Risk Management Specialist

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Thales Group, Blythswood New Town, Glasgow City

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 1 day ago, 17 Sep | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 26487ffa091f4076871e7b3e901ed117

Full Job Description

  • Be a focal point /subject matter expert (SME) for Risk & Opportunity Management

  • Ensure that local risk & opportunity management processes (RPMO) are generated, maintained, deployed & adhered to (& align with corporate processes)

  • Ensure that regular formal R&O reviews are carried out across the programme to sentence risks and retirements.

  • Ensure that all risks & opportunities are identified, reported, managed and controlled at an appropriate level and quality using KPI's for quality.

  • Manage the pre and post contingency values in the risk toolset through coordination with finance and project control change processes

  • Co-ordinate the compilation of R&O management reports for both internal & external reporting & reviews

  • Perform / Co-ordinate both schedule & cost risk analysis (SRA & CRA) quarterly and on demand for significant changes

  • Prepare project risk & opportunity reports to support formal programme reviews.

  • Manage Overall Risk Exposure - producing relevant outputs to support decision making and Senior Management / Customer briefings

  • Develop, deploy and improve standards (governance, processes, methods and tools) for programme and bids.

    Are you an experienced Risk Management professional looking for your next high-profile Risk Management role?, Experience in a standalone Risk Management role, providing an effective Risk Management service in a complex multiple project delivery environment (and within large-scale complex systems).

  • Experience that demonstrates a practical knowledge of the full business lifecycle management, including capture, qualification and developing capture plans and winning strategies.

  • Experience of client and stakeholder management in a complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-site project management context.

    Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.


  • 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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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., Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a UK National and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. If approved by the MOD, a dual national from a Non-ITAR country may be considered. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

    To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years' residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks., 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.

  • Full representation and accountability for Risk Management for OME in the UK from a Bid and Project Management perspective.

  • An opportunity to develop and shape risk management team within the Project/Bid Management function.

  • Hybrid working (3 days in the office / 2 days from home)


  • Core Benefits:

    On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;
  • Performance-related bonus

  • Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm

  • 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)

  • 24 hours volunteering paid for

  • Private healthcare (grade dependent)

  • Pension scheme

  • 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