- Company Name
- Northrop Grumman UK
- Job Title
- PMO Risk Manager
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** PMO Risk Manager
**Role Summary:**
Lead risk management for a portfolio of complex defense technology projects, establishing and maintaining a robust risk framework, driving best‑practice adoption, and delivering clear risk reporting to ensure value delivery and compliance across the department.
**Expectations:**
- Own development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the risk management framework.
- Partner with project and programme managers to identify, assess, and mitigate risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Provide expert guidance, training, and coaching on risk processes to staff at all levels.
- Produce accurate, timely risk reporting and analysis for senior leadership.
- Maintain required UK Security Clearance (SC) and adhere to all governance standards.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Design, embed, and manage a comprehensive risk management framework.
- Facilitate regular risk workshops, quantitative cost & schedule analyses, and assurance reviews.
- Create and maintain project, programme, and portfolio risk registers and risk management plans.
- Deliver monthly risk reports and improve efficiency of management information production.
- Support the PMO Manager in rolling out risk, financial, change, and reporting governance improvements.
- Identify thematic risks, cross‑dependencies, and constraints; track mitigation progress.
- Ensure risk processes are followed from pre‑initiation through project closure.
- Communicate risk status and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
**Required Skills:**
- Proven experience in risk management, project assurance, and reporting within defence or regulated industries.
- Strong knowledge of commercial operations and prime contract environments (preferably SSRO QSC/CAAS).
- Advanced Excel proficiency; experience with Power BI or similar BI tools.
- Expert use of risk analysis software (e.g., ARM, @Risk).
- Ability to integrate risk, financial, schedule, and resource data analytically.
- Experience delivering risk training/mentoring and fostering compliance.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, stakeholder‑management, and influencing skills.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g., Engineering, Business, Project Management).
- Professional qualification in project management (e.g., PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP, PMQ) and/or risk management (e.g., Management of Risk, MAPM, ChPP).
- Membership of a relevant professional body (optional but advantageous).
- Eligibility for UK SC security clearance (single UK nationality or ability to obtain).
New malden, United kingdom
Hybrid
07-10-2025