Risk Manager

Risk Manager

Location: RG7 4PR, Aldermaston.

Package: Salary from £ 49,830 - £78,770 (depending on suitability, qualifications, and experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

This is not just another role. This is an opportunity to contribute to one of the most significant, complex and high-impact defence programmes in the UK today.

Following the publication of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command, AWE has begun work on a sovereign replacement warhead programme known as Astraea. This programme sits at the heart of the UK's national security ensuring a safe, secure, and credible nuclear deterrent for generations to come.

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. we are transforming how we deliver our Mission-Critical Programmes, and our Project, Programme & Portfolio (P3M) function is growing.

The Risk Manager will be embedded within a designated Delivery Area, providing dedicated risk, assumptions, dependencies, issues, and opportunities management. The role is central to enabling informed decision-making, protecting delivery confidence and ensuring that threats and opportunities are proactively identified, assessed and managed effectively within the Delivery Area and in line with the programmes governance requirements.

As a Risk Manager at AWE, your responsibilities may include:

Develop maintain improve Delivery Area risk register aligned to ASTRAEA standards
Facilitate risk workshops reviews with technical design manufacturing PMs stakeholders
Perform qualitative quantitative risk analysis including scoring modelling Monte Carlo
Define assign track mitigation contingency actions ensure accountability escalation
Escalate risks breaches cross-area impacts maintain alignment with risk appetite
Manage dependencies via ADMA ensure alignment with PMO programme schedule
Identify resolve dependency conflicts gaps escalate to Programme Dependency Manager
Maintain issues log distinguish risks vs issues drive resolution root cause analysis
Identify assess track opportunities promote cost schedule performance improvements
Produce RADIO reports dashboards support governance engage stakeholders provide guidance

We do need you to have the following:
Proven experience in risk and/or programme controls management within a large-scale, complex programme or project environment.

Demonstrable knowledge of risk management frameworks, methodologies, and tools.
Experience maintaining and managing RADIO or equivalent logs within a structured PMO or delivery environment.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess complex risk landscapes and present findings clearly.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing governance-ready reports and briefings.
Ability to build effective working relationships and influence without direct authority.
High level of personal integrity and professionalism, with the ability to handle sensitive information appropriately.
Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

Experience working within a defence, nuclear, or other highly regulated programme environment.
Familiarity with quantitative risk analysis techniques and tools (e.g. @Risk, ARM and Saffran)
Experience working within or alongside a PMO.
APM PMQ, APM RPQ, MoR, or equivalent professional qualification.
Understanding of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise and associated governance structures.

Work hard, be rewarded:

We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:

9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring. The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide