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We are looking for a Project Risk Manager.
You’ll be working within the Project Delivery function, within the project services group and providing support to the Risk and Opportunities Lead and project teams. The role requires excellent personal and interpersonal skills, and you will be at the core of our project delivery team, working across the full lifecycle of greenfield and brownfield projects.A role which supports all aspects of risk management ensuring qualitative risk insights guide decision-making. This role requires a background in capital projects, facilitation skills, and the ability to lead and influence multidisciplinary teams.
Key Responsibilities (not limited to)
- Develop and implement risk plans for capital projects across all lifecycle phases (FEL1 to execution).
- Facilitate structured assessments, project risk workshops.
- Update risk registers, support risk and action owners, and ensure mitigation activities are tracked and monitored.
- Maintain, monitor, and analyze project risk registers to ensure alignment with project objectives and proactive risk management.
- Support risk-based decision-making at the project level through clear reporting and communication.
- Provide support to project teams on risk methodologies, collaborating closely with project functions such as Planning, Cost, HSE, and Engineering.
- Assist in configuring project risk structures (registers, matrices, breakdowns), facilitating risk profile development workshops.
- Participate in specialized risk reviews e.g., procurement, contract, change management.
- Support project close-out by documenting risk-related lessons learned and contributing to the continuous improvement of risk processes.
- Liaise with the Risk and Opportunities Lead regarding best practices and standard application across projects.
Key Requirements
Education and Certifications
- A university degree in Project Management, Risk Management, Engineering, or a related field.
- Professional certification in risk or project management (e.g., PMI-CAPM, PMI-RMP, PMI-PMP, MoR Management of Risk, Prince 2, or equivalent).
- Strong communication skills in English (Swedish is a plus).
- Formal training in conducting technical risk reviews (e.g., Hazard studies) is considered a plus.
Experience
- 5 to 10 years of experience in project or risk management roles within capital projects such as energy, mining, infrastructure, or heavy industrial projects.
Competence and Skills
- Facilitation experience, with the ability to lead non-technical risk reviews such as risk identification workshops, project risk assessments, and strategy sessions.
- Understanding project risk management based on international standards.
- Basic understanding of integrating risk management into various processes.
- Familiarity with project controls, including cost control and change management processes.
- Experience with risk management tools or platforms.
- Ability to support project teams in applying risk management techniques.
- Basic understanding in technical risk reviews is considered a plus.
- Strong personal and interpersonal skills.
- Operational risk management knowledge is considered a plus.
Personal Qualities
- Collaborative, respectful, and a strong team player.
- Adaptive, resilient, and solution-focused character.
- Must demonstrate integrity, emotional intelligence, and the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
Other Details
Length of the contract: 1 year
Location: Stockholm.
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