Lead Risk and Opportunity Professional

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Risk and Opportunity Professional

Location: Scotstoun. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £54,000 Dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the implementation and operation of project and programme risk management processes, ensuring risks, opportunities and issues are identified, assessed and effectively controlled
• Facilitate risk workshops, coordinate risk reviews, and maintain high‑quality risk and opportunity registers aligned to Life Cycle Management and project governance requirements
• Analyse and interpret risk information, conducting quantitative risk assessments and advising project teams on cost and schedule exposure
• Act as a technical Schedule Risk Analysis/Cost Risk Analysis specialist providing risk analysis within the project
• Provide expert guidance to Control Account Managers and stakeholders, challenging assumptions, highlighting emerging exposures and influencing robust decision‑making
• Support the governance and assurance of risk inputs into change control, schedule reviews and performance reporting
• Coach, mentor and potentially supervise a small team, promoting best practice and supporting capability development across the wider project
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying lessons learned, driving process enhancements and raising the profile of effective risk management throughout the programme

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Significant experience in professional risk management role within a complex project environment, with considerable knowledge of risk tools, techniques and governance frameworks
• Ample analytical capability, able to interpret varied data sets, integrate risk insights and clearly communicate impacts to cost, schedule and performance
• Confident stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to lead workshops, challenge constructively and support collaborative problem solving
• Experience and technical knowledge to conduct QSRA/QCRA

Desirable:

• Experience leading or developing others, such as supervising small teams, delivering training or supporting capability growth within a project environment
• Background in complex engineering or highly regulated industries, with the ability to understand technical inputs and work effectively within multi‑disciplinary delivery teams

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Naval Ships Risk & Opportunity Team:

Join our Risk & Opportunity management team and play a key role in delivering some of the UK’s most complex and innovative naval programmes. You will work collaboratively with a wide range of UK and international stakeholders, contributing to projects that shape the future of maritime capability. This is a dynamic and supportive environment where every challenge presents an opportunity to learn, grow and strengthen your professional network. At BAE Systems, you will have access to a wide range of development opportunities, including support towards achieving further professional qualifications, enabling you to build a rewarding and long‑term career.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 26th February 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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