Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Your new company
A leading CDMO delivering complex capital investment and strategic programme portfolios is seeking a Portfolio Risk Analyst to support the successful delivery of high-value projects and programmes. Operating within a regulated and technically complex environment, the business is focused on driving excellence in project governance, risk management, and investment delivery.
Your new role
As a Portfolio Risk Analyst, you will support the management of risks across a portfolio of strategic programmes and capital projects. You will identify, assess, analyse, and monitor risks that could impact cost, schedule, scope, safety, and delivery outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:
- Maintaining portfolio-level risk profiles and risk registers
- Supporting quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis, contingency modelling, and uncertainty assessments
- Monitoring risk trends, emerging issues, and systemic portfolio risks
- Producing portfolio risk dashboards, reports, and key risk indicators
- Supporting governance reviews, investment decision-making processes, and business case assurance activities
- Working closely with project managers, finance, engineering, commercial teams, and external stakeholders
- Facilitating risk workshops and providing challenge to project assumptions and mitigation plans
- Driving continuous improvement in risk methodologies, analytics, reporting, and data quality
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Strong understanding of risk management within project, programme, or capital investment environments
- Experience of cost and schedule risk analysis, contingency management, and uncertainty modelling
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex information to a range of stakeholders
- The confidence to challenge assumptions and influence decision-making at multiple levels
- Experience within risk management, project controls, portfolio analysis, or capital project delivery
Desirable experience includes:
- Experience working in capital-intensive or regulated industries
- Professional qualifications such as APM, PMI, IRM, or similar
- Knowledge of regulated manufacturing or engineering environments
- Experience supporting major CAPEX programmes
What you'll get in return
- Opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of strategic and high-value investment programmes
- Exposure to senior stakeholders and key business decision-making processes
- A collaborative and forward-thinking working environment
- Professional development and career progression opportunities
- Competitive salary and benefits package
What you need to do now
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