SRO Risk Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior leadership role within the Asset Delivery PMO Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water provide the best service to its customers.
Could this be you?

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. In Yorkshire, we ensure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions who visit each year can rely on our services, have clean and safe drinking water on tap, and that their wastewater is taken away. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers mean that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Asset Delivery team delivers Yorkshire Water’s major asset investment projects and programmes and is a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Under the Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) programme we will support a programme of giga‑project capital investment across Yorkshire and the wider UK. The DPC PMO Risk Manager will be an integral member of the PMO leadership team and the DPC leadership team and will play a critical role in the set‑up of the DPC PMO and the long‑term success of the programme through establishing a holistic and scalable approach to Project, Program and Business Risk Management.

As our DPC PMO Risk Manager you will:

• Develop and implement a Total Risk Management (TRM) solution for the DPC programme to meet RAPID and YW goals.
• Facilitate Risk Workshops with RAPID, other utility companies and YW stakeholders to determine and set parameters for risk in the DPC programme.
• Lead and develop Total Risk Management across the programme to include Risk Workshops, Risk Logs, Risk reports, SQRA models and KPI and reporting metrics.
• Work with the DPC leadership team to roll out and monitor compliance with the TRM processes.
• Coordinate with Planning and Cost team for holistic risk models to be established.
• Lead the DPC Risk Management process to ensure that financial forecasts, schedules and reports are integrated.
• Work closely with all DPC and YW stakeholders to ensure consistency, best practice and continuous improvement are realised.
• Proactively identify potential threats to project/programme performance and drive mitigation.
• Develop best practice and innovation and share the learning with the Asset Delivery PMO to drive maturity and support embedment.

• Experience working on PIF & Giga projects in a PMO or EPC environment implementing and managing a holistic Project & Program Risk Management across the full life cycle.
• Detailed knowledge of risk‑management best practices and procedures.
• Exhibited track record of influencing project delivery through effective risk management from concept to handover.
• Practitioner or certified risk specialist familiar with risk‑management tools such as ARM.
• The ability to analyse and articulate key messages from project performance data.
• Experience developing and implementing detailed risk‑management reports.
• Experience tracking and reporting risk trends and profiles.
• Excellent people leadership skills.
• Ability to challenge undesired behaviours appropriately.
• Good IT skills and the ability to use multiple systems.
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across the wider teams.

• Ability to coach and influence senior managers and key stakeholders.
• Values and behaviours aligned to Yorkshire Water’s expectations.
• Previous experience within the water industry or wider EPC projects.
• Experience working with complex commercial and contractual challenges.

• Competitive salary, depending on experience, £62,700 – £94,050.
• Annual incentive‑related bonus (up to 15% of annual salary).
• Private health care for you and partner if applicable.
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day.
• High‑quality…