Senior Risk Manager

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Senior Risk Manager to join our Project Controls group in San Francisco, CA.

• Act as the risk management subject matter expert on assigned projects, programs, portfolios, being accountable for the risk management performance on assigned commissions.
• Develop effective risk management framework/strategy.
• Plan, design, and implement risk management processes tailored to the client’s needs and aligned with best practice (e.g., AACE International, Project Management Institute, ISO 31000).
• Facilitate structured discussions and workshops to elicit assumptions, quantify uncertainty, and validate economic risk drivers with technical and project stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project and/or program risk registers with input from project and client team members.
• Develop and maintain quantitative economic risk models to evaluate the probability and impact of alternative project outcomes, including downside and upside scenarios.
• Conduct quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis (QCRA/QSRA) using probabilistic and simulation‑based methods to evaluate forecast uncertainty and outcome distributions.
• Analyze economic drivers of project risk, including market conditions, labor and commodity trends, productivity assumptions, and systemic risk factors.
• Prepare economic risk assessments, forecasts, and scenario analyses to support project managers, executives, and clients in strategic decision‑making.
• Advise project leadership on risk‑adjusted contingency and schedule reserve ranges based on quantitative economic analysis.
• Prepare project and/or program risk reports as required.
• Support project teams in developing and implementing appropriate internal and external response plans for critical risks.
• Work with project teams to determine appropriate contingency and schedule reserve amounts.
• Provide training to junior risk managers and other staff as required.
• Strong attention to detail while maintaining a big‑picture point of view.
• Ability to manage challenging behaviors and maintain effective working relationships based on diplomacy while maintaining independence and not being swayed in judgment or course of actions.
• Demonstrate strong organizational, analytical, and multi‑tasking skills (i.e., ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously).
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Travel as required.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Economics, Finance, or relevant field.
• 10 years of experience in risk management; construction management; project management; and/or contract or change management.
• Knowledge of general risk management and project control standards and frameworks, (e.g., AACE International, APM, IRM, Project Management Institute, ISO 31000).
• Experience in facilitating quantitative risk analysis (QRA) workshops on cost and schedule.
• Experience in conceptualizing and developing risk models using analytical methods.
• Working knowledge of cost risk analysis software (@Risk, Acumen Risk, Crystal Ball, etc.) and schedule risk analysis software (OPC, Primavera Risk Analysis, etc.).
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Experience in preparing risk reports and documentation.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision‑making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

• Engineering / Economics / Project Controls Management background.
• Experience in multiple sectors (e.g., transportation, energy, aviation, etc.) and familiar with project/program delivery processes.
• PMP, PMI‑RMP or other certification.
• Experience in effectively reporting and communicating risk analysis outcomes to wider project team.
• Experience in Strategic and/or Enterprise Risk Management is a plus.
• Experience in FTA funded programs.
• Knowledge and understanding of Federal, state, and local transportation administration regulations and policies.
• Practical Knowledge of Power BI and other reporting suite tools.
• Commercial…