Risk Manager

Job Title: Risk Manager
Location: Washington, DC Metropolitan Area (Onsite)
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

Management Solutions is seeking a Risk Manager to support delivery of mission-critical services within a federal IT and cybersecurity environment. This role is client-facing and supports program leadership in identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating risks associated with large, complex federal initiatives involving cyber operations, IT modernization, and mission systems.

The Risk Manager provides subject matter expertise in enterprise risk management, program risk governance, and strategic planning to help the organization meet mission-critical objectives. This role includes establishing and maintaining risk management processes, facilitating risk-informed decision-making, and supporting program execution in a highly regulated federal environment. The position requires strong analytical skills, technical knowledge, leadership capability, and the ability to engage effectively with senior government stakeholders, including Intelligence Community organizations.

This position is required to be performed onsite within the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

• Serve as the Risk Manager supporting delivery of consulting services within a federal IT and cybersecurity environment.
• Provide subject matter expertise in enterprise risk management, operational risk, cyber risk, and program risk management.
• Develop, maintain, and execute comprehensive risk management strategies aligned with program objectives and contractual requirements.
• Facilitate identification, assessment, prioritization, and mitigation of risks impacting mission-critical operations.
• Support government leadership in implementing risk-informed decision-making processes.
• Ensure risk management activities align with client strategic goals and federal mission requirements.
• Maintain consistent billable utilization aligned with organizational and contract expectations.
• Represent the organization professionally in all client engagements.

• Establish and maintain risk management frameworks, methodologies, and governance processes.
• Lead risk identification and assessment activities across technical, operational, cybersecurity, financial, and organizational domains.
• Develop and maintain risk registers, risk dashboards, and mitigation plans.
• Facilitate recurring risk review boards, governance meetings, and stakeholder working groups.
• Coordinate with project and program leadership to ensure risks are appropriately managed throughout the program lifecycle.
• Monitor emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and operational impacts that could affect program execution.
• Support integration of risk management activities into project planning, scheduling, and execution processes.
• Ensure risk documentation is maintained and aligned with federal requirements and organizational standards.

• Track and report risk status, mitigation effectiveness, and risk trends across the program.
• Develop executive-level risk briefings, dashboards, metrics, and reporting artifacts.
• Provide periodic risk assessments and strategic recommendations to senior government leadership.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk analyses to support program decision-making.
• Maintain risk governance processes and associated documentation.
• Support audits, inspections, assessments, and compliance reviews related to risk management activities.
• Ensure traceability of risks, mitigation actions, decisions, and residual risk acceptance.
• Support initiatives related to cyber operations, IT infrastructure, cloud services, and mission systems.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity, engineering, and operational stakeholders to identify and mitigate technology-related risks.
• Ensure risks associated with cybersecurity, information assurance, and compliance requirements are appropriately assessed and managed.
• Support risk management activities related to federal cybersecurity frameworks and federal requirements.
• Evaluate impacts of emerging cyber threats and vulnerabilities on mission operations.
• Translate complex cyber and technical risks into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Support risk assessments involving classified environments and sensitive mission systems.

• Interface with senior government leadership, stakeholders, and clients to support risk-informed decision-making.
• Facilitate risk working groups, executive briefings, and governance meetings.
• Present risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and recommendations to leadership audiences.
• Coordinate across multiple organizations to ensure risk visibility and accountability.
• Support high-visibility communications and executive engagements involving program risk posture.
• Foster collaboration between technical, operational, and leadership stakeholders to address complex risk challenges.