Lead Risk Manager

Job Description:

Your Impact

Leonardo is looking for an experienced Risk Managerto support the effective implementation, governance and continuous improvement of theProject Risk Managementprocess within a Line of Business (LOB) in the Electronics Division.

As the local subject matter expert for theLeonardo Risk Management framework, you will provide independent oversight, assurance and governance across projects, while offering constructive challenge and expert guidance to Integrated Project Teams (IPTs). You will play a key role in ensuring that project risks and opportunities are identified, assessed, managed and reported effectively, supporting informed decision-making and successful project delivery.

This is asenior rolerequiring significant experience in Project Risk Management,. The successful candidate will be confident operating at senior levels, influencing stakeholders and providing effective challenge to project teams and leadership.

The role would suit an experiencedProject Risk Manager, Lead Risk Manager or Senior Project Controls professional.

The role works independently while maintaining strong relationships with delivery teams, ensuring risk management processes is applied consistently, proportionately and in line with corporate policy and risk appetite. Support will be provided across the full project lifecycle, from bid through to execution.

The role can be based at our Basildon / Luton/ London or Southampton site, with occasional travel to other Leonardo UK sites and possibly occasional travel to Italy as required.

The Risk Manager will champion a strong risk intelligent culture across the sites, providing expert advice, governance oversight, and assurance to IPTs, including:

• Providing independent oversight and constructive challenge to ensure compliance with risk management policies, standards, and governance requirements
• Contribute to the definition, monitoring and continuous improvement of the RM Framework and oversee the implementation of the risk management process
• Supporting IPTs to identify, assess and manage risks and opportunities, ensuring clarity, consistency, and quality of risk information.
• Advising on appropriate risk treatment and mitigation strategies
• Analysing post-treatment residual risk using Monte Carlo analysis, supporting informed decision-making and confidence in project forecasts
• Supporting contingency setting, justification, and ongoing management, ensuring alignment to risk exposure and risk appetite and advising when escalation is required
• Producing risk reports, ensuring timely, accurate and decision-focused insight in line with reporting cycles
• Aggregating/Automating and analysing risk trends and AI predictive analysis across projects, identifying systemic issues, and driving continuous improvement activity
• Mentoring and support to Project Risk Managers
• Analyze context, business processes (through KPIs and KRIs), risk knowledge-base, lessons learned, audit findings (internal and external) and promote structural actions by supporting the company's continuous improvement process
• Analyze processes for collecting and storing risk data, including for the purpose of ensuring data quality

In addition, the role will:

• Facilitate risk identification, review, and assurance workshops, providing challenge and guidance to improve risk quality and maturity.
• Deliver training, coaching, and mentoring to individuals and teams to embed consistent, high-quality risk management practices.
• Review and assure risk registers, assumptions, quantification, and mitigation plans to ensure completeness and robustness.
• Support governance forums and senior stakeholders with clear, evidence-based risk insight.
• Assist the IPTs and senior management with ad hoc requests, including review of internal documentation and risk management deliverables for customer submission.
• Support assurance activities and provide input to internal reviews or audits as required.

What You'll Bring: 

- Degree in a technical or business subject

- Strong knowledge of enterprise and project risk management frameworks

and standards

- Significant experience in project or programme risk management

- Highly numerate with experience of statistical and financial modelling (e.g. competence in quantitative risk analysis, including Monte Carlo techniques)

- Sound understanding of contingency setting and management aligned to risk exposure.

- Experience translating complex risk information into clear, decision-focused insight.

- High competency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and knowledgeable of

- Ability to influence and communicate with stakeholders.

- Ability to lead workshops and present technical details to large teams of

people with confidence.

- Ability to coach in one-to-one and one-to-many situations

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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Primary Location:

GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Additional Locations:

GB - Basildon, GB - London, GB - Southampton

Contract Type:

Employee-Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid