Risks and Opportunities Manager

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, theres something for everyone to get stuck into. And thats where you come in.

Job Description:

Risks and Opportunities Manager

About the Role

Risks & Opportunities Manager operates in the four-level Governance model, with Level 3 Project-management routines used for cross-Project coordination, milestone synchronisation, escalation and acceptance preparation. It supports the Supplier obligation to define, plan, manage and carry out the Design and Implementation Period and to adhere to the Contract Management and Governance Model. Its specific contribution is to maintain risk/opportunity register; coordinate scoring and mitigation; track contingencies; elevate significant risks.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate the risk and opportunity management plan, scoring method, register, ownership model, review rhythm and escalation thresholds.

• Facilitate discipline and work-package risk workshops that produce clear causes, consequences, mitigations, dates and owners.

• Coordinate qualitative and quantitative risk inputs for EAC, contingency, schedule, claims and management reviews.

• Track mitigation effectiveness and retire, escape or re-score risks based on evidence rather than optimism.

• Identify opportunities for cost avoidance, acceleration, simplification, supplier leverage or improved acceptance strategy.

• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.

• Owns risk and opportunity process discipline.

• Can require mitigation ownership and elevate when thresholds or management attention criteria are met.

Key Interfaces

• Project Manager, Finance Controller, Planning Manager, Contract Manager and PMO.

• All Work Package Leaders and discipline managers across engineering, assurance, implementation and T&C.

• Customer/Programme risk representatives where joint risks or dependencies require alignment.

• Change reviews when risk exposure changes.

Authority & Accountability

• Accountable for risk process integrity and transparent reporting of exposure and opportunity value.

• Authorised to challenge weak mitigations, request owners and elevate high-exposure items to Governance.

• Recommends contingency actions but does not independently release budget or change baselines.

Mandate

Make risk and opportunity management a practical decision tool rather than a passive reporting exercise.

Skills & Experience

• Risk management experience in major infrastructure, rail, engineering or technology Programmes.

• Knowledge of qualitative/ quantitative risk methods, contingency logic and risk-to-schedule/cost integration.

• Strong facilitation and challenge skills across senior and technical stakeholders.

• Resilience and resistance to stress when exposing difficult risks or challenging optimistic forecasts.

• Analytical, pragmatic and action-oriented mindset.

• More than 5 years in risk management on complex infrastructure.

• ISO 31000/workshop facilitation capability preferred.

Working in Hitachi:

Our employees are our most important asset and we provide an environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance and we offer a flexible hybrid work environment based on Working from home and office presence (40/60). Your manager will interact with you on a regular basis, ensuring you a career path that suits your needs and ambitions. Beside the traditional benefits like pension, 6 weeks of holidays, canteen etc., we also are proud of offering some good and very professional skilled colleagues.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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