Risk Manager

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Risk Manager

Glasgow - Hybrid (Minimum 3 days onsite)

Are you looking for your next move, where you will be working within a team that will give you a clear career direction, facilitate a healthy work life balance and pathway to your future? Are you interested in helping shape and drive risk and continuous improvement?

What the role has to offer:

• Opportunity to see innovative world leading solutions from inception to delivery 

• This is a great opportunity for career and personal development and growth, demonstrating an ability to lead and influence the Capture, Bid, Project and Leadership teams. 

The Thales UK Bid & Project Management vision is:

“Accountable professionals leading the successful delivery of bids and projects to all our customers”

Our Opportunity:

We have a really exciting opportunity for a Bid Risk Manager to join Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics business. The purpose of this role is to lead on the implementation and continuous improvement of risk management practices across OME bids and projects. Providing training, mentoring, guidance and acting as independent risk reviewer on business-critical projects.

The role will require the ability to deliver risk management expertise and guidance across a range of projects to ensure that best practice is being applied and that risk management capability strengths and weaknesses are identified and managed. This will involve providing coaching and direct at elbow support to less experienced project teams (e.g. Project Managers, Project Controllers, Work Package Managers).

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Deliver risk and opportunity management training to Bid Managers, Project Managers and Work Package Managers (from a variety of job families)

• Be a subject matter expert (SME) for Risk & Opportunity Management for domain

• Mentoring of bid managers and project managers to implement a culture of risk management across bids and projects

• Creation and maintenance of Risk and Opportunity Management Plans

• Support creation of initial Risk and Opportunity Registers

• Review existing Programme & Project Risk Register with a view to improving and streamlining the data to provide a set of robust Programme risks 

About You:

You Have:

• Excellent, professional risk management skills and experience.

• Skilled in providing risk management coaching.

• Expert in the use of Risk & Opportunity Tools ( PRA, Safran, ARM)

• Demonstrative experience in implementing and embedding risk management frameworks and compliance assurance activities

• Good knowledge and evidence of Programme and Project Management competences in Risk Management, Issue Management, Change Management.

• Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills with written presentation and report writing skills.

Security Clearance statement

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Benefits at Thales

Alongside a competitive base salary, we offer a variable compensation plan bonus and benefits package, which includes:

• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
• 24 hours volunteering paid for
• Private healthcare (grade dependent)
• Pension scheme
• Life cover
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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