Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
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Job Description
The Risk Lead provides senior leadership and strategic direction for risk and opportunity management across a major infrastructure programme. Operating within the PMO function, the role is responsible for establishing, embedding and continuously improving a comprehensive risk and opportunity management framework that supports effective decision‑making, governance and assurance across the full programme lifecycle.
This role leads a dedicated risk and opportunity management team and works closely with delivery partners, appointed contractors and key stakeholders to ensure that risks are systematically identified, assessed, quantified, mitigated and reported. The Risk Lead provides an independent, objective view of risk exposure across operational, strategic and retained risks, ensuring transparency, consistency and alignment across all levels of programme governance.
A key focus of the role is the provision of timely, high‑quality risk information, guidance and specialist advice, ensuring that risk management is practical, embedded, and actively supports successful programme delivery.
Risk & Opportunity Leadership
- Lead the PMO risk and opportunity management team and promote a proactive risk management culture across the programme.
- Provide independent, expert risk advice to senior leadership and governance forums.
- Ensure risk management practices are practical, embedded and aligned with programme controls and delivery processes.
Frameworks, Systems & Processes
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive risk reporting framework covering operational, strategic and retained risks, with clear escalation routes from contract to programme level.
- Lead the selection, implementation and use of a scalable risk management system to support documentation, monitoring, analysis and reporting.
- Oversee risk registers, ensuring completeness, consistency and accuracy across all delivery contracts.
Quantitative Risk Analysis & Reporting
- Own the development and maintenance of Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk models (QCRA / QSRA).
- Ensure models are updated at least quarterly and following significant programme change.
- Track and report materialised risks against approved cost and schedule risk allowances.
Stakeholder & Contract Interfaces
- Coordinate risk management activities with delivery partners, contractors and advisors.
- Lead regular risk reviews and quarterly risk workshops in line with governance requirements.
- Ensure risk management requirements are clearly communicated and consistently applied across all contractors.
- Identify and escalate risks and opportunities requiring senior or Board‑level attention.
Procurement, Assurance & Governance Support
- Define risk management requirements for procurement and contract documentation.
- Support tender evaluations and commercial clarifications relating to risk and opportunity management.
- Ensure effective handover of risk systems, processes and data to the client organisation.
Experience Required
- 15+ years’ experience in risk and opportunity management on major, complex infrastructure programmes.
- Proven experience establishing and operating risk management frameworks within a PMO or major programme environment.
- Demonstrated leadership of risk and opportunity management on high‑value projects involving multiple stakeholders and contractual interfaces.
- Strong technical knowledge of risk management principles, methodologies, tools and systems, including QRA, QRM and risk modelling.
- Experience working within consultancy, client or contractor organisations.
- Experience supporting procurement processes and embedding risk requirements into contract documentation.
- Track record of delivering continuous improvement in project controls, information management and reporting.
Skills & Attributes
- Strong leadership and influencing skills in complex delivery environments.
- Excellent analytical capability, able to synthesise qualitative and quantitative risk information into clear insights.
- Highly developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strong organisational capability with the ability to manage multiple inputs and priorities.
- Collaborative working style promoting transparency and shared accountability.
- Strategic, structured and improvement‑focused mindset.
What we offer you:
- Full time, permanent
- Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
- 8% Pension
- 25 days Annual leave (23 days + 2 company days)
- Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
- Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
- Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
