About this role
š Join Soben at a Pivotal Moment Soben is an award-winning construction consultancy with bold ambitions and a clear trajectory for growth. Since launching in 2011, weāve built a reputation for technical excellence, client focus, and delivery certainty. Now, weāre entering a transformative new chapter. In March 2025, Soben became part of Accentureās Infrastructure and Capital Projects practice, within its Industry X division. This strategic acquisition combines our deep expertise in cost and commercial management with Accentureās global scale and digital innovation. For our team, this unlocks a wealth of opportunity: š Access to world-class resources and technology, enhancing how we deliver capital projects šļø Involvement in high-profile programmes across sectors such as data centres, energy, and pharmaceuticals š Career development at scale, with exposure to international clients and cutting-edge project environments š” A platform for innovation, as we continue to challenge traditional consultancy models and lead digital transformation About the opportunity We are looking for an experienced Risk Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will support the delivery of a large, complex EMEA data centre portfolio, providing structured, decisionāfocused risk management across multiple projects. Project & Programme Risk Management Lead and maintain project and programme processes in line with agreed frameworks and systems. Facilitate structured risk identification and review workshops across development, design and construction phases. Monitor emerging risks, closures and escalations against agreed risk tolerances. Quantitative Risk Analysis & Decision Support Support and deliver Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) to inform contingency setting and confidence levels. Translate qualitative risks into quantitative inputs and articulate key risk drivers, sensitivities and assumptions. Present QRA outputs in a clear, decisionāready format for senior stakeholders. Governance, Reporting & Assurance Support portfolio and project risk governance forums, including periodic risk reviews. Produce concise executive risk summaries highlighting top risks, trends and changes in exposure. Support formal risk acceptance and approval processes, ensuring clear audit trails and accountability. Ensure alignment between risk registers, cost plans, schedules and commercial assumptions. Stakeholder Engagement & Integration Work closely with project managers, commercial managers, planners, designers and contractors. Act as a trusted advisor, embedding riskābased thinking into project and governance decisions. Promote a consistent, proportionate risk culture across the EMEA portfolio. Continuous Improvement Analyse risk outcomes and mitigation performance to identify themes and improvement opportunities. Translate lessons learned into strengthened preventative controls and improved risk processes. Contribute to the evolution of risk management guidance, tools, and training across the portfolio.