Risk Manager

About Egis and the Role

Egis Advisory Service Line manages large-scale developments for prominent clients across the region, including giga projects, municipalities, and significant urban and real estate ventures. Leveraging expertise in engineering, architecture, and technology, Egis contributes to shaping urban spaces and infrastructure. This full-time Risk Manager position, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is crucial for advancing these projects by focusing on strategic and technical aspects that form the foundation for successful developments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define risk criteria, scoring methodology, and evaluation approach, aligning with the client's existing enterprise risk framework.
• Build credible failure scenarios across various utility systems, including power distribution, potable water, sewerage, stormwater, street lighting, road networks, and fire and life safety systems.
• Assess likelihood, consequence, and effectiveness of existing controls, and establish inherent and residual risk ratings.
• Map interdependencies between utility systems and identify single points of failure across the network.
• Lead business impact analysis to determine minimum service levels, maximum tolerable outage, and recovery time objectives for critical services.
• Prepare heat maps, impact summaries, and decision material, then facilitate risk appetite and tolerance agreement with executive stakeholders.
• Develop risk treatment options, set target residual risk levels, and secure agreement through structured workshops.
• Conduct quantitative risk analysis using Monte Carlo simulation to model cost and schedule exposure, test mitigation options, and produce confidence-based outputs for management decisions.
• Establish distribution assumptions, correlation, and iteration basis for each simulation, and present these to client stakeholders.
• Present probabilistic results as S-curves, tornado diagrams, and contingency recommendations at defined confidence levels (typically P50 and P80).
• Author the business continuity plan, covering governance, activation triggers, escalation pathways, role profiles, resource requirements, and communication flow.
• Write scenario-based operational playbooks detailing initial response, stabilization, and recovery steps, timelines, task owners, and interdependency notes.
• Define resource requirements, including vendor and contractor call-out arrangements, temporary service provision, and logistics.
• Support the integration of continuity tasks into client SOPs, service level agreements, and vendor obligations.
• Design training needs analysis and modules, deliver role-based training, and oversee emergency drills.
• Produce drill reports and lessons learned reports, refining the plan based on findings.
• Provide peer review on risk outputs from the wider team, ensuring consistent application of risk ratings across sites.
• Lead knowledge transfer and handover of the continuity framework to client operational teams.
• Contribute to bids, methodology development, and technical proposals within the risk and continuity service line.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline. A postgraduate qualification in risk management is an advantage.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in risk management, including business continuity delivery on infrastructure, utility, or industrial portfolios.
• Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor certification in ISO 22301, along with an ISO 31000 risk management credential.
• PMI-RMP, IRM, or an equivalent risk credential is an advantage.
• Experience running Monte Carlo simulations for quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis using tools such as @RISK, Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, or Acumen Risk is preferred.
• Ability to translate probabilistic output into actionable contingency and decision recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience facilitating risk appetite and business impact workshops at an executive level.
• Demonstrated experience with operationally adopted continuity plans, evidenced by conducted drills.
• Understanding of utility interdependencies, such as power to pumping, power to lighting networks, and water supply to fire systems.

Work Environment and Location

This role is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The successful candidate will join a team at the forefront of managing large-scale developments, contributing to significant urban and real estate ventures.

Application Process

Candidates meeting the qualifications are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.