Risk Management Specialist

LOCATION

Vancouver

SALARY

Negotiable

Employment type

Permanent employment

Job Details

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement an appropriate risk management program in support of the early identification and effective management of risks.
  • Lead and complete a risk assessment and develop mitigation plans to mitigate, eliminate or reduce risk to an acceptable level.
  • Lead activities related to the mitigation, planning, control, review and reporting of risk, develop a continuous risk management process.
  • Establish a results-oriented accountability framework to optimize performance in accordance with completed risk assessment.
  • Define and document an escalation process including criteria and decision matrix for multiple levels of governance.
  • Lead/facilitate risk management assessment activities and status review meetings (inclusive of agenda, minutes and other meeting materials).
  • Liaise and coordinates with other stakeholders to ensure alignment on the risk framework and assignment of risk ownership.
  • Determine probability and prioritization of existing risks, including impact assessment on cost, schedule and quality.
  • Develop processes to ensure compliance with the risk management plan, procedure and assigned scope of work.
  • Develop materials, templates and instructions to support a variety of stakeholders including project governance.
  • Conduct regularly scheduled status reviews, identify deviations to work plan/schedule and implement corrective action(s).
  • Communicates project status, actions and issues; provide full project reporting through the project governance structure.
  • Draft reports, briefing notes, and other supportive documentation for higher level management and governance working groups.
  • Work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes.
  • Investigating existing opportunities for risk tracking

Requirements

  • Ability to work with a range of stakeholders across multiple organizations to gather complex information and make sound recommendations for risk management
  • Ability to balance the relationship of risk and opportunity to support objectives in consideration of risk management
  • In-depth knowledge of risk management and associated activities
  • Experience leading and facilitation of risk identification sessions using various risk assessment tools.
  • Comprehensive knowledge and experience with Project Management principals, methodologies and risk management practices/trends.
  • Analytical and broad-based technical knowledge/skills; with ability to think through details and tactics without losing sight of overall strategic goals.
  • Exceptional tactical and critical strategic thinking.
  • Prior experience managing IT/infrastructure and/or clinical/healthcare projects.
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to effectively monitor and execute project plans with stringent timelines.
  • Ability to extract information and knowledge from complex sources.
  • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
  • Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
  • Ability to work independently and within a team, while influencing and supporting.
  • Excellent proficiency with MS Office toolsets (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
  • Organizational and time management skills.
  • Process oriented.
  • Relationship building at all levels (i.e. end-users to C-level).
  • Senior-level ability to translate process and technical problems using business terms.
  • Senior-level documentation and presentation skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to effectively facilitate discussions with a diverse group of stakeholders.
  • Strong team leadership skills that motivate and encourage collaboration.
  • Understanding of how to interpret customer business and clinical needs.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, strong report writing skills, including business and technical report writing.

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