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Accenture Construct – Senior Risk Manager, ANS

Accenture· Communications, Media & Technology – Life Sciences
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Hybrid (Houston, TX)$150k - $180kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Accenture Construct – Senior Risk Manager, ANS based in Houston, TX or nationwide. On-site full-time role with client sites, focused on developing and implementing risk management frameworks for large capital projects in data centers, grid, transit, and related infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement project and portfolio-level risk management frameworks, strategies, and governance processes to support successful project delivery.
  • Facilitate risk identification, assessment, and mitigation workshops throughout all project phases to proactively manage project uncertainties.
  • Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analyses, including Monte Carlo simulations, to evaluate potential impacts on cost, schedule, and performance.
  • Support project teams in developing, maintaining, and executing Risk Management Plans, Risk Response Plans, and mitigation strategies.
  • Maintain risk registers within enterprise systems such as Oracle Primavera Cloud (12C), ensuring data accuracy, traceability, and timely updates.
  • Evaluate, monitor, and report on key risks, mitigation actions, and residual impacts affecting project cost, schedule, quality, and overall performance.
  • Lead or support project assurance activities, including Independent Project Reviews (IPRs), Health Checks, Gate Reviews, and capital funding submissions.
  • Partner with Project Managers, Engineering Leads, Project Controls teams, contractors, and stakeholders to embed risk management into project execution plans and decision-making processes.
  • Provide training, mentoring, and guidance that strengthens risk awareness, compliance, accountability, and proactive risk ownership across project teams.
  • Prepare executive-level risk dashboards, identify portfolio-wide trends and systemic risks, and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, best practices, and enhanced forecasting methodologies
  • Onsite at client site: work location is onsite with clients and partners to enable delivery and cultivate client relationships.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Risk Management, or related discipline
  • 8+ years of experience in project controls, risk management, or capital project delivery, preferably within the pharmaceutical or industrial sectors.

Skills

Required:Risk managementMonte Carlo analysisOracle Primavera Cloud (12C)
Nice to have:Stakeholder engagementLeadership / mentoring

Benefits

  • Accenture Construct offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage; basic life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; a 401(k) with employer match; health savings and flexible spending accounts; paid time off and holidays; paid maternity and parental caregiver leave; adoption and surrogacy assistance; supplemental insurance plans; an employee assistance program; legal resources; and identity theft protection.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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