Enterprise Risk Manager

Join Peraton in advancing the safety efficiency and modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the FAAs Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) contract. As a trusted partner to the Federal Aviation Administration Peraton helps deliver the systems and services that keep our nations skies safe and connected. Were looking for innovative professionals who thrive in mission-critical environments and are passionate about shaping the future of air traffic management. This is your chance to make an impact on one of the worlds most vital transportation infrastructures working alongside leaders in aviation engineering data science and systems integration.

At Peraton you wont just support the mission - youll define it.

Successful aviation programs depend on proactive risk management disciplined oversight and strong analytical insight. Peraton is seeking an Enterprise Risk Manager to lead enterprise risk opportunity and issue management activities supporting high-visibility programs aligned with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This position is ideal for a professional who excels at analyzing complex program environments identifying cross-program and systemic risk anticipating potential challenges and guiding teams toward proactive strategic solutions.

The successful candidate will combine enterprise risk-management expertise with strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills and practical knowledge of Safety Risk Management (SRM) and Operational Risk Management (ORM). The role requires the ability to move beyond individual program risk registers to identify emerging trends correlated and cascading risks schedule and resource conflicts supplier and technical dependencies and other enterprise-level conditions that could affect mission delivery.

Work Location:

• This position is 100% on-site in Herndon VA. Candidates must be able to work on-site in Herndon based on program requirements.

Your Impact:

In this role you will establish and maintain the framework that identifies potential threats uncovers opportunities and ensures program and enterprise risks are recognized and mitigated before they impact mission delivery. You will work closely with program leadership engineering teams schedulers safety professionals supply-chain stakeholders and operational teams to implement structured data-informed risk management processes that support operational resilience regulatory compliance and executive decision-making.

Enterprise Risk Management

• Develop and maintain the Risk Opportunity and Issue Management Plan across program portfolios.
• Establish and manage enterprise risk registers risk taxonomies escalation criteria and tracking mechanisms.
• Identify potential risks and opportunities affecting program performance cost schedule technical execution safety resources supply chain and operations.
• Conduct risk impact assessments probability analyses and other quantitative and qualitative analyses to support informed decision-making.
• Identify cross-program dependencies systemic risks risk concentrations common-cause risks and potential cascading impacts across the enterprise.
• Distinguish program-level issues from risks requiring enterprise visibility escalation mitigation or leadership action.

Safety Risk Management (SRM) & Operational Risk Management (ORM)

• Apply SRM and ORM principles to identify hazards operational risks controls mitigations and residual risk.
• Support structured evaluation of likelihood severity consequence exposure and operational impact.
• Integrate safety and operational risk considerations with broader enterprise program schedule technical resource and supply-chain risks.
• Work with safety engineering operational and program stakeholders to validate risk statements assumptions controls and mitigation effectiveness.

Governance & Compliance

• Enforce risk management policies aligned with federal regulations agency guidance contractual requirements and program governance.
• Ensure compliance with program governance frameworks and applicable regulatory standards.
• Support program leadership during internal reviews audits compliance assessments and executive governance forums.
• Promote consistent risk definitions scoring escalation ownership documentation and closure criteria across the portfolio.

Risk Mitigation & Strategic Planning

• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies contingency plans corrective action plans and risk response options.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to implement effective risk response strategies.
• Monitor mitigation progress residual risk risk acceptance decisions and timely resolution of issues.
• Identify emerging risks and recommend proactive solutions to prevent operational disruptions or mission impacts.
• Assess the potential effects of schedule convergence resource contention supplier constraints technology dependencies and other cross-cutting risk drivers.

Program Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with program managers engineers schedulers safety professionals supply-chain teams and operational stakeholders to identify and manage risks across workstreams.
• Facilitate risk workshops risk review meetings and stakeholder validation sessions.
• Challenge assumptions constructively and ensure enterprise risks are supported by defensible evidence and analysis.
• Provide leadership with data-driven insights and recommendations related to program and enterprise risk posture.

Analytics Reporting & Decision Support

• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends correlations concentrations emerging risks and changes in enterprise exposure.
• Integrate information from risk registers Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) technical assessments operational data supply-chain information and stakeholder inputs.
• Develop risk dashboards heat maps trend analyses executive reports and briefing materials to communicate enterprise risk status.
• Use structured analytical methods such as scenario analysis sensitivity analysis risk forecasting and where appropriate probabilistic techniques to improve decision support.
• Translate complex analytical findings into concise executive-level assessments that clearly communicate what the risk is why it matters what could happen and what action or decision is required.
• Track and analyze mitigation effectiveness and support leadership decision-making through structured risk analysis and forecasting.

Why This Opportunity Stands Apart

The BNATCS program represents one of the most ambitious aviation modernization initiatives in decades. Risk management in aviation programs requires precision foresight analytical rigor and strategic thinking. This role offers the opportunity to shape how risks and opportunities are identified analyzed integrated and managed across programs that directly support national aviation infrastructure.

The mission is consequential. The responsibility is real. The impact is nationwide.

• Strengthen the safety of the U.S. aviation system.
• Support nationally significant modernization initiatives.
• Place you at the forefront of mission-driven federal engineering and enterprise integration.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Must have the ability to obtain / maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelors degree and 12 years of experience or Masters degree and 10 years experience or Associates degree and 14 years experience or HS diploma/equivalent and 16 years experience.
• Significant experience supporting enterprise risk management program risk management operational risk safety risk or complex program integration.
• Demonstrated knowledge and practical application of Safety Risk Management (SRM) and Operational Risk Management (ORM) concepts and methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills including demonstrated ability to synthesize complex quantitative and qualitative information into actionable insights.
• Experience identifying systemic cross-cutting and cross-program risks across complex programs portfolios or interconnected systems.
• Experience conducting risk likelihood consequence impact trend and mitigation-effectiveness analyses.
• Experience developing executive-level risk assessments dashboards briefings and recommendations.
• Ability to facilitate discussions with technical subject matter experts and senior stakeholders and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Demonstrated ability to convert incomplete or imperfect data into defensible analytical insights while clearly communicating assumptions and limitations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting the FAA aviation the National Airspace System transportation defense intelligence or another mission-critical environment.
• Experience with FAA SRM processes Safety Management Systems (SMS) ORM or comparable federal risk-management frameworks.
• Bachelors degree in Operations Research Mathematics Statistics Engineering Data Analytics Systems Engineering Business Analytics Risk Management or a related quantitative or technical discipline.
• Experience analyzing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) critical paths schedule dependencies convergence resource constraints or cross-program integration risks.
• Experience with supply-chain supplier procurement technology infrastructure or workforce risk analysis.
• Familiarity with probabilistic risk analysis sensitivity analysis scenario analysis Monte Carlo simulation statistical modeling or related quantitative risk methods.
• Experience with analytical and visualization tools such as Power BI Tableau Excel Python R SQL enterprise risk-management systems or schedule-analysis tools.
• Knowledge of enterprise governance processes including risk escalation risk acceptance mitigation planning and executive decision support.

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