Senior Manager, Risk Advisory - Metrolinx, Canada

Position summary

The Enterprise Risk Management team is seeking a Senior Manager, Risk Advisory for a 12-month contract to strengthen risk-informed decisions across Metrolinx. Combining strategic problem solving and analysis, the role helps leaders assess threats and opportunities, challenge assumptions and evaluate trade-offs. The Senior Manager advances risk analytics, intelligence and enterprise reporting, translating quantified exposure into actionable insights for senior management while supporting risk appetite, escalation and effective responses. Business leaders retain ownership of risks and decisions.

What you'll do

As a Senior Manager, Risk Advisory, you will lead high-impact strategic engagements and provide risk quantification to support Metrolinx in connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

• Leads cross-functional, hypothesis-driven engagements to frame strategic questions, test assumptions and evaluate options
• Recommends actions that balance strategic outcomes, public value and residual risk, including the consequences of delay or inaction
• Advises leaders early in planning, investment and operational change, before commitments become difficult to reverse
• Uses risk assessments, quantitative models, and scenario and sensitivity analysis to estimate likelihood and financial, schedule, service and other impacts
• Builds divisional risk capability through coaching, practical tools and targeted learning
• Partners with senior stakeholders to strengthen risk analytics, combining business knowledge, external developments, financial and operational data, and performance trends
• Develops metrics, leading indicators, thresholds and dashboards that identify emerging risks, explain exposure changes and inform priorities
• Works with business units, specialist risk groups and control functions to assess shared drivers, dependencies and cumulative exposure across projects, programs and operations
• Quantifies enterprise exposure where supportable, accounting for overlapping impacts and correlations, and recommends coordinated responses and escalation without assuming business ownership
• Provides objective challenge on risk assessments, supporting evidence, key assumptions, response strategies and proposed risk acceptance
• Supports and challenges business-owned response plans, assessing whether controls, contingencies and actions are feasible, adequately resourced and reducing exposure
• Strengthens senior-management reporting and prepares decision-ready executive and Board advice through established governance
• Converts lessons learned into changes to controls, triggers, plans or accountabilities and assesses their effectiveness
• Leads, mentors and coordinates matrixed multidisciplinary professionals and co-sourced partners on priority advisory engagements

Qualifications

Candidates must bring a strong combination of education, strategic mindset, and technical expertise in risk management or related fields.

• Completion of a degree in risk management, economics, accounting, engineering, business administration, data analytics, statistics or a related discipline, or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing teams, including setting clear expectations, coaching and developing staff, managing performance, and building capability in a professional, advisory, consulting, risk or similarly analytical environment
• Progressive experience in strategy or management consulting, strategic planning, risk advisory, enterprise risk or a related analytical field within large public or private sector organizations
• Advanced practical knowledge of enterprise risk assessment, risk appetite, controls and risk response principles, methodologies and tools
• Strong business acumen and enterprise perspective to connect external developments, delivery constraints, financial and operational performance, and cross-divisional dependencies
• Hands-on expertise in applied probability and statistics, financial and operational analysis, scenario and sensitivity modelling, and risk metrics and leading indicators
• Practical understanding of program and project lifecycles and delivery methods, particularly capital projects
• Strategic problem solving and facilitation skills to frame ambiguous problems, develop hypotheses, and synthesize rigorous evidence
• Leadership, coaching and influencing skills to build trusted partnerships and constructively challenge senior stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal, writing and presentation skills to produce concise briefs, deep dives, dashboards and recommendations for SMT, executives and the Board