Risk Manager

Salary: £50,000 – £60,000

Location: Newcastle – 3 days office.

MERJE are partnering with a well-established PLC organisation to recruit a hands-on Risk Manager who will play a key role in strengthening and evolving the company’s risk management framework.

This is a highly visible position, ideal for someone who enjoys getting into the detail while also influencing at a senior level. You’ll be responsible for overseeing existing frameworks, while actively challenging, questioning, and engaging stakeholders across the business to drive continuous improvement in risk practices. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee and enhance the current enterprise risk management framework
• Partner with stakeholders across all business units to identify, assess, and mitigate risks
• Provide constructive challenge to ensure risks are properly understood and managed
• Support the embedding of a strong risk culture throughout the organisation
• Deliver clear and insightful risk reporting to senior leadership
• Facilitate risk workshops and ongoing risk reviews

About You:

• Proven experience in a hands-on risk management role, ideally within a corporate or PLC environment
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the confidence to challenge and influence
• Solid understanding of risk frameworks and governance
• Pragmatic, commercially aware, and solutions-focused
• Able to operate both strategically and operationally

What’s on Offer:

• Salary of £50,000 – £60,000
• Opportunity to shape and enhance risk processes in a growing PLC environment
• High levels of exposure across the business
• Collaborative and forward-thinking culture

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a tangible impact and drive meaningful change, we’d be keen to hear from you.

Applicants must be located and eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

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