Senior Risk Manager

LifeArc Group; City of London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A non-profit life science organization in London is seeking a Senior Risk Manager to oversee risk management and insurance initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in risk management, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to drive a risk-aware culture. This full-time role offers competitive salary and benefits, focusing on personal and professional development.

Benefits

Employer pension contributions up to 12%

Private health insurance

Annual leave of 31 days plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Successful track record and relevant experience in risk management.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
• Experience of a research function within the Pharma/Biotech/Life Science sector.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a complete and effective risk management framework across the company.
• Partner with all functions to ensure that risk is managed at all levels of the organisation.
• Monitor the internal control environment to proactively identify gaps and areas of risk.

Skills

Risk management

Relationship management

Analytical skills

Communication

Business partnering

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Join to apply for the Senior Risk Manager role at LifeArc

Please note that we are only accepting applications until the 5th December, and we are particularly keen to see applications from individuals that can start in early 2026.

About the role

We are currently looking to recruit a Senior Manager, Risk. The role oversees LifeArc’s risk management and insurance and provides support to the Internal Audit team, coordinating and tracking the agreed Internal Audit actions.

Success in this role means that you will:

• Maintain a complete and effective risk management framework across the company
• Embed a culture of risk management across the organisation through effective business partnering
• Provide input to setting risk appetite
• Support an outsourced Internal Audit model to ensure successful implementation of the outsourced providers assurance program
• Manage the Insurance cover
• Track the completion of Internal Audit actions

About you

Responsibilities are to:

• Ensure a robust and effective risk management system is in place which is aligned to the LifeArc strategy
• Partner with all functions to ensure that risk is managed at all levels of the organisation and is seen as an enabler to deliver LifeArc’s strategy
• Provide input to Senior Management and Executive team highlighting progress, and areas of concern, with recommendations to drive corrective action
• Monitor the internal control environment at LifeArc to proactively identify gaps and areas of risk
• Work with functions to recommend improvements to controls where necessary
• Assist on new projects, including ensuring that adequate controls are put in place
• Support an outsourced internal audit model and work in partnership with the provider to help them develop and implement a fit for purpose, efficient and value adding assurance program. This will include maintaining an assurance universe, providing input to the audit plan and working with both internal stakeholders and the outsourced provider to enable high quality audits
• Work with functional areas to drive remediation of internal audit recommendations
• Manage business continuity planning across LifeArc ensuring the plan is current and fit for purpose including training, testing and stakeholder buy in
• Monitor LifeArc’s insurance provision and lead the negotiation/renewal of insurance policies ensuring that the level and scope of cover is appropriate for LifeArc’s needs for the following year
• Lead significant new projects as required
• Manage competing priorities whilst balancing needs of department, function and company
• Maintain own technical competence within role including strong understanding of both the internal and external landscape

Education & experience required

• Successful track record and relevant experience in risk management
• Evidence of excellent relationship management and business partnering skills with key intermediaries
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to think strategically and creatively
• Enthusiastic advocate of risk management
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience of a research function within the Pharma/Biotech/Life Science sector
• Recognisable professional qualification an advantage
• Integrity
• FlexibilityBusiness partnering
• Good communication
• Analytical

About us

LifeArc is a not‑for‑profit life science organisation, leading the way for change in rare diseases in the UK and supporting promising initiatives in global health. We seek out research in areas of unmet need that has great potential, providing support to help it become breakthroughs that change lives.

What we can offer you

Focused on finding life‑changing solutions for underserved patients, our people thrive in an inclusive, and supportive environment that prioritises their health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary approach guarantees our people growth opportunities, while our culture of innovation and collaboration drives the impact we make delivering on our purpose of ‘putting patients at the centre of everything we do’.

We are dedicated to creating a diverse, flexible, equitable and happy work environment so our colleagues can thrive as their truest selves. We act with courage, curiosity, care & commitment to deliver quality & excellence for our patients and each other. Join us, and you’ll be given the scope to develop your professional skills and experience in a safe, supportive and challenging environment.

Salary will be determined by qualifications and experience along with other exceptional benefits. Because we understand everyone has different requirements, our flexible benefits allow you to choose those which are important to you. Our pension scheme offers employer contributions of up to 12%, private health insurance, and annual leave of 31 days PLUS bank holidays.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, for example, are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At LifeArc we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so whatever your background or lived experience, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Our top priority is finding the best candidate, and you may be just right for this or other roles.

We all have potential. At LifeArc, you’ll discover what you can really do with it.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Management

Industries

Non‑profit Organisations, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Biotechnology Research

Location: London, United Kingdom