Risk Governance Manager, Our Future Health
Health research programme
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Health research programme
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring together 5 million volunteers from right across the UK who will be asked to contribute information to help build one of the most detailed pictures we have ever had of people’s health. Researchers will be able to use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. So future generations can live in good health for longer.
Role
Who you are
- Sound knowledge of risk management frameworks and methodologies (e.g. ISO 31000 or equivalent)
- Familiarity with digital risk registers or governance tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence)
- Understanding of key principles such as risk appetite, mitigation, tolerance, escalation, and oversight
- Ability to support the development of policies, procedures, and reports that align with legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations
- Confident and effective communicator, skilled in engaging audiences at all organisational levels and preparing polished written materials, such as reports and dashboards for leadership and Board-level review
- Exposure to or experience with ISO management systems (e.g. ISO 9001, ISO 27001), certification processes, or internal/external audits
- Demonstrated ability to support, guide and influence others in applying principles and following process
- Collaborative mindset and an ability to coordinate activity across teams with differing priorities
- Strategic thinker with attention to detail and a pragmatic, delivery-focused approach
- Committed to building a positive culture of accountability, transparency, and shared ownership of risk
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Risk Governance Manager who will play a critical role in coordinating the risk management processes that underpin Our Future Health’s ability to deliver on its strategic goals
- By supporting a coherent, organisation-wide approach to risk, this role ensures that risks are identified, understood, and managed in a way that protects the trust of stakeholders and enables innovation
- In this role you will act as a key point of contact for internal teams on the risk process, providing guidance and support to help build capability and understanding
- Coordinate the organisation’s risk management processes in line with established frameworks and strategic objectives
- Maintain and oversee the Corporate Risk Register, ensuring risk entries are complete, consistent, and regularly reviewed
- Work with risk owners across the business to ensure risks are identified, assessed, treated, and monitored in line with agreed principles
- Provide quarterly risk reporting to the Executive Team and Audit & Risk Committee and support annual risk reporting to the Board
- Chair the monthly Risk Management Group meeting, facilitating discussion, escalation, and follow-up on risks across teams and functions
- Collaborate with Heads of Delivery to support effective risk management at programme level, ensuring consistency with corporate risk policy
- Support teams, particularly within Ethics, Compliance & Governance, to develop and maintain operational risk registers
- Identify and monitor emerging risks and ensure timely escalation through the appropriate governance channels
- Help ensure alignment between risk management and related assurance processes such as incident management, internal audits, third party management and corrective action—supporting integration and coherence, while recognising these processes are owned by others
- Continuously review and improve the risk governance framework, templates, and training materials
- Promote a culture of risk-based thinking that supports innovation, compliance, and confidence in delivery
Application process
- Closing Date: 18.08.2025
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Millions of people spend too much of their life with poor health, with medical professionals only able to treat diseases when symptoms start to present. But what if later-life diseases could be prevented earlier through a better understanding of public health? Our Future Health is a ground-breaking new study, aiming to collect a blood sample and a short questionnaire from 5 million members of the British public.
One of the two major strands of genomic study in the UK (the other is the Newborn Genomes Program which will be running in parallel), Our Future Health is set to become the largest health research program in the world. With funding from government and the private sector (with particular interest from pharmaceutical investors) it will cement Britain's reputation as a world leader in genomics, and is expected to lead to major advances in the fight against obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other causes of poor health.
Aside from looking for volunteers for the study, Our Future Health is also seeking engineering talent to help build the infrastructure that will gather, analyse and protect the research data. It will be exciting to see how this charity develops and what discoveries emerge from its data in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
131% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Generous company pension package with employer contributions of up to 12%
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- We have a lovely new office in Holborn, Central London and we offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
- We offer all employees a life assurance policy.
- Training support to help you achieve your potential.
- All employees are covered by a group income protection scheme to support them in the event of long term sickness.
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Leadership
Raghib Ali
(CEO, CMO & Chief Investigator)Also a Clinical Epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge, an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, and a Research Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi.
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