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Project Risk Manager Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Manage project teams in providing recommendations to improve or transform processes to gain efficiencies or scale or reduce risk for our clients * Manage internal business development initiatives and ...

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and ... Market Risk Manager is responsible for the monitoring of daily margin calculation and managing ...

Development of insurance budgets at the corporate and project levels. * Manage insurance brokers ... Risk management designations from relevant industry educational institutions such as CPCU / ARM

The Risk Committee PMO role serves as the operational backbone for the Americas Risk Committee (ARC) and its related risk oversight functions, including Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Internal ...

The Risk Committee PMO role serves as the operational backbone for the Americas Risk Committee (ARC) and its related risk oversight functions, including Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Internal ...

The Risk Committee PMO role serves as the operational backbone for the Americas Risk Committee (ARC) and its related risk oversight functions, including Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Internal ...

Projects and Process Improvements * Translate and load P&L assumptions into databases to improve ... risk management, portfolio analytics, trading support, FP&A, or a related role with strong ...

Manage Risk Management department internal procedures. * Tender new claims and assist in the ... Provide support for special projects (i.e. acquisitions, divestitures, RFP's, etc.). Qualifications:

Projects and Process Improvements * Translate and load P&L assumptions into databases to improve ... risk management, portfolio analytics, trading support, FP&A, or a related role with strong ...

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How much do project risk manager jobs pay per year?

As of Jul 8, 2026, the average yearly pay for project risk manager in Texas is $95,664.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $73,100.00 and $114,600.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Project Risk Manager vs Project Coordinator?

AspectProject Risk ManagerProject Coordinator
Primary FocusIdentifying, assessing, and mitigating project risksSupporting project activities, scheduling, and communication
CertificationsRisk Management certifications (e.g., PMI-RMP), PMP often preferredProject management certifications (e.g., CAPM), PMP optional
Work EnvironmentRisk analysis teams, project management offices, industries with high riskProject teams, administrative settings, various industries
ResponsibilitiesRisk assessment, mitigation planning, monitoring risksTask coordination, documentation, stakeholder communication

The Project Risk Manager focuses on identifying and managing potential project risks to ensure successful delivery, while the Project Coordinator handles day-to-day project support and communication. Both roles are essential but differ in scope and specialization.

What does a Project Risk Manager do?

A Project Risk Manager is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks that could impact the success of a project. They work closely with project teams and stakeholders to develop risk management plans, monitor potential issues, and implement strategies to minimize negative impacts. Their goal is to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet quality standards by proactively managing uncertainties.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Project Risk Manager, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Project Risk Manager, you need expertise in risk identification, assessment, and mitigation strategies, often supported by a degree in business or engineering and risk management certifications such as PMI-RMP or IRM. Familiarity with risk management software, project management tools like MS Project, and frameworks such as ISO 31000 is typically required. Strong analytical thinking, communication, and stakeholder management skills set top performers apart in this role. These competencies ensure that potential project threats are proactively managed, enabling projects to meet their objectives within scope, time, and budget constraints.

How does a Project Risk Manager typically collaborate with project teams to identify and mitigate risks throughout a project's lifecycle?

A Project Risk Manager works closely with project teams by facilitating risk identification workshops, conducting regular risk assessments, and maintaining open communication channels with stakeholders. They often lead meetings to review potential risks, encourage team members to raise concerns early, and coordinate with subject matter experts to evaluate and prioritize risks. By embedding risk management practices into routine project activities, they help ensure risks are proactively addressed, enhancing overall project success and fostering a culture of risk awareness.
What cities in Texas are hiring for Project Risk Manager jobs? Cities in Texas with the most Project Risk Manager job openings:
Infographic showing various Project Risk Manager job openings in Texas as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 76% Full Time, 6% Temporary, and 18% Contract. Highlights an 94% In-person, and 6% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $95,664 per year, or $46 per hour.
Financial Risk Manager

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Job description

Financial Services Manager - Financial Risk

Our Deloitte Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps client leaders translate multifaceted risk and an evolving regulatory environment into defensible actions that strengthen, protect, and transform their organizations. Join our team and use advanced data, AI, and emerging technologies with industry insights to help clients bring clarity from complexity and accelerate their path to value creation.

Recruiting for this role ends on 9/1/2026.

Work You'll Do

 As a Manager, you will have opportunities to:

  • Learn how to identify, evaluate, and prioritize business, operational, regulatory, and technology risks as well as risk mitigation strategies for our clients
  • Understand the impact of key technology trends and workforce changes impacting our clients through engagement with innovative and emergent technologies, including cloud computing, big data and analytics, process automation, artificial intelligence / machine learning, and other digital strategies
  • Manage the development of client deliverables or for internal business needs
  • Serve on workstreams for complex projects, liaise with client counterparts, and actively participate in discussions on project management and work delivery needs
  • Manage project teams in providing recommendations to improve or transform processes to gain efficiencies or scale or reduce risk for our clients
  • Manage internal business development initiatives and sales opportunities, including the creation of external-facing industry perspectives, lead generation materials, or sales proposals
  • Produce quality work products independently and collectively with team members throughout development lifecycle from initial conception to implementation
  • Engage with industry participants on market trends, competitive activities, and topic-specific discussions impacting the industry, potentially including with clients, industry consortiums, or trade groups or committees

The successful candidate would possess these skills

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

The Team

Our Regulatory & Financial Risk offering supports clients' regulatory and compliance needs, balancing risk and regulatory requirements with enhancing business value and optimizing outcomes. We deliver enhanced value through strategic transformation, end-to-end implementation, and a focus on business-as-usual sustainability across processes, controls, and data & analytic infrastructures.

Qualifications

Candidates will have exceptional records of professional achievement, experience working in a relevant financial services industry sector, and a demonstrated capacity and enthusiasm for self-paced development. Candidates will be expected to motivate others, build constructive relationships with clients and colleagues, and work both independently and as part of a team. Successful candidates will demonstrate an aptitude for complex problem-solving and analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively across a variety of strategic, operational, technological, and risk management matters.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field
  • 7+ years of experience in the financial services or consulting industry, supporting one or more of financial risk/related areas: Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Risk, Capital Management/Stress Testing
  • Knowledge of financial services business models, products, and services
  • Experience in banking, digital assets, or capital markets is desirable
  • Strong relationship management skills, particularly the ability to build constructive and productive working relationships with clients and among Deloitte practitioners
  • Experience with business transformation, regulatory remediation or change management initiatives as a result of strategic, regulatory, risk-related, technological, or operational evolutions
  • Understanding of business processes, regulatory requirements, technology and governance for financial institutions
  • Strong project / program management skills, particularly possessing a strong work ethic, a commitment to excellence in work product delivery, and the ability to independently manage multiple priorities and deadlines
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to lead business proposal development and sales presentations
  • Ability to travel up to 50%, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
  • Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced degree and/or certification (e.g., Quant MS, MBA, FRM, CFA, CRCM, CPA, PMP).
  • Expertise in one or more Financial Risk domains:
    • Credit Risk: Underwriting and portfolio credit risk across products (e.g., PD/LGD/EAD modeling support, credit policy/scorecards, risk rating systems, credit review/QA, allowance/CECL support, concentration/limit monitoring, early warning & remediation).
    • Liquidity Risk: Treasury liquidity risk management and reporting (e.g., liquidity stress testing (LST), Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), FR 2052a, contingency funding plans, intraday liquidity, collateral & cash management, asset-liability management (ALM)).
    • Market Risk: Market and interest rate risk management practices (e.g., interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) measurement, sensitivities/scenario analysis, model validation support, limit frameworks, capital markets product exposure understanding, controls and governance).
    • Capital Management / Stress Testing: Capital planning and enterprise stress testing execution (e.g., scenario design support, model methodology governance, results aggregation, capital actions analysis, documentation and control testing, linkage to balance sheet and risk appetite, climate stress testing considerations).
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end banking products/operations (deposits, cards, lending, underwriting; credit products and servicing).
  • Subject matter expertise in one or more financial services areas (Retail, Commercial, Transaction, Wholesale, Cards & Payments, Wealth/Investment Mgmt, Capital Markets, Real Estate, FinTech/PE).
  • Prior experience in risk management role or at a U.S. banking regulator.
  • Familiarity with key regulatory initiatives and supervisory ecosystem (e.g., Dodd-Frank; FRB/Fed, OCC, CFTC), plus strong grasp of associated models, data, processes, and controls.
  • Hands-on ability to analyze/model data using common languages/tools (Python, R, SAS, SQL).
  • Experience supporting or implementing systems (trading, operations, lending, core banking, compliance, risk/case management, or data management)
  • Familiarity with topics such as process design or mapping, workflow development, data management or migration, or analytics/visualization
  • Experience with user acceptance testing, system configuration, monitoring, or issue resolution
  • Ability to translate risk or regulatory requirements into actionable user stories or business needs
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Visio)

Information for applicants with a need for accommodation: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-assistance-for-disabled-applicants.html

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $134500 to $265100. 

Qualifications:

Financial Services Manager - Financial Risk

Our Deloitte Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps client leaders translate multifaceted risk and an evolving regulatory environment into defensible actions that strengthen, protect, and transform their organizations. Join our team and use advanced data, AI, and emerging technologies with industry insights to help clients bring clarity from complexity and accelerate their path to value creation.

Recruiting for this role ends on 9/1/2026.

Work You'll Do

 As a Manager, you will have opportunities to:

  • Learn how to identify, evaluate, and prioritize business, operational, regulatory, and technology risks as well as risk mitigation strategies for our clients
  • Understand the impact of key technology trends and workforce changes impacting our clients through engagement with innovative and emergent technologies, including cloud computing, big data and analytics, process automation, artificial intelligence / machine learning, and other digital strategies
  • Manage the development of client deliverables or for internal business needs
  • Serve on workstreams for complex projects, liaise with client counterparts, and actively participate in discussions on project management and work delivery needs
  • Manage project teams in providing recommendations to improve or transform processes to gain efficiencies or scale or reduce risk for our clients
  • Manage internal business development initiatives and sales opportunities, including the creation of external-facing industry perspectives, lead generation materials, or sales proposals
  • Produce quality work products independently and collectively with team members throughout development lifecycle from initial conception to implementation
  • Engage with industry participants on market trends, competitive activities, and topic-specific discussions impacting the industry, potentially including with clients, industry consortiums, or trade groups or committees

The successful candidate would possess these skills

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

The Team

Our Regulatory & Financial Risk offering supports clients' regulatory and compliance needs, balancing risk and regulatory requirements with enhancing business value and optimizing outcomes. We deliver enhanced value through strategic transformation, end-to-end implementation, and a focus on business-as-usual sustainability across processes, controls, and data & analytic infrastructures.

Qualifications

Candidates will have exceptional records of professional achievement, experience working in a relevant financial services industry sector, and a demonstrated capacity and enthusiasm for self-paced development. Candidates will be expected to motivate others, build constructive relationships with clients and colleagues, and work both independently and as part of a team. Successful candidates will demonstrate an aptitude for complex problem-solving and analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively across a variety of strategic, operational, technological, and risk management matters.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field
  • 7+ years of experience in the financial services or consulting industry, supporting one or more of financial risk/related areas: Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Risk, Capital Management/Stress Testing
  • Knowledge of financial services business models, products, and services
  • Experience in banking, digital assets, or capital markets is desirable
  • Strong relationship management skills, particularly the ability to build constructive and productive working relationships with clients and among Deloitte practitioners
  • Experience with business transformation, regulatory remediation or change management initiatives as a result of strategic, regulatory, risk-related, technological, or operational evolutions
  • Understanding of business processes, regulatory requirements, technology and governance for financial institutions
  • Strong project / program management skills, particularly possessing a strong work ethic, a commitment to excellence in work product delivery, and the ability to independently manage multiple priorities and deadlines
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to lead business proposal development and sales presentations
  • Ability to travel up to 50%, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
  • Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced degree and/or certification (e.g., Quant MS, MBA, FRM, CFA, CRCM, CPA, PMP).
  • Expertise in one or more Financial Risk domains:
    • Credit Risk: Underwriting and portfolio credit risk across products (e.g., PD/LGD/EAD modeling support, credit policy/scorecards, risk rating systems, credit review/QA, allowance/CECL support, concentration/limit monitoring, early warning & remediation).
    • Liquidity Risk: Treasury liquidity risk management and reporting (e.g., liquidity stress testing (LST), Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), Net Stable Funding Ratio (NS...

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