Business Risk Manager

Location: Olten, Lausanne or Prague | Permanent role | Flexible: 70 to 100% | Level of travel: 10%

Mission

As a Business Risk Manager, you will play a central role in strengthening the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework across the organisation. 
You ensure that risks are identified, assessed and actively managed working closely with business stakeholders and the Head of ERM. 

Acting as a key interface between the first line of defense and the ERM function, you will contribute to risk identification, assessment and documentation, while ensuring the reliability and consistency of risk data within the GRC tool. 

Join us to work with us in a diverse, multinational and dynamic environment and help us to manage the operational risks of Alpiq Group. This position can be filled either in Olten or Lausanne. 

Your main responsibilities

As Business Risk Manager, you will be responsible for supporting and strengthening Alpiq’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Support the development and operationalization of the ERM framework across business units, ensuring consistency and effectiveness.
• Coordinate and facilitate Risk and Control processes with business stakeholders, acting as both a partner and an independent challenger.
• Identify, assess and document risks and controls.
• Consolidate and validate risk data and reporting, including incidents, KRIs and action plans to support risk monitoring and informed decision making.
• Maintain and update the risk register within the GRC tool, ensuring accurate and timely capture of risks, controls, incidents and action plans/mitigation measure.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of risk methodologies, tools and risk reporting.

Your impact
As Business Risk Manager,  you will directly contribute to improving the Group’s risk visibility, control environment and overall resilience.

You will:
- Strengthen the identification and assessment of key risks.
- Enhance the consistency and quality of risk practices across business units.
- Provide clear, structured and actionable risk insights to support senior management decisions.
- Contribute to the developement and continuous improvement of ERM framework.
- Promote a strong and pragmatic risk culture across Alpiq.

How you will bring our core values to life
Your efforts will be directly aligned with Alpiq's corporate values: "We are ALP1Q," "We learn and grow together," "We share the steering wheel," and "We focus on the outcome," ensuring that we remain at the forefront of the energy industry while fostering a culture of innovation, responsibility, and sustainability:

"We are ALP1Q" – You take ownership of your work and its impact on the organization, You act with integrity, exercice sound judgment, and ensure that risk considerations are fully embedded in business decisions.
"We learn and grow together" – We operate in a complex and evolving environment where continuous learning is essential. You will be encouraged to challenge existing practices, deepen your expertise, and contribute to the ongoing development of risk methodologies and frameworks across the organization.
"We share the steering wheel" – Risk management is a collective responsibility. You will work closely with business stakeholders, acting as both apartner and an independent challenger.
"We focus on the outcome" – We value impact process. Your work will directly contribute to improve risk visibility. Supporting informed decision-making, and strengthening the resilience of Alpiq in a dynamic environment.

Your profile

As a Business Risk Manager within ERM, you will play a central role in strengthening the Group’s risk framewrok across its business activities. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will combine independent challenge with a pragmatic understanding of business constraints to enhance risk transparency and support informed and sustainable decision-making.

You bring:

• At least 5 years in risk management, ideally within energy, trading or financial services
• Strong understanding of ERM farmeworks and operational risks
• Experience working with GRC tools and risk reporting processes
• The ability to engage effectively with business stakeholders, challenge constructively  and translate risk into actionable insights
• An analytical and structured approach, combined with a pragmatic mindset
• Flurency in English, additional languages (German and/or French) are an asset.