Risk Management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Risk Management appears in 4,436 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning Risk Management, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Risk Management in demand in 2026?
Yes. Risk Management appears in 4,436 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning Risk Management (17.2% of all postings mentioning Risk Management).
+What jobs require Risk Management?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Risk Management are AI Governance Lead (40.9% of that role’s postings mention Risk Management), Strategic Program Manager (38.5% of that role’s postings mention Risk Management), Head of Information Security (31.8% of that role’s postings mention Risk Management).
+What skills are commonly paired with Risk Management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Risk Management most often appears alongside program management, project management, stakeholder management, Agile, compliance.
+Where is Risk Management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Risk Management are New York City, London, San Francisco, Bengaluru, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Risk Management — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Risk Management
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Governance Lead | 9 | 40.9% |
| Strategic Program Manager | 10 | 38.5% |
| Head of Information Security | 7 | 31.8% |
| Business Information Security Officer | 7 | 30.4% |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 17 | 29.3% |
| Cybersecurity Director | 8 | 28.6% |
| Deputy Program Manager | 18 | 27.7% |
| Engineering Program Manager | 43 | 27.0% |
| Spacecraft Systems Engineer | 7 | 26.9% |
| Quantitative Strategist | 6 | 26.1% |
Roles with the most Risk Management postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 764 | 17.2% |
| Technical Program Manager | 494 | 11.1% |
| Product Manager | 301 | 6.8% |
| Systems Engineer | 206 | 4.6% |
| Business Analyst | 77 | 1.7% |
| Engineering Manager | 74 | 1.7% |
| Product Owner | 64 | 1.4% |
| Engineering Program Manager | 43 | 1.0% |
| Security Engineer | 38 | 0.9% |
| Software Engineer | 37 | 0.8% |
Top metros hiring for Risk Management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 139 | 3.1% |
| London | 115 | 2.6% |
| San Francisco | 76 | 1.7% |
| Bengaluru | 72 | 1.6% |
| Toronto | 66 | 1.5% |
| Washington | 66 | 1.5% |
| Chicago | 62 | 1.4% |
| Singapore | 55 | 1.2% |
| Pune | 51 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with Risk Management
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- AI Governance Lead
- Strategic Program Manager
- Head of Information Security
- Business Information Security Officer
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Cybersecurity Director
- Deputy Program Manager
- Engineering Program Manager
- program management
- project management
- stakeholder management
- Agile
- compliance
- Change Management
- Data analysis
- dependency management
How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Risk Management by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Risk Management postings by all Risk Management postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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