Integrated Operational Risk & Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) (Enablon)

Location: Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands; hybrid work with 8 office days per month

Company

hirify.global provides expert software and information solutions; Enablon is an enterprise EHS, risk, and compliance management platform for large and complex organizations.

What you will do

• Partner with Product Management and Engineering throughout discovery, design, development, validation, and release.
• Participate in customer workshops, interviews, design-partner engagements, and use-case validation.
• Define and validate operational risk models, decision frameworks, evidence requirements, business rules, process models, and product requirements.
• Apply expertise in operational risk, process safety, control management, and operational execution to evaluate product capabilities.
• Identify emerging market needs, regulatory trends, industry challenges, and opportunities for best-practice development.
• Act as a trusted advisor and provide constructive, evidence-based challenge to Product and Engineering teams.

Requirements

• Deep experience in high-hazard or operationally complex industries such as Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Utilities, Mining, Energy, Manufacturing, or similar sectors.
• Strong operational credibility from direct involvement in operational risk management and field operations environments.
• Experience leading or supporting enterprise risk improvement initiatives, risk campaigns, or operational excellence programs.
• Strong understanding of Operational Risk Management and experience with Process Safety Management.
• Deep knowledge of Control of Work, Permit to Work, and operational execution processes; familiarity with SIMOPS, Barrier Management, critical controls, and risk registers.
• Understanding of how risk, controls, barriers, and performance objectives influence operational decisions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and influencing skills, including the ability to translate operational practices into structured business requirements and product capabilities.
• Ability to communicate with frontline users, operational leaders, and senior stakeholders and work effectively in ambiguous, evolving environments.
• 10+ years of operational, risk, process safety, or operations management experience.

Nice to have

• Exposure to maintenance, reliability, asset integrity, or work management processes.
• Experience implementing or using enterprise software for operational risk, process safety, control management, or operational excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to bridge operational expertise with technology and product development teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role embedded in a cross-functional product development team with daily collaboration rather than periodic consulting.
• Flexible hybrid work setup with regular customer engagements and opportunities to travel.
• Market-aligned compensation and benefits, plus a laptop and mobile phone.
• Opportunities for employee growth and competency development.
• Engaged, diverse, quality-driven environment that values talent and celebrates diversity.

Hiring process

• Interviews must be completed without AI tools, external prompts, or third-party support; AI-generated responses or third-party assistance may lead to disqualification.
• Applicants may be required to attend interviews onsite at a hirify.global office; virtual backgrounds must be removed and in-person interviews are included.