Title:  Trainee

Location: Amman, Jordan

Job Type: Trainee, Enterprise Risk Management

Hashtag: #LI-AA2

About Us:

For over 45 years, Hikma Pharmaceuticals has been putting better health within reach, every day, by creating high-quality medicines and making them accessible to those who need them. We are helping to shape a healthier world that enriches all our communities, and our global team of 9,500+ empowered employees are central to this mission.

As a trusted and reliable partner of over 800 high-quality generics, specialty and branded pharmaceutical products, we are driven to improve access to medicine. Through our 29 manufacturing plants, 3 R&D hubs across the MENA, North America and Europe, our footprint allows us to play a critical role in serving patients. 

Description:

We are looking for a talented Trainee, Enterprise Risk Management to join us. At Hikma you’ll be supported by a culture of progress and belonging where people are encouraged to develop, wellbeing is prioritised and our inclusive approach values contributions from all. We’re seeking candidates who embody our values: Innovative, driven to keep learning; Caring, genuinely compassionate in their work; and Collaborative, eager to solve problems together.

If you want to be part of a team that cares about impact, this is the place for you.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Assist in building, updating, consolidating and maintaining risk reports, dashboards, presentations and reporting tools for the Risk Office.
2. Support ERM and resilience maturity assessments and contribute to the development of guidance documents and taxonomy indicators.
3. Assisting in building scenario modeling, crisis exercises, and workshops.
4. Support the use of risk data analytics and visualization platforms (e.g. Power BI)
5. Explore and implement innovative tools, including AI-driven tools for risk assessment, and prediction to enhance risk management processes.
6. Assist in risk reviews, benchmarking, and linking with Hikma group strategy and objectives on local and group level
7. Engage in continuous improvement initiatives, including design thinking risk mind mapping, interdependency analysis and stakeholder engagement for enhanced risk reviews and action tracking.
8. Research and develop practical knowledge of international standards and requirements.

Qualifications:

We are looking for candidates whose experience and skills align closely with the qualifications outlined below:

Education

• Recent graduate in Risk Management, Legal, Compliance, or a related discipline

Core Skills

• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Ability to influence and develop trusted relationships
• Comfortable operating in areas with high degree of ambiguity
• Structured, analytical, and flexible thinking
• Strong project management capability
• Proactivity, Curious and willing to learn
• Professional and confidential in handling information
• Comfortable working with diverse stakeholders
• Resilient and adaptable

Preferred Qualifications/ expertise:

• Exposure (academic coursework, internship, or project) to risk management, compliance, or business continuity
• Familiarity with financial concepts or accounting principles
• Awareness of organizational resilience, crisis management frameworks
• Strong examples of analytical thinking, problem-solving, or structured project work (e.g. university projects, case studies)