Objectives International projects with teams in the virtual environment (IPTVEs) show much higher levels of risk compared to traditional ones, as well as a much higher degree of risk complexity. In order to meet these challenges, the risk manager must have the appropriate skills in accordance with the changes that have occurred in the projects and their environment. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the main challenges of a risk manager within IPTVEs, as well as a model of his suitable profile. Prior Work The paper is based on the previous empirical research regarding the skills of the project team members in the virtual environment. Approach The methodology used for this paper is the bibliographic research within recognized databases. Results The literature review revealed that the most important skills are integrated in the category of soft skills and they include intercultural communication, collaborative and analytical skills. Implications This paper could contribute to increase the IPTVEs risk management performance and represents the starting point for conducting empirical research to validate the skills identified as mandatory for a successful risk manager within an IPTVE.

Acknowledgements: “The work of the first author is supported by the project ANTREPRENORDOC, in the framework of Human Resources Development Operational Programme 2014-2020, financed from the European Social Fund under the contract number 36355/23.05.2019 HRD OP /380/6/13 – SMIS Code: 123847. The work of the second author was carried out in the framework of the research project DREAM (Dynamics of the REsources and technological Advance in harvesting Marine renewable energy), supported by the Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding – UEFISCDI, grant number PN-III-P4-ID- PCE-2020-0008.”