Commercial Capability Manager

Commercial Capability Manager

Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, GB, MK9 3

Deadline: 2026-09-26

Application closes: 2026-12-25 at 23:01:41

Package and Working Pattern

Package: £47,760 to £60k (depending on experience)

Location: Reading, with free onsite parking

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week.

We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply.

Our Purpose and Role Overview

Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. As the Commercial Capability Manager, your primary responsibility is to develop and embed a full capability framework covering competencies, training, development, and mentoring. You will need to identify and evaluate skill gaps within Commercial and implement training programs to bridge those gaps. Working closely with department heads, you will understand the specific knowledge and expertise required for each role and develop tailored development plans. This role reports into the Senior Capability Manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Managing and fostering effective relationships with external governing bodies (MOD, DNO, CAB) and promoting collaboration across government in commercial skills and development.


• Defining the Commercial competency framework and career pathways.


• Managing Commercial training plans and associated providers, ensuring AWE training providers are fully leveraged.


• Collaborating with AWE HR and talent teams to align with wider employee development processes, tools, and procedures.


• Overseeing the Commercial skills and development program and budget.


• Understanding capability development demand and market trends in people development.


• Analyzing and identifying skills gaps, then developing and implementing plans to address them.


• Implementing and rolling out a Commercial mentoring program to nurture internal talent.

Experience and Skills

• Proven professional experience.


• Experience in a Procurement or Commercial function.


• Experience within HR or other people-related functions with a focus on skills and development.


• Highly skilled in stakeholder management, with effective tools and strategies to create alignment and influence decision-making.


• Ability to adapt to ambiguity and changing priorities.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Strong management and organizational skills.


• Good analytical skills.


• Strong proficiency with the Microsoft suite, including Excel.


• Attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records.


• Ability to engage colleagues across teams and seniority levels and work collaboratively.

Benefits

• 9-day working fortnight with every other Friday off and 270 hours of annual leave.


• Market-leading contributory pension scheme (9% to 13% contribution).


• Family-friendly policies: Maternity Leave (39 weeks full pay) and Paternity Leave (4 weeks full pay).


• Opportunities for professional career development, including funding for relevant professional memberships.


• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.


• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary).


• Discounts on everyday spending.


• Special Leave Policy for volunteering, public service, and caring responsibilities.

Important Information

You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role, funded by AWE. Applicants must be British Citizens resident in the UK for the past 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV clearance. Please inform us on your application if adjustments or accommodations are required during the recruitment process.

Interviews typically occur over Teams and generally involve a single stage. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace, recognizing and celebrating differences, and encouraging diverse contributions. Any inclusion information provided will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application.

We are an Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award Employer.

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Commercial Capability ManagerPackage: £47,760 to £60k (depending on experience). Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply.Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. As the Commercial Capability Manager, your primary responsibility is to develop and embed a full capability framework covering competencies, training, development and mentoring. As part of this you will need to identify and evaluate skill gaps within Commercial and implement training programmes to bridge those gaps. You will work closely with department heads to understand
the specific knowledge and expertise required for each role and develop tailored development plans. This role will report into the Senior Capability Manager.Key AccountabilitiesAccountable for managing and fostering effective relationships with external governing bodies providing visibility and influence of any change (MOD, DNO, CAB) and identifying opportunities for collaboration across government Commercial skills and development.Accountable for defining the Commercial competency framework and career pathways.Accountable for Commercial training plans and management of associated Commercial training providers, ensuring that AWE training providers are fully leveraged.Accountable for working in collaboration with wider AWE HR and talent teams to ensure full alignment with the wider AWE employee development processes, tools and procedures.Accountable for the Commercial skills and development programme and budget.Accountable for understanding capability development demand.Accountable for
understanding market trends across people development and capability and define Commercial requirements to ensure best in class capability development.Accountable for analysing and understanding skills gaps and developing and implementing a plan to bridge these gaps across Commercial.Accountable for rolling out a Commercial mentoring programme in order to nurture and develop internal talent.Experience and SkillsMust have proven professional experience.Experience of working in a Procurement / Commercial function.Experience within HR or other people related functions with specific experience in skills and development.Highly skilled in stakeholder management, with ability to deploy effective tools and strategies to create business alignment and influence decision making.Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities.Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills.Strong management skills.Good analytical skills.Strong proficiency within the
Microsoft suite including excel.Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities.Strong organisational and time management skills.Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation.Attention to detail.Comfortable engaging colleagues across different teams and levels of seniority.Ability to work collaboratively.Benefits9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday
spending.Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.Important InformationYou will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process. Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse
applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.We are an Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award Employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr