Commercial Capability Manager - Reading

Commercial Capability Manager - Reading

Date: 2026-09-26T00:00:00

Location: Calcot, Berkshire, RG31 7, GB

Additional Info: Any

Closing Date: 2026-12-26T03:02:33.353

Job Details

Job Title: Commercial Capability Manager - Reading, Berkshire, RG2 6UA

Type: Full-Time

Salary & Benefits: Additional benefits. Commercial Capability Manager 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, typically involving three days on site in a long week and two days in a short week. We support flexible working including part-time and varied hours; please consider alternative arrangements when applying.

Role Overview

Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, but a purposefully meaningful role. Our shared mission is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be your opportunity to contribute? As the Commercial Capability Manager, your primary responsibility is to develop and embed a comprehensive capability framework covering competencies, training, development, and mentoring. You will identify and evaluate skill gaps within Commercial and implement training programmes to address these gaps. You will work closely with department heads to understand role-specific knowledge and develop tailored development plans. This position reports to the Senior Capability Manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and foster effective relationships with external governing bodies (MOD, DNO, CAB), providing visibility and influence of changes, and identifying collaboration opportunities across government, commercial skills, and development.


• Define the Commercial competency framework and career pathways.


• Develop and manage Commercial training plans, working with training providers to leverage AWE’s resources.


• Collaborate with wider AWE HR and talent teams to ensure alignment with employee development processes, tools, and procedures.


• Oversee the Commercial skills and development programme and budget.


• Understand capability development demand and market trends to define requirements for best-in-class capability development.


• Analyze skills gaps and develop plans to bridge these across Commercial functions.


• Implement a Commercial mentoring programme to nurture and develop internal talent.

Candidate Requirements

While not a strict checklist, we would like candidates to have experience in some of the following areas:

• Proven professional experience.


• Experience working in Procurement / Commercial functions.


• Experience within HR or related disciplines focused on skills and development.


• Strong stakeholder management skills, capable of influencing decision-making and creating business alignment.


• Comfortable working amidst ambiguity and changing priorities.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Strong management, analytical, and organizational skills.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel.


• Attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records.


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

What We Offer

We ask a lot and set high standards because our work truly matters. In return, we provide a balanced package, including:

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


• Market-leading contributory pension scheme (9% to 13% contribution based on your pay).


• Family-friendly policies: Maternity Leave – 39 weeks full pay; Paternity Leave – 4 weeks full pay.


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


• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.


• Life Assurance (4x annual salary).


• Discounts on various everyday expenses.


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

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Commercial Capability Manager - Reading, Berkshire,RG2 6UA Job Type:Full-TimeSalary: Additional benefits Commercial Capability Manager 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. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? As theCommercial 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 toidentify and evaluate skill gapswithin 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 Accountabilities: Accountable 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. Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following: Must 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 . Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including: 9-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. #LI-ZB1