Commercial Capability Manager - Reading

Commercial Capability Manager - Reading

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

Location: Goring Heath, Oxfordshire, GB, RG8 7

Application Deadline: 2026-12-25T23:02:47.357

Job Overview

Commercial Capability Manager - Reading, Berkshire, RG2 6UA

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary and Benefits: Additional benefits

Package: 47,760 to 60,000 (depending on experience)

Location and Working Pattern: Reading, with free onsite parking. AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, typically spending three days on site in a long week and two in a short week. Flexible working options, including part-time and varied hours, are supported.

About the Role

Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, but a commitment to help keep the nation safe. This role provides an opportunity for you to contribute significantly as the Commercial Capability Manager. Your primary responsibility will be to develop and embed a comprehensive capability framework covering competencies, training, development, and mentoring. You will identify and evaluate skill gaps within Commercial, implement training programs to address these gaps, and work closely with department heads to tailor development plans based on specific role requirements. The role reports to the Senior Capability Manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and foster effective relationships with external governing bodies (MOD, DNO, CAB), providing visibility and influencing changes, and identifying opportunities for cross-government collaboration in commercial skills and development.


• Define the Commercial competency framework and career pathways.


• Develop and oversee Commercial training plans and manage associated training providers, ensuring effective leverage of AWE’s training resources.


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


• Manage the Commercial skills and development program and budget.


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


• Analyze skills gaps and develop plans to bridge these within the Commercial team.


• Implement and roll out a Commercial mentoring program to nurture internal talent.

Desired Experience and Skills

• Proven professional experience, ideally within a Procurement or Commercial function.


• Experience in HR or related people functions with a focus on skills and development.


• Highly skilled in stakeholder management, influencing decision-making and creating business alignment.


• Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Strong management and analytical skills.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel.


• Strong organizational, time management, and record-keeping skills.


• Ability to engage colleagues across different teams and levels, working collaboratively.

What We Offer

We set high standards because our work matters. In return, we offer a balanced environment with award-winning benefits, including:

• 9-day working fortnight with every other Friday off.


• 270 hours of annual leave.


• Market-leading contributory pension scheme (9% to 13% of pensionable pay).


• Family-friendly policies: 39 weeks of full pay maternity leave; 4 weeks of full pay paternity leave.


• Funding for professional development and membership fees.


• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.


• Life Assurance (4x annual salary).


• Savings discounts on everyday spending.


• Paid leave for volunteering, public service, or 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