If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given. Senior Commercial Partner Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Package: Starting from £63,270 to £85k (depending on your suitability and level of experience). 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? Let us introduce the role. AWE is looking for a Senior Commercial Partner to act as a trusted adviser and key strategic interface between the Commercial function and senior leaders across the business. You’ll work closely with Programme Directors and leadership teams to understand and constructively challenge business requirements, shape demand and develop commercially viable solutions that deliver value for money. With early involvement in key commercial decisions, you’ll provide strategic advice on areas including Make, Team, Buy decisions, total cost of ownership and supply chain solutions, ensuring business priorities are clearly understood and translated into effective commercial strategies. Working collaboratively across AWE, you’ll strengthen cross-functional relationships, improve commercial awareness and help ensure the right solutions are developed to support successful delivery against AWE’s priorities and mission. Experience we are looking for We are interested in your experience, judgement, and approach, not only formal qualifications. You will have practical experience in some of the following: Proven professional experience developing and delivering commercial strategies within complex environments. Strong understanding of procurement and contract management strategies, including relevant legislation, regulation and commercial governance. Strong commercial acumen and financial literacy, with the ability to develop and present commercial options to address business challenges. Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience working with senior leaders and building alignment around complex commercial decisions. Strong analytical and strategic thinking, with the ability to translate business priorities into effective commercial outcomes. Experience of identifying and mitigating commercial, project and delivery risks. Confident communicator, able to explain complex commercial strategies and decisions to non-specialist audiences. Proven ability to work collaboratively across cross-functional teams, managing competing priorities and stakeholder requirements. Resilient and adaptable, with the ability to work under pressure, manage ambiguity and respond to changing priorities. 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-RS1 #LI-Hybrid Next steps: Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application. Important things you need to know: We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes. You 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. Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us. If you’re looking for a role with excitement, intrigue and something that really makes a difference then now is the time to join AWE. We are at the start of a once in a generation – possibly two generations – programme to design and produce a replacement warhead for the UK’s continuous at sea deterrent. We will do this while continuing to deliver the Trident programme as well as managing ambitious state-of-the-art capital and construction projects – some of which have never been done before. Find out more on our website. Can’t find a role today? We don’t want to lose you. You can: Introduce yourself to us using the link on the top right hand side of this page. Sign up to job alerts; Create an account using the sign in link at the top of the page and select job alerts at the top of the page once you have signed in. Service Leavers, Veterans and Reservists We are an Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award Employer. 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