Commercial Risk Manager

Atomic Weapons Establishment; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day fortnight

Pension 9-13%

Maternity/Paternity leave

Job summary

Atomic Weapons Establishment is seeking a Commercial Risk Manager to strengthen risk management across our regulated environment. The role focuses on identifying, assessing and mitigating commercial and supply chain risks, with a strong emphasis on delivering robust risk frameworks and senior stakeholder engagement.

You will work across Commercial, Supply Chain Security and Corporate Risk teams to influence decision-making and ensure resilience of critical programmes while navigating complex

Qualifications

• Professional experience within commercial, procurement or supply chain risk management, ideally within a regulated or complex environment.
• Good understanding of risk management principles, with experience identifying, assessing, mitigating and reporting commercial and supply chain risks.
• Understanding of supplier risk, including factors such as supply chain performance, resilience and commercial exposure.
• Experience working collaboratively across cross-functional teams to manage, communicate and mitigate risk.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills, including confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and constructively challenging decision-making.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a complex and changing environment.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel and/or risk management and reporting tools to analyse and communicate risk.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess and manage commercial, contractual, supply chain and market risks, providing expert advice and assurance to support effective decision-making, protect value for money and strengthen the resilience of our commercial operations and supply chain.
• Work collaboratively across Commercial and with our wider Supply Chain Security and Corporate Risk teams, support the development of robust risk frameworks, assess emerging risks and provide assurance on the effectiveness of controls and mitigation plans.
• Influence commercial decision-making and help ensure AWE continues to deliver its critical programmes effectively, compliantly and with long-term resilience.

Skills

Commercial risk management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk reporting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Risk management tools

Job description

Role Overview

Commercial Risk Manager – Location: Reading, with free onsite parking.

Package: Starting from £47,760 to £65k (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. We are looking for an experienced Commercial Risk Manager to join AWE and play a key role in strengthening commercial risk management across our complex and highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, assess and manage commercial, contractual, supply chain and market risks, providing expert advice and assurance to support effective decision‑making, protect value for money and strengthen the resilience of our commercial operations and supply chain.
• Work collaboratively across Commercial and with our wider Supply Chain Security and Corporate Risk teams, support the development of robust risk frameworks, assess emerging risks and provide assurance on the effectiveness of controls and mitigation plans.
• Influence commercial decision‑making and help ensure AWE continues to deliver its critical programmes effectively, compliantly and with long‑term resilience.

Experience we are looking for

• Professional experience within commercial, procurement or supply chain risk management, ideally within a regulated or complex environment.
• Good understanding of risk management principles, with experience identifying, assessing, mitigating and reporting commercial and supply chain risks.
• Understanding of supplier risk, including factors such as supply chain performance, resilience and commercial exposure.
• Experience working collaboratively across cross‑functional teams to manage, communicate and mitigate risk.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills, including confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and constructively challenging decision‑making.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a complex and changing environment.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel and/or risk management and reporting tools to analyse and communicate risk.
• Understanding of relevant governance, regulatory and compliance requirements would be advantageous.

Work hard, be rewarded

• 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 – 39Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave – 4Weeks 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×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 things you need to know

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.