Senior Manager, Strategic Stakeholder Engagement (Hybrid)

Atomic Weapons Establishment; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day working fortnight

270 hours annual leave

Pension scheme 9-13%

Professional development funding

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Discounts on everyday spending

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Atomic Weapons Establishment seeks a Senior Manager Stakeholder Management to lead its strategic stakeholder engagement programme. You will engage government, regulators, industry, academia, and supply chain partners, advising executives and shaping external relations across a complex landscape.

The role supports the Executive team in navigating external environments, safeguarding reputation, and driving business outcomes through purposeful engagement with a hybrid work pattern and a 9-day

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder engagement, public affairs, or external relations.
• Ability to advise senior leaders and manage high-level external relationships.
• Strong understanding of political/regulatory environments, ideally in defence, government, or infrastructure sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a strategic stakeholder engagement plan aligned with business objectives and reputation.
• Build and maintain a stakeholder map for Executives and senior leaders; identify relationship owners.
• Provide strategic counsel on stakeholder engagement, public affairs, and reputational risk.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Public affairs

Strategic thinking

Advising senior leaders

Crisis communications

Regulatory environment

Education

Degree in Political Science/Public Policy/International Relations

Tools

Stakeholder mapping tools

Job description

Atomic Weapons Establishment seeks a Senior Manager Stakeholder Management to lead its strategic stakeholder engagement programme. You will engage government, regulators, industry, academia, and supply chain partners, advising executives and shaping external relations across a complex landscape.

The role supports the Executive team in navigating external environments, safeguarding reputation, and driving business outcomes through purposeful engagement with a hybrid work pattern and a 9-day