{"id":4037236,"url":"https://alion.io/job/awe-commercial-risk-manager","title":"Commercial Risk Manager","company":{"id":1799578,"name":"AWE","domain":"awe.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/awe-co-uk","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Reading, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":47760,"max":65000,"currency":"GBP","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":86563},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Excel","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T20:56:19Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-10","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T20:56:19Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"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.\nCommercial Risk Manager\nLocation: Reading, with free onsite parking.\nPackage: Starting from £47,760 to £65k (depending on your suitability and level of experience).\nWorking 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.\nReady to play your part?\nAt 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?\nLet us introduce the role.\n\nWe 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.\nYou will help 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.\nWorking collaboratively across Commercial and with our wider Supply Chain Security and Corporate Risk teams, you will support the development of robust risk frameworks, assess emerging risks and provide assurance on the effectiveness of controls and mitigation plans. This is an excellent opportunity to influence commercial decision-making and help ensure AWE continues to deliver its critical programmes effectively, compliantly and with long-term resilience.\nExperience we are looking for\n\nWe are interested in your experience, judgement, and approach, not only formal qualifications. You will have practical experience in some of the following:\nProfessional experience within commercial, procurement or supply chain risk management, ideally within a regulated or complex environment.\nGood understanding of risk management principles, with experience identifying, assessing, mitigating and reporting commercial and supply chain risks.\nUnderstanding of supplier risk, including factors such as supply chain performance, resilience and commercial exposure.\nExperience working collaboratively across cross-functional teams to manage, communicate and mitigate risk.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.\nExcellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills, including confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and constructively challenging decision-making.\nAbility to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a complex and changing environment.\nExperience using Microsoft Excel and/or risk management and reporting tools to analyse and communicate risk.\nUnderstanding of relevant governance, regulatory and compliance requirements would be advantageous.\nWork hard, be rewarded:\n\nWe ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:\n9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.\n Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).\nFamily friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.\nOpportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.\nEmployee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.\n Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).\nDiscounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.\n Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.\nNext steps: \nEveryone 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.\nImportant things you need to know:\nWe encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.\nYou 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. \n 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/accommodationsduring the process.\nOur interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.\nOur ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. Westrive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. 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