Commercial Enablement Director

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.

This is a senior commercial leadership opportunity to shape how AWE enables effective, compliant and value-focused commercial delivery.

Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, you will lead a sizeable function of approximately 80–100 people and take ownership of the strategy, operating model, governance, systems, processes and capability that underpin commercial performance.

You will play a central role in transforming and continuously improving the commercial operating environment, ensuring the right frameworks, policies, procedures, controls and systems are in place to enable the wider commercial organisation to perform at its best.

Working closely with the Commercial Leadership Team and senior stakeholders across the organisation, you will provide leadership across commercial governance, risk and assurance, transformation, performance insight, systems and data, workforce planning and organisational capability.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for an experienced senior leader who combines strong people leadership with a track record of delivering transformation and operational improvement within a complex, regulated environment.

You will bring:

• Experience leading a substantial function or team, ideally at a scale of around 80–100 FTE
• Strong commercial experience, with particular depth across commercial policy, governance, procedures and controls
• A proven track record of leading significant transformation and change
• Experience designing, implementing or improving operating models and governance frameworks
• Strong knowledge of systems, processes and digital enablement, with the ability to identify and deliver improvements
• Experience working with Executive and senior-level stakeholders, influencing across organisational boundaries
• Strong commercial, analytical and strategic judgement, with an ability to balance governance and compliance with effective delivery
• Experience of organisational capability and workforce planning in a complex environment
• The leadership presence to build, develop and inspire a large, high-performing team

This role would suit a commercially minded transformation leader who can see the bigger picture, but is equally comfortable getting underneath the operating model, governance, systems and processes that make a commercial function effective.

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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.

About AWE

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.

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