At Formula 1, we are passionate about delivering the world’s greatest sports and entertainment spectacle leaving a positive legacy wherever we race. Innovation has always been at the heart of what we do ever since our first Grand Prix in 1950. Now, more than 75 years on, the sport remains a pioneer, developing technologies that have made a significant impact on society beyond the track.
Everything you see on screen or at an event comes via our passionate and dedicated people. Whether its engineering, broadcast, legal, logistics, security, event management, commercial, media rights, marketing, or communications there is always a talented team working to maximise the potential of the sport.
Role Overview:
Formula 1 are seeking a Senior Strategy Manager within the Strategy & Transformation department helping define and deliver the long-term Corporate Strategy and vision for Formula 1. This will involve working closely with the Formula 1 Leadership team, Directors of its commercial and technical divisions, finance teams and other key support functions – with senior level exposure from day 1.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
As a Senior Strategy Manager your role will be to support the Strategy team across four main areas of activity:
Support definition of a long-term vision and strategy for Formula 1:
- Set an ambitious strategy for growth – defining the overall F1 Corporate Strategy, key growth drivers, revenue targets and goals / KPIs
- Evaluate macroeconomic and industry trends impacting F1 and use these to develop and refine medium / long-term strategies as required
- Continuously evaluate business performance against 1, 3 and 5 year plans
Support the annual strategic planning and budgeting process:
- Partner with senior leadership and department Directors to define strategies and roadmaps that deliver against the Corporate Strategy
- Review of strategic initiatives vs benchmarks and revenue targets
- Prepare detailed financial models, presentations and additional materials for key strategy outputs including regular shareholder updates, budgeting, business reporting and other strategic planning sessions
Operate as a strategic business partner to your designated departments:
- Provide dedicated support to your partnered business areas – building an in-depth knowledge of the department and the core value drivers
- Provide insights that support the identification of new opportunities and other ad-hoc support to enable departments to achieve their goals
- Create business cases for material growth opportunities and support launch into Business As Usual (BAU) operations
Lead on Corporate Strategy projects that span multiple business areas:
- Identify and evaluate emerging ‘white spaces’ for long-term growth
- Scope and lead corporate-level projects that span multiple departments and commercial teams e.g. strategic market growth, M&A opportunities, etc.
What Are We Looking For?
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree minimum
Experience
Attributes that may be advantageous to an applicant would be:
- 5+ years’ experience at a top tier strategy consultancy, investment bank or in-house strategy at a major corporate
- Experience of working in a fast-paced, high-performing team environment
- Proven track-record of leading strategic projects end-to-end, demonstrating an ability to manage senior stakeholders
- Experience in Sports, Media and Entertainment sectors advantageous
Knowledge and Skills
- Strong finance and numeracy skills, with the ability to understand complex data sets, as well as interrogate key financial statements
- Deep financial modelling skills – with advanced knowledge and experience of building Excel-based financial models for commercial deals, revenue forecasting and valuation
- Strong ability to create and deliver presentations that effectively communicate solutions and proposals to senior management
- Ability to research and distil large amounts of information and viewpoints into logical and easily-digestible recommendations
- Strong project scoping and organisational skills with the ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects
- Strong interpersonal skills with an approachable, friendly, constructive attitude and willingness to learn
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced and time-sensitive environment with unpredictability, changing priorities and focus
Why join the force behind the sport?
Joining F1 means becoming part of a team that values innovation, collaboration and personal growth. We offer a dynamic work environment where ideas are heard, and employee contributions truly make an impact. We seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people to play their role in accelerating the future of the sport. As a member of the F1 team, you will be able to access our amazing benefits:
- Private Healthcare scheme
- Dental Care
- 4 x Grand Prix Paddock passes per season
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and other family planning policies
- A free staff shuttle service running to and from surrounding trains stations near to Biggin Hill
- Free healthy snacks in our offices
- Subsidised canteen in Biggin Hill, serving breakfast and lunch
- 25 days annual leave and 8 Bank Holiday days, plus a Christmas period closure
- Opportunities to develop and request training for your role via our in-house Learning and Development team
- Discount on F1 merchandise
- Discount at F1’s experiences including F1 Arcade and F1 Drive
- Perkbox benefit portal and more
Recruitment Fraud Warning: We only communicate with candidates through official @f1.com email addresses. We will never contact you via personal email accounts, messaging apps, or request payment as part of our recruitment process. If you receive suspicious communication claiming to be from our talent team, please report it to recruitment@f1.com.
Division: Technica
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