About the Role
Formula 1 is seeking a Senior Strategy Manager to help define and deliver the long-term Corporate Strategy and vision for the organization. This role involves close collaboration with the Formula 1 Leadership team, commercial and technical divisions, finance teams, and other key support functions, offering senior-level exposure from the outset.
Responsibilities
- Support the 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.
- 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 strategic initiatives against benchmarks and revenue targets.
- Prepare detailed financial models, presentations, and materials for key strategy outputs, including shareholder updates, budgeting, business reporting, and strategic planning sessions.
- Operate as a strategic business partner to designated departments, building in-depth knowledge and providing insights.
- Provide insights that support the identification of new opportunities and ad-hoc support to enable departments to achieve their goals.
- Create business cases for material growth opportunities and support their 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, such as strategic market growth and M&A opportunities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree minimum.
- 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 is advantageous.
- Strong finance and numeracy skills, with the ability to understand complex data sets and 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 distill large amounts of information and viewpoints into logical and easily digestible recommendations.
- Strong project scoping and organizational 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.
Skills
- Financial modelling
- Presentation creation and delivery
- Research and analysis
- Project scoping
- Organizational skills
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- Biggin Hill
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
Benefits
- Private Healthcare scheme
- Dental Care
- 4 x Grand Prix Paddock passes per season
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and other family planning policies
- Free staff shuttle service running to and from surrounding train stations near Biggin Hill
- Free healthy snacks in offices
- Subsidised canteen serving breakfast and lunch
- 25 days annual leave and 8 Bank Holiday days, plus a Christmas period closure
- Opportunities to develop and request training via in-house Learning and Development team
- Discount on F1 merchandise
- Discount at F1’s experiences including F1 Arcade and F1 Drive
- Perkbox benefit portal
About the Company
- 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 it's engineering, broadcast, legal, logistics, security, event management, commercial, media rights, marketing, or communications, there is always a talented team working to maximize the potential of 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
