Senior Strategy Manager

Are you ready to make your mark in the world of Formula 1?

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.

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.

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.

• Bachelor's Degree minimum

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

• 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,…