Job description
At McLaren, our mission is to set the standard for high performance in sport. And everyone, in every part of the team, has a role to play. So if you want to test your ideas with the world watching... And measure your progress in milliseconds... And play your part in racing history... You belong here. High performance starts with you.
Purpose of the Role
To support the Senior Manager, Partnerships in the day-to-day operational delivery of one of McLaren’s Primary Partners, and support with the day-to-day operational delivery of other McLaren’s partners as and when needed, such that the contractual rights are fully leveraged and maximised, while the long-term individual and company relationships are created and maintained.
Role Dimensions
- Reports to Senior Manager, Partnerships
- Focus primarily on supporting the Senior Manager, Partnerships in the day-to-day operational running of one of McLaren’s Primary Partners, and the operational day-to-day delivery of other technology partner accounts as / when required
- This role could require travel both within the UK and internationally and consequently flexibility in working hours will be required
Principal Accountabilities
Partnership Management
- Support the Senior Manager, Partnerships to ensure the successful delivery of one of McLaren’s Primary Partner’s 360 activation plans to ensure that the partner’s rights are maximised to achieve their objectives across:
- Partner events and activities, internal and external
- Activation campaigns, experiential or digital Talent appearances
- Experiential and display asset bookings
- Merchandise
- Develop a strong understanding of assigned partner’s business objectives, brand marketing strategy, target delivery and growth markets, competitor set and KPIs
- Set best practices for project management including weekly/monthly meeting management and rights tracking with partner and their agencies
- Delivery of partner executive engagement and gifting plan, including maintain all CRM data across day-to-day account members, agencies and partner leadership teams
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with day-to-day stakeholders within the partners organisations
- Support the wider partnerships and marketing team with collective tasks and administration or additional duties as required
- Work collaboratively in cross departmental project groups as required
- Always operates with our core values in mind – Brave; Respectful; Innovative; Inclusive; Energetic
Job requirements
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Extensive experience in managing and delivering partnership marketing activities, sponsorship, brand/product marketing, sales and communications campaigns would be beneficial
- Proven planning and organisation skills capable of dealing with several concurrent workstreams resolving problems before they happen
- Ability to prioritise workload, work autonomously on projects delegated by Senior Manager, and respond to partners and internal stakeholders in a timely manner
- Demonstrate a broad knowledge of core marketing and sponsorship principles
- Demonstrate an ability to understand our partners’ own business drivers and strategies
- Core competencies and skills required: Organisation; Collaboration; Creative thinking; Problem solving; Commercially driven
- Excellent communication skills - verbal and written with a high attention to detail
- Presentation skills (both written and oral ), internally and to partners / suppliers
- Knowledge of, and passion for, sports marketing and entertainment landscape, ideally within Formula 1
- Good working knowledge of IT packages (e.g. MS Office suite). Experience with Salesforce would be an advantage
- Fluent in English. Other languages would be an advantage
Personal Attributes
- Personable – as one of the primary and key faces of McLaren to our partners, clients and the marketplace, must be an effective and confident communicator
- Responsible - Champions a culture that motivates and inspires employees to take personal responsibility both in innovation and meeting stakeholder needs
- Results – a proven winner, someone who is driven; who comes with an outstanding work ethic and expects the best from themselves and the team around them
- Driven – a track record of getting things done
- Role Model – Is a role model and champions best practice in diversity and inclusion whilst challenging others to strive for more
- Collaborative – Engages in partnerships, networks and alliances to support long term success and decision making to support the best interests of the business.
- Credible - Considered credible and has experience, acting as a role model for the McLaren values
- Commercial – Proactively explores and creates new commercial opportunities for the partner and McLaren business to deliver positive ROI
- Collaboration – Engages the partnership ecosystem, networks and alliances to support long term success of the account
What McLaren can offer?
We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.
We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.
McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.