Senior Client Services Director, Motorsport Rights Sales (Maternity Cover)

• → Lead global Motorsports commercial strategy: Drive the delivery of our Motorsports sales strategy, aligning international teams around commercial priorities, partnership opportunities and revenue objectives. Contribute to future commercial planning and identify opportunities to strengthen our global Motorsports proposition.
• → Drive sales pipeline development and performance: Coordinate global Motorsports sales activity, overseeing prospect allocation, pipeline prioritisation and commercial progress. Partner with Research & Insights, Advisory and Sales teams to identify priority sectors, develop targeted prospect opportunities and translate market intelligence into actionable sales plans.
• →Manage strategic client relationships: Act as a senior commercial contact for Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), overseeing client reporting, prospect approvals and commercial recommendations. Work closely with internal teams to develop rights packages, partnership proposals and term sheets that align with client objectives and agreed valuations.
• →Shape our go-to-market proposition: Lead the development and ongoing improvement of Motorsports sales materials, including presentations, partnership proposals and promotional content. Collaborate with Marketing, Creative and commercial teams to ensure a compelling, consistent proposition across global markets.
• →Oversee executive engagement and commercial operations: Provide senior oversight of prospect hosting and executive attendance at Formula 1, MotoGP and other priority events. Coordinate stakeholders, budgets and logistics to deliver high-quality experiences while maintaining financial discipline, forecasting expenditure and supporting senior leadership reporting.

• Strong commercial expertise: An established background in sponsorship, partnerships, rights sales, business development or a related commercial discipline, with experience developing commercial strategies, managing complex pipelines and driving new business opportunities.
• Knowledge of motorsports and sports partnerships: A strong understanding of the motorsports industry, sports sponsorship or the wider rights-holder landscape, with the ability to identify opportunities and develop commercially relevant partnership propositions.
• Confident leadership and stakeholder management: Experience leading cross-functional or international teams and workstreams, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and bringing people together around shared commercial objectives.
• Strategic thinking with a practical approach: The ability to translate commercial priorities into clear plans and measurable activity, balancing long-term opportunities with the detail required to deliver results. Comfortable developing rights packages, commercial proposals and client-facing recommendations.
• Excellent communication and commercial judgement: Strong organisational, relationship-management and communication skills, with the confidence to navigate competing priorities, manage budgets and forecasts, and operate effectively in a fast-moving international environment.

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