Event Manager

Event Manager

Mahindra Racing

Mahindra Racing is a motor racing team based in Banbury, United Kingdom, competing with an Indian racing licence. The team is currently competing in the electric FIA Formula E Championship since the inaugural season in 2014.

Role Overview:

Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, the purpose of this role is to ensure the team’s partners, sponsors and VIP client’s hospitality and event needs are taken care of throughout the year.

In the role you will be creating, planning and executing events for the team, liaising with partners to ensure hospitality and event requirements are met and leading these activations trackside at races.

Main Responsibilities:

• Planning the delivery, execution, and completion of events, at race weekends and away from race weekends
• Working directly with the wider sales, marketing and partnerships team to management to achieve client satisfaction
• Responsible for the overall operational delivery of event projects
• Create an agreed schedule of events and organize and execute to budget ensuring the customer needs are met to the highest standards

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

Essential

• Proven track record working in a similar position within a fast-paced environment for a high-profile organisation
• Strong team player with excellent organisation skills
• Creativity in event ideation to ensure the distinctiveness of team events
• Excellent events budget creation and management skills
• Ability to measure success and report on any given event’s ROI
• Experience in being customer-facing
• The ability to travel, including international destinations – On a case-by-case basis
• Ability to engage and communicate at a senior level internally and externally

Desirable

• Preferably experience in Formula E or a similar motorsport/sport series.

Personal Profile

• Used to working to own initiative
• Effective written and oral communication skills in English
• Works methodically with attention to detail
•  Leads by example, can and will motivate his/her team & peers
• Practical approach by using rigorous logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions

This job description may be changed from time to time to reflect changing business requirements and the job holder may be required to undertake other tasks other than those that are listed that fall reasonably within the scope of the role and grade.

Mahindra Racing would like to thank you for your application.
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We wish you all the best for the future and ask you to keep checking for roles with us in the future that may suit your skillset.