About this role
As Partnership Lead – Strategy & Development, you will play a key role in how we develop, manage and grow our global partnerships. You will be responsible for raising the strategic capability of the Partnerships function, ensuring every partner has a clear, insight-led strategy that connects their business objectives with the opportunities available through Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team. Working closely with our Partnership Team, senior leadership and teams across Commercial & Marketing, you will help lead partnerships into meaningful, measurable commercial outcomes. This is a role for someone who can think strategically, challenge constructively and bring people together, while remaining close enough to the detail to influence how strategies are developed and delivered. Lead the strategic approach across the Partnerships function, establishing the principles, planning processes, tools and standards that enable teams to create high-quality, bespoke strategies for every partner. Develop and challenge partner strategies, working alongside the Partnerships team to ensure strategies are insight-led, commercially focused and aligned to each partner’s objectives, audiences and ambitions. Drive strategic reviews across the partnership portfolio, using performance data, market intelligence, partner feedback and audience insight to identify opportunities to optimise performance, increase ROI and strengthen retention and growth. Identify opportunities to integrate partner activity into wider brand and marketing strategies, ensuring partner requirements and opportunities are considered early and create value for both the partner and the Team. Champion an outcome-led approach to partnerships, ensuring activity is clearly connected to strategic objectives and delivers measurable value rather than simply responding to briefs or requests. Build strategic capability across the Partnerships team, coaching team members to better understand partner businesses, customers, audiences, markets and commercial objectives. Develop tools, training, frameworks and best-practice resources that improve the consistency and quality of strategic thinking across the function while maintaining a bespoke approach for each partner. Provide senior strategic leadership, contributing to the direction and development of the Partnerships function and acting as a trusted advisor to the Chief of Partnerships and wider leadership team. Lead strategic relationships with a portfolio of key global partners, representing Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team in senior-level conversations, business reviews, strategic planning and renewal discussions, while also providing leadership and development to direct reports.