Senior Account Manager (F1) in London

Join to apply for the Senior Account Manager (F1) role at Octagon. We are excited to be recruiting a highly motivated, dynamic, and proactive Senior Account Manager to play a pivotal role within the Global Partnerships Team for one of Octagon's flagship Formula 1 clients. Sitting at the heart of partnership planning, development and activation, this role will support the day‐to‐day management of the partnership. You will work closely with the Account Director and alongside another Senior Account Manager while directly managing an Account Executive, ensuring consistent excellence across all operational, strategic and client‐facing workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the day‐to‐day delivery of a high‐profile F1 partnership on a global and regional scale.
• Support partnership activations.
• Translate Mastercard's strategic objectives into clear partnership plans and activation frameworks.
• Support the Account Director with the management, optimisation, and tracking of all partnership rights and assets.
• Ensure the team delivers high‐quality client servicing, operational excellence, and proactive solutions.

Team Management

• Line‐manage and nurture the Account Executive, providing coaching, delegation, and development opportunities.
• Drive a high‐performance culture built on accountability, collaboration and initiative.
• Oversee quality control across all team outputs, ensuring consistency, accuracy and timeliness.

Operational Excellence

• Lead the planning and execution of seasonal activation programmes, toolkits, content rights usage, and campaign support.
• Oversee internal tools—including rights trackers, processes, request logs, status documents and activation calendars.
• Coordinate workflows across internal teams and suppliers to ensure seamless delivery and alignment.
• Anticipate challenges and proactively problem‐solve to keep projects on track and on budget.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a trusted partner to the client, delivering confident recommendations and clear strategic counsel.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the client team, McLaren stakeholders, and internal Octagon specialists.
• Represent the agency professionally across all meetings, calls and communications.

Continuous Improvement & Leadership Contribution

• Identify new opportunities to elevate partnership performance, improve processes, and showcase value.
• Contribute to wider agency thinking, including new ideas, best practices and innovation in partnership management.
• Uphold and champion Octagon's ambition to create work that earns attention.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years' experience in partnership management, sponsorship, marketing, or sport/entertainment activation.
• Proven experience owning client relationships and leading day‐to‐day account delivery.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience managing or mentoring junior team members.
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Confident communicator with strong presentation and writing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially PowerPoint and Excel); Smartsheet experience is a plus.
• A genuine passion for sport—particularly Formula 1—and brand partnerships.
• A forward‐thinking, dynamic mindset with the ability to be both proactive and reactive in a fast‐paced environment.

Benefits

• Core benefits (available from start date) – unlimited holiday allowance, AXA private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox.
• Flexible benefits (available after probation) – Gymflex, dental insurance, travel insurance, health cash plan, Cyclescheme, interest‐free season ticket loans.
• A Flexible Workplace – initiatives to ensure that our team can balance work with their lives, including unlimited holiday and flexible working options.
• We also run a number of internal programmes to support physical and mental wellbeing, alongside learning and development opportunities to support career development and progression.

About Us

We're the global sports, entertainment, and lifestyle‐marketing arm of IPG. A collection of 800 fans bound by a single mission: To create work that earns attention. Octagon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law.