Senior Account Manager

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.

The Senior Account Manager will drive partnership strategy, oversee flawless delivery, optimise Mastercard’s rights package, support partnership activations, and champion best-in-class servicing across the season. You’ll act as a key contact for both clients and internal teams, ensuring that all work is aligned with Mastercard’s global marketing and business objectives and executed to the highest possible standard.

Our ideal candidate is an energetic self-starter, confident decision-maker, and natural leader who thrives in fast-paced environments. You’ll bring strong experience in partnership management, a deep interest in Formula 1, and the desire to push boundaries to deliver work that earns attention.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Account Management

• 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

The following are essential:

• 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

We’re pleased to offer wide range of benefits, including but not limited to the following:

• 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 – we have a number of initiatives in place to ensure that our team have the flexibility to balance work with their lives, this includes 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.

HOW WE SEE THE WORLD

We live in a world where time is our most precious commodity, and our audiences’ patience has never been shorter. As an industry, we’ve never had to work harder to gain the attention of the people we’re trying to reach. The way we see it, there’s two ways to go about it.

Attention is either bought or it’s earned. 

Paid attention ensures your brand will be heard – and that's a good start. But attention that’s earned ensures your audience listens to what you're saying.

At Octagon, our purpose is to create work that earns attention. Through smart partnerships and generous ideas, we compete for, capture, and ultimately earn the attention of those who matter most.

Have we got yours?

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.