Business Manager – Sport World Championship

This is a newly created role, working closely and supporting the MD of a Sports World Championship. This is a role where you will have the scope and latitude to shape and define, as we are still in the build-out phase.

This role will suit a senior-level Business Manager with experience supporting executive leaders within a fast-paced, complex business, ideally in a sport, entertainment or management consultancy industries. You would have worked in extremely structure environments, whilst also benefiting from the experience of helping to implement structure, into an unstructured start-up environment

You will operate at the centre of leadership activity, enabling the MD to work with focus, discipline and visibility. If you thrive in a start-up environment, enjoy working with diverse departments and stakeholders to implement commercial and productive processes and procedure, governance, strategic coordination, whilst project managing key strategic programmes, and confidential information this role will provide an opportunity to play a pivotal part in a Global Sports Championships continued transformation and growth.

The Role

This position acts as the connective point between the MD and broader organisation. You will manage governance activity, and ensure strategic priorities are executed at pace.

A typical week will include coordinating strategic projects, Board papers, actions, briefing the MD ahead of key meetings and ensuring momentum across strategic workstreams. You will coordinate forward schedules, align stakeholders, and support the MD with external engagements where required. The role combines exceptional organisation with strategic awareness, enabling leaders to focus on what matters most.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and documentation for the MD
• Maintain forward schedules of business, Board and investor activity
• Track and coordinate MD priorities, ensuring follow-through on actions and milestones
• Implementing key strategic programs as required.
• Act as the central interface for MD internal and external engagement
• Managing and coordinating new strategic developments, processes and projects.
• Manage finance, budgets and costs.
• Draft briefings, communications and strategic updates
• Analysing various MI sources to provide insight to Business Head and senior stakeholders.
• Partner with HR and Communications to ensure messages cascade effectively

Required experience and skills

• Senior business management experience within a fast-paced, complex business
• Proven experience leading key activities including minute-taking, documentation and action tracking
• Strong understanding of strategic project management, coordination and business planning experience.
• Ability to manage projects end-to-end
• Working with various functions and the business to propose and deliver solutions to improve broken processes, strengthen our controls and governance.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and confidential matters professionally
• Collaborative, approachable, able to build trust at all levels
• Digitally confident with document-management and productivity platforms

Working Structure:

· 3 days a week in the office, in London

Travel:

· Comfortable & able to travel to global race locations, as required by or with the MD.