Commercial Operations Manager

🏎️ Commercial Operations Manager – 15-Month Fixed Term Contract

📍 Battersea| Hybrid

Want to play a key role in winning new business and bringing some of the most exciting partnerships in Formula 1 to life?

We’re looking for a Commercial Operations Manager to join Right Formula on a 15-month fixed term contract covering maternity, working at the heart of our commercial operations team.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who loves the pace and energy of a pitch: taking a brief, bringing the right people together, shaping a compelling response and helping turn an opportunity into a client.

You’ll own a portfolio of new business opportunities from pitch through to contract, working across our teams in the UK and internationally. You’ll also support the growth of our existing client relationships, help identify new sponsorship opportunities and begin to mentor junior members of the Commercial team.

🏁 What you’ll be doing

• Owning pitches end to end – from initial opportunity assessment and RFI/RFP response through to submission, presentation and post-pitch debrief.
• Creating standout proposals – shaping persuasive, commercially strong responses, executive summaries, case studies and pitch materials.
• Bringing teams together – coordinating strategists, creatives, client teams and international colleagues to deliver against demanding deadlines.
• Getting involved in the commercial detail – supporting SOW and work order negotiations, reviewing key commercial terms and working alongside senior colleagues and legal counsel.
• Helping grow existing accounts – identifying opportunities to expand our services and developing new sponsorship ideas for clients.
• Raising the bar on how we pitch – leading rehearsals and debriefs and helping continuously improve our pitch process, templates and commercial materials.
• Supporting the team – mentoring junior colleagues, reviewing their work and helping them develop.

🏎️ What we’re looking for:

• Experience running bids, pitches or new business opportunities end to end.
• Strong proposal writing and storytelling skills.
• Experience leading RFI/RFP responses and coordinating multiple contributors.
• Good commercial instincts and confidence working with SOWs, work orders and contract terms.
• Experience identifying or pitching upsell, partnership or sponsorship opportunities.
• The confidence to work directly with clients and senior stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring junior colleagues or leading project teams.
• The ability to stay organised, calm and positive when deadlines are tight and briefs change.
• An interest in sport, sponsorship and sports marketing.

🏆 Why Right Formula?

Right Formula is a global sports marketing agency helping leading brands unlock growth through the power of sport.

Our work spans partnership strategy, sponsorship, activation, hospitality, content and integrated marketing, giving our people the opportunity to work across some of the most exciting properties, brands and opportunities in the industry.

🏎️ Contract: 15-month Fixed Term Contract

📍 Location: Battersea, hybrid

If you’re commercially minded, love the challenge of a great pitch and want to build your career in sports marketing, we’d love to hear from you.