Lead Internal Communications Partner - F1

This role partners with F1 Technical and the Team Principal Office to turn business priorities into clear, relevant communications that help people perform at their best and deliver performance to track. It acts as a trusted communications partner to senior leaders, shaping how strategy, performance priorities, organisational change and leadership messages are understood across the F1 Team. The role combines strategic communications planning with hands-on delivery, providing constructive challenge and equipping leaders and technical teams to communicate and understand how their work contributes to wider performance objectives.

• Develop and execute the internal communications strategy for F1 Technical and the Team Principal Office, tailoring the approach to the needs of each area.
• Partner closely with senior and executive leadership to understand priorities, provide communications counsel and shape effective leadership narratives.
• Improve communication flow across F1 Technical by identifying gaps, duplication and fragmentation, and by establishing clearer channel purposes and communication rhythms.
• Translate complex technical, organisational and cultural priorities into communications that are clear, useful and actionable.
• Develop and publish creative content and campaigns across the organisation's communication channels, writing and editing targeted messages for varied audiences.
• Support communications around organisational evolution, culture, reliability, leadership, technology and other priorities affecting F1 Team performance.
• Provide targeted communications support to the Team Principal Office, including leadership messaging, debrief communications and selected race-related content.
• Champion cultural initiatives and strengthen employee connection to the company's mission.
• Lead multiple cross-functional, high-impact communications projects while maintaining high standards under demanding deadlines, and monitor and evaluate communications activity using metrics and learning to improve impact and effectiveness.
• Support organisational change through clear communications while protecting and reinforcing cultural principles, build trusted stakeholder relationships, continuously improve communications processes and mentor junior members of the team.

• Experience in an internal communications and engagement role.
• Ability to build credibility quickly.
• Ability to understand a complex technical environment.
• Ability to turn business priorities into clear, relevant communications that help people perform at their best and deliver performance to track.
• Strategic thinking combined with hands-on delivery.
• Ability to provide constructive challenge.
• Ability to equip leaders to communicate effectively.
• Ability to help technical teams understand how their work contributes to wider performance objectives.
• Confidence to move between long-term communications strategy and precise, high-quality delivery.
• Experience partnering with senior and executive leadership to understand priorities, provide communications counsel and shape effective leadership narratives.

• Based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking.