Platform Manager

The Platform Manager will join Formula 1's IT team and report into the Head of Cloud & DevOps. The role leads F1's Cloud and Platform Engineering as accountable technical owner, shaping cloud and platform strategy and ensuring platforms are run as internal products. The position works across Solutions, DevOps, AI/ML, Software, Networks and Media teams, with responsibility for platform availability, security, budgets and major incident coordination.

• Shape cloud and platform strategy and turn it into roadmaps and measurable objectives aligned to the race calendar.
• Line-manage the Cloud and Platform Engineering teams, covering objectives, standards, recruitment, development and succession.
• Allocate work, plan capacity and skills, and coach technical leads and engineers.
• Act as accountable technical owner for the cloud estate, Kubernetes and shared platforms, run as internal products.
• Own platform architecture and engineering standards, reviewing designs and recording decisions through governance.
• Be accountable for platform availability, race-event rotas, SLOs and tested backup and disaster recovery.
• Lead technical coordination of major incidents, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Own remediation of cloud and platform security findings with Information Security.
• Manage cloud and platform budgets, forecasts and supplier relationships with Finance and Procurement.
• Partner with Solutions, DevOps, AI/ML, Software, Networks and Media teams, staying hands-on enough to guide complex engineering.

• Clear, credible communicator with engineers, stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Collaborative leader with sound judgement and calm prioritisation in incidents.
• Accountable for delivery, proactive in escalating risk and committed to developing others.
• Organised, adaptable and focused on continuous improvement.
• Ability to turn strategy into engineering plans, investment cases and outcomes.
• AWS networking, identity, security governance and cost management.
• Kubernetes architecture, lifecycle, security and capacity.
• Terraform, Git, GitOps, Helm, containers and CI/CD integration.
• Observability, SLOs, recovery objectives and failure testing.
• Experience leading and line-managing cloud, infrastructure or platform teams.
• Hands-on design and operation of enterprise AWS and Kubernetes.
• Experience delivering complex cross-functional initiatives from strategy to roadmap.
• Strong IaC and GitOps experience, including Terraform and secure multi-account foundations.
• Experience owning production reliability, major incidents, DR and cloud budgets.
• Degree or HND/C in an IT-related subject, or relevant experience.

• Live-event, broadcast, media or motorsport operations.
• Platform-as-a-product and self-service engineering.
• AWS Control Tower, AFT and large-scale cloud modernisation.

• Private Healthcare scheme.
• Dental Care.
• 4 x Grand Prix Paddock passes per season.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and other family planning policies.
• A free staff shuttle service running to and from surrounding train stations near to Biggin Hill.
• Free healthy snacks in our offices.
• Subsidised canteen in Biggin Hill, serving breakfast and lunch.
• 25 days annual leave and 8 Bank Holiday days, plus a Christmas period closure.
• Opportunities to develop and request training for your role via our in-house Learning and Development team.
• Discount on F1 merchandise.
• Discount at F1's experiences including F1 Arcade and F1 Drive.
• Perkbox benefit portal and more.