Marketing Planning & Delivery Leader

McLaren Automotive Limited; Woking; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Racing is seeking a Head of Marketing & Commercial Planning & Delivery to ensure the function has the capacity, resources and plans to deliver its priorities and customer commitments.

You will forecast demand, capacity and capability across the team, aligning demand with delivery capability and prioritising work to optimise resources. This role leads planning frameworks and performance reporting across Marketing & Commercial.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading planning, resourcing, delivery, or resource-management functions in complex marketing, commercial, creative, media, agency or in-house environments.
• Proven capacity planning and workforce planning across multiple teams.
• Experience supporting large-scale campaigns, programmes, projects or commercial delivery environments.
• Strong commercial awareness to assess delivery implications of new business opportunities and customer commitments.
• Experience managing agency, supplier or external delivery-partner relationships.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into practical action.
• Experience implementing planning, resource-management or workflow processes and tools.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• The ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the Marketing & Commercial planning and resource management framework.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of demand, capacity, capability and delivery priorities across all functions.
• Work with functional leaders to balance priorities, optimise resource allocation and develop workforce-planning recommendations.
• Identify capability gaps and recommend appropriate solutions, including recruitment, upskilling and external support.
• Maintain oversight of team capacity, workload and delivery commitments across the Marketing & Commercial portfolio.
• Ensure campaigns, activations, programmes, projects and partner commitments are planned and resourced effectively.
• Identify delivery risks caused by workload, competing priorities or capability constraints, providing clear escalation routes and recommendations.
• Support commercial proposals, partner pitches and strategic growth opportunities by evaluating their resource, capability and delivery requirements.
• Help ensure contractual obligations and customer commitments are supported by realistic and achievable delivery plans.
• Develop the approach to managing agencies, freelancers and specialist partners, ensuring external support is aligned with business priorities.
• Partner with Finance and Procurement to support resource and operational financial planning, forecasting and supplier governance.
• Establish meaningful planning, resource and delivery key performance indicators, supported by reporting and dashboards.
• Define and implement technology requirements for resource planning, workflow management and delivery oversight.
• Work with Technology and Artificial Intelligence teams to identify opportunities for automation, improved forecasting and smarter resource management.
• Build a culture of proactive planning, accountability and continuous improvement, acting as a trusted adviser to Marketing & Commercial leadership.

Skills

Planning & resourcing

Resource management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Agency/external delivery

Fast-paced adaptability

Tools

Workflow tools

Planning software

Forecasting tools

Job description

McLaren Racing is seeking a Head of Marketing & Commercial Planning & Delivery to ensure the function has the capacity, resources and plans to deliver its priorities and customer commitments.

You will forecast demand, capacity and capability across the team, aligning demand with delivery capability and prioritising work to optimise resources. This role leads planning frameworks and performance reporting across Marketing & Commercial.