Senior Hospitality Projects Manager

Silverstone Medical Services; Silverstone; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Silverstone is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead hospitality project delivery onsite for world-class events. You will drive cross-team collaboration with the Hospitality leadership to meet strategic timelines and budgets.

The role requires a proven background in project management for large-scale events, strong planning, and financial governance, with a focus on continuous improvement and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Project Management, Business Management, Event Management, Sports Management, or a related field
• Demonstrable experience of project management, preferably in motorsport events or large-scale, high-profile events
• Demonstrable experience of success in strategic planning and leadership of multi-functional teams
• Significant technical understanding of project management frameworks and methodologies
• Any other relevant professional qualifications would be advantageous

Responsibilities

• Working closely with the BGP Programme Manager, Head of Hospitality and Senior Hospitality Operations Manager, ensuring that goals are being met in line with the overall strategy & timelines.
• Working alongside wider hospitality commercial and operational teams to ensure project plans are being correctly implemented and processed for all elements that require project management.
• Review and implement ways of working and continuous improvement so the team operates efficiently as our portfolio grows.
• Create alongside the internal team and production team and support in the regular updating of detailed project plans, outlining timelines, resource allocation, risk assessments, budgets and milestones.
• Support with proactively overseeing and managing end to end delivery of all new projects with the wider team and stakeholders, covering all aspect within race day hospitality from ticketing, marketing, décor, production, customer journey, transport, systems, new product launches and facility builds.
• Proactively monitor and manage actions to ensure that all critical milestones are being met on time and with the highest level of quality.
• Ensure documentation is created and kept up to date.
• Work with the wider team to ensure Wrike system is proactively and correctly used as a platform for all processes implemented within project management.
• Manage and optimise project budgets with a focus on delivering high-value solutions, ensuring cost control measures are in place while delivering a world-class event experience. Provide regular and transparent updates to stakeholders on budget status.
• Identify and evaluate potential risks to the project and advise on mitigation strategies. In conjunction with the appropriate stakeholders create and implement contingency plans for critical project scenarios to ensure smooth execution.
• Establish robust and maintain detailed project governance, including progress reporting, action trackers, risk registers, lessons learnt logs issue logs, change control and stakeholder reporting, ensuring transparent communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate and lead the post-event analysis inclusive of evaluation, debrief with key stakeholders and recommendations for improvements by using data-driven insights. Following up then on making improvement/ bringing new initiatives to enhance how we work.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, ensuring that lessons learned are integrated into wider projects to maintain the Silverstone standard.

Skills

Innovative thinker

Communication

Project planning

Analytical thinking

Project management software

Attention to detail

Strategic thinking

Adaptable

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Project Management

Tools

Wrike

Job description

Silverstone is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead hospitality project delivery onsite for world-class events. You will drive cross-team collaboration with the Hospitality leadership to meet strategic timelines and budgets.

The role requires a proven background in project management for large-scale events, strong planning, and financial governance, with a focus on continuous improvement and stakeholder communication.