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Silverstone Circuits is a world-leading motor sport, leisure, conferencing and event management venue. Home of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix, Moto GP and British GP Championship, its impressive heritage and premium offering attracts high numbers of visitors to motorsport and corporate events year on year.

A new and hugely exciting opportunity now exists for an exceptional Venue Operations Director to drive strategic transformation, operational excellence and high-performance delivery across our iconic venue.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Leadership Team (ELT), the role holder will provide strategic leadership across operational functions, ensuring the seamless execution of the day to day running of the venue in terms of operations, maintenance and safety of the Silverstone Circuits venue and property portfolio, ensuring its readiness for all activities and events. The role will be pivotal in embedding robust operational frameworks, optimising cross-departmental collaboration and enhancing service delivery standards to meet and exceed business objectives ensuring our customer and fan experience is of the highest possible standard.

With a focus on long-term growth, sustainability and financial control, the Venue Operations Director will shape the future of Silverstone’s operational excellence. In addition, they will play a key role in establishing and driving forward strategic planning and development projects for the venue and business to include capital, capital replacement and operational projects and leisure products integration alongside new initiatives.

This is a high-profile role that demands balancing visionary strategic planning with hands-on execution and implementation.

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• Extensive leadership experience in similar large-scale venue, sports, leisure of entertainment operations, with a proven track record of delivering operational excellence.
• Strategic thinker with strong commercial, project and financial acumen, capable of shaping and executing long-term operational strategies.
• Demonstrated expertise in complex project management, stakeholder engagement and risk mitigation.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, able to build relationships quickly with a proven ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders at all levels internally and externally.
• A can-do attitude with a relentless focus on operational excellence and resilience able to work from strategy through to implementation using strong leadership skills, with experience in building, mentoring and managing teams.
• Strong capability of budgetary management, cost control and P&L responsibility. Facility Management experience preferred.
• Flexible, adaptable and creative mentality committed to delivering the highest performance standards.
• A team player who always demonstrates a collaborative and respectful behaviour.

Please send a short cover letter, CV and details of expected renumeration to: silverstone@psdgroup.com

Closing date: Friday 18 July 2025