
Senior People Partner – McLaren Racing Commercial
- Hybrid
- Woking, England, United Kingdom
- People Team
Job description
Senior People Partner – McLaren Racing Commercial (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)
Are you a seasoned, pragmatic Senior HR Business Partner with experience working in fast-paced, commercially focused, sports/media/agency environments? Do you thrive building amazing relationships and supporting commercial, partnerships, or digital teams? If so, read on....
Your Mission
Shape & evolve the Commercial People Plan.
Embed high-performance culture.
Be the go-to HR lead for everything from ER to recruitment, reward, and operational execution.
Build strong, anticipatory relationships with Commercial leadership - solving problems, not just spotting them.
Use commercial instincts to navigate ambiguity and deliver pragmatic, data-led, compliant HR solutions.
Job requirements
The Ideal Person
A trusted advisor at a senior BP level, equally confident working with Leadership Teams or rolling up your sleeves.
A flexible, results-oriented communicator—calm under pressure and thrives in the grey.
Plenty of experience operating at this level with sharp skills in HR analytics, ER, and organisational design.
Passionate about sport, media, partnerships, or agency culture—and ready to deliver real commercial impact.
Why This Role?
Be part of a fast-paced, performance-obsessed environment.
Work closely with leaders to shape the culture.
Enjoy in-office energy, hybrid rhythm (c.3 days/week in the office), and visible impact from day 1.
Join a People team empowered to innovate and deliver solutions which genuinely make a difference.
What can McLaren offer?
We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.
We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.
McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking.
Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.
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