Global One Make Series Coordinator
About The Position
Ford Racing is seeking a professional to join its motorsports general management group in Allen Park, Michigan, and partner with motorsports and cross-functional teams to develop a best-in-class Global One-Make Racing Series. The role runs existing series—including Mustang Cup USA and Australia and Mustang Challenge North America—and develops and executes strategies to grow the business, acquire new customers, and strengthen the Ford Racing brand. The successful candidate is an enthusiastic self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity and can make informed independent decisions. The position calls for a strategic, collaborative team player who can influence across the business, communicate with people at different experience levels, resolve organizational bottlenecks, and identify or establish enterprise guardrails. A strong focus on customer experience is essential, as is prior customer racing experience and varied knowledge of sports car racing disciplines. The position is hybrid, with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. It is based in Allen Park, Michigan. Visa sponsorship is not available, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in motorsport, customer racing, engineering, sales, strategy, or a related area.
- Prior customer racing experience.
- Varied exposure to and knowledge of sports car racing disciplines.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in series organization and championship management.
- Self-starter with demonstrable comfort with ambiguity.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and relationship skills, with a customer-first approach.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving products.
- Strong work ethic and ability to adapt to requested schedules as needed.
- Experience developing customer-centric strategies to generate revenue.
- Passion for Ford products and their capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Help build the best one-make racing series, enhancing the customer racing experience and creating new fans of the Ford brand.
- Develop and implement market strategies with regional Customer Racing Managers to grow the visibility of the Mustang one-make platforms, including vehicle sales, customer acquisition, and driver development programs.
- Define and implement strategies, where appropriate, for entering additional markets such as Latin America and Europe.
- Identify, analyze, and present recommendations for new revenue sources from existing Customer Racing platforms.
- Coordinate with one-make series customers on championship entries, vehicle and parts sales, vehicle delivery, and related topics.
- Manage series and event matters and key stakeholders, including customers, sanctioning bodies, operations and marketing agencies, and suppliers.
- Work with Ford Racing Competition and Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and other departments to support program success, meet KPIs, and ensure consistency in implementation and customer experience.
- Implement a consistent customer and brand experience across motorsports efforts.
- Manage new and existing partner relationships and grow the championship platform as a business-to-business opportunity.
- Prepare presentations on relevant program initiatives for Company stakeholders.
- Manage logistics and operations for future Mustang Challenge Global Invitational events, such as events at Spa 24Hr or Le Mans.
- Liaise with production and engineering teams on volume planning and the Dark Horse R new-vehicle development lifecycle.
- Develop global one-make series guidelines and regulations.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup child care.
- Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
- Tuition assistance.
- Employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
