The company:
Williams’ core competencies are the design and development of racing cars to compete in the Formula One World Championship. As one of the world's leading Formula One teams, the company has secured 16 FIA Formula One World Championship titles since its foundation in 1977 and is now moving into an exciting era under new ownership defined by relentless innovation and living sustainable performance in every dimension.
We are looking for a Head of Enterprise Systems to join us to lead the transformation and management of Williams' enterprise-wide systems, ensuring our race operations and business functions are powered by a cutting-edge, fully integrated technology ecosystem.
As a pivotal leader, you will drive strategic alignment and innovation across PLM, ERP, MES, and emerging systems like HRIS, enabling Williams to operate at peak performance both on and off the track.
Key responsibilities:
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Strategic roadmap leadership: Own and execute the vision for enterprise systems, creating a seamless, future-proof integration between key systems that powers Williams’ operations across engineering, manufacturing, and business functions.
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Business transformation: Play a crucial role in large-scale transformation projects, ensuring our enterprise systems evolve to meet future business demands.
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Vendor and partner management: Build strong, strategic relationships with key vendors and service providers, ensuring Williams leverages best-in-class technology solutions.
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Team leadership and development: Lead and inspire a high-performance team, driving a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement. Empower your team to shape the future of Williams’ technology landscape.
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Operational excellence: Drive system uptime, accelerate issue resolution, and ensure enterprise systems function smoothly and efficiently across all business units.
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Collaboration: Work closely within across teams to deliver integrated plans, aligning enterprise system capabilities with Williams’ strategic goals.
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Innovation and future-proofing: Lead the adoption of new technologies and practices that push the boundaries of what’s possible in F1 engineering, manufacturing, and operations.
Skills and experience required:
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Strategic vision: Proven ability to define and implement a long-term, integrated enterprise systems roadmap, ensuring technology solutions align with evolving business goals.
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Enterprise system expertise: Deep experience with PLM, ERP, and MES systems in fast-paced engineering/manufacturing environments, with a strong grasp of how these systems interact and support business operations.
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Strong communication and leadership skills: Exceptional at building relationships with internal teams and external partners, ensuring alignment and commitment to shared goals.
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Change leader: Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale business and technology transformations, embracing continuous improvement and innovation.
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Team builder: A dynamic leader who thrives on building, mentoring, and empowering high-performance teams to deliver impactful results.
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Problem solver: Ability to think critically and solve complex operational and technical challenges, ensuring systems are efficient, reliable, and scalable.
Why Join Us?
This is your opportunity to shape the future of a world-leading Formula 1 team. You’ll be at the forefront of technology, steering the integration of cutting-edge systems that enable Williams to push the limits of performance. If you’re passionate about driving transformational change and building something extraordinary, this role is for you.
What can Williams offer?
The Williams Group is based in multi acre complex located in Grove, Oxfordshire. The Williams Group offers a competitive holiday package, staff events/open days, a subsidised restaurant on site and various car schemes. We have an on-site gym (open 24 hours a day) as well as various fitness classes including outdoors bootcamps, pilates and yoga free for all staff and contractors to use. Aside from these benefits we can offer free onsite parking and large open green spaces to unwind during breaks. We are a based just 30 mins from Oxford City Centre by bus.
Williams is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments