Director of F1 Partnerships

Keeper Security is hiring a Director of F1 Partnerships to serve as the single point of ownership for all F1-related assets, strategy and activations. This role will lead full-year strategic planning, contract deliverable execution and high-profile global brand activations across Keeper’s F1 partnership portfolio. This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates who live near our global headquarters in Chicago. Global travel is required (including weekend travel).

Keeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally. Keeper is published in 25 languages and is sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and work at the intersection of brand storytelling, fan engagement and global event execution.

About Keeper

Keeper Security is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity software companies that protects thousands of organizations and millions of people in over 150 countries. Keeper is a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security built for any IT environment. Its core offering, KeeperPAM®, is an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform that protects all users, devices and infrastructure from cyber attacks. Recognized for its innovation in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Keeper secures passwords and passkeys, infrastructure secrets, remote connections and endpoints with role-based enforcement policies, least privilege and just-in-time access. Learn why Keeper is trusted by leading organizations to defend against modern adversaries at KeeperSecurity.com.

About the Role

As Director of F1 Partnerships, you will be Keeper’s definitive owner of the F1 partnership, responsible for full-year strategic planning, contract deliverable execution, and maximizing the business and brand impact of every activation. You will serve as the single point of contact across all F1-related assets and activities, coordinate driver and senior personnel engagements, establish standard operating procedures and ensure that every event, hospitality experience and brand touchpoint delivers measurable results. You will partner closely with senior leadership, marketing, PR, social media, channel and sales teams to bring bold, integrated storytelling to life on a global stage.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Strategy

• Own full-year strategic planning, contract deliverable execution and budget management for Keeper’s F1 partnership, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and measurable ROI
• Lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with senior leadership to develop bold, creative activations
• Establish KPIs, track performance across all activations and deliver post-event reporting and analysis

Partnership and Brand Management

• Serve as the single point of contact for all F1-related assets, partner relationships, driver and senior personnel engagements, and brand representation, including standard operating procedures and annual asset updates
• Lead end-to-end activation planning and execution, including VIP hospitality, on-site operations and high-impact experiential programs across global markets
• Collaborate with PR, social media and marketing teams to develop integrated storytelling that maximizes Keeper’s brand visibility, fan engagement and business impact

Operations and Collaboration

• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, partnership documentation, event planning and editorial calendars to ensure organized, scalable execution
• Manage vendor relationships, budget negotiations and sponsor deliverable tracking
• Stay informed on industry and sponsorship trends to identify new opportunities and continuously refine strategy

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in managing and planning large-scale global sports activations
• Proven success managing large-scale sports sponsorships, including full contract lifecycle and deliverable ownership
• Track record of leading cross-functional teams, influencing executives and collaborating across departments to achieve extraordinary outcomes
• Strong relationship management skills, with demonstrated ability to manage partner personnel including drivers and senior team members
• Experience establishing KPIs, tracking performance and using insights to optimize partnership programs
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to balance multiple initiatives across global time zones
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; ability to represent Keeper with professionalism to partners and VIP stakeholders
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on, execution-driven mindset and a passion for bold, elevated activation ideas
• Passion for technology and global F1 sports culture
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25 - 30% of the time, including weekends

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
• Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
• Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401K (Roth/Traditional)
• A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)
• Above market annual bonuses

Keeper Security, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Classification: Exempt

 

Keeper Candidate Privacy Notice

This notice explains how Keeper Security processes your personal data during recruitment. Depending on the role and location, the Controller of personal data (the organization responsible for determining why and how personal data is processed) will be Keeper Security Inc. (US), Keeper Security EMEA Ltd. (Ireland), or Keeper Security APAC K.K (Japan).

1. Data We Collect

Information You provide:

• Contact details, CV/resume, cover letter
• Employment history, qualifications, work eligibility
• Application responses and uploaded documents

Information We generate:

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• Scheduling information

Information From Others:

• Recruiter/referral information who submit your profile
• References (with your consent, before final offer)
• Public professional profiles
• Background verification (post offer)

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• We may ask you to voluntarily provide diversity information including race/ethnicity, gender, disability status and veteran status (US). Providing this information is optional and Keeper collects this data in order to comply with EEOC and similar requirements

2. How We Use Your Data

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• Manage interviews and recruitment workflow
• Consider you for other/future roles (we may seek your consent to keep your information on our systems beyond the retention period specified)
• Comply with employment law obligations

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Internal:

• HR, hiring managers, interviewers*, IT support for system administration

*Note - diversity and equal opportunity data is not shared with hiring managers.

Third Parties:

Service providers who assist with:

• Applicant tracking, recruitment systems and assessment providers
• Background verification vendors (post offer)
• Recruitment agencies (where applicable)
• Tools to support communication, collaboration and to securely store your data

Keeper ensures that all our third parties are contractually bound to protect your personal data with adequate safeguards in place.

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Your data may be accessed by Keeper entities globally as needed for the purposes of hiring and decision making. We protect any such data transfer between Keeper entities using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection laws.

6. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, consistent with our industry leading security standards.

7. Retention

We keep your data for 24 months from your last application activity, then delete or anonymize it.

Exceptions:

• You opt into our talent database for further retention by providing consent (extended retention)
• You're hired (transfers to employee records)

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You have the following rights and can contact us at the email below to exercise them:

• Access, correct, or delete your data, subject to applicable law and retention requirements
• Object to or restrict processing
• Withdraw consent (where applicable)
• Request data portability
• Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority

If you become an employee, your rights regarding your employee record are governed by our internal Employee Privacy Notice and certain data will be retained as required under relevant laws such as employment or tax law. 

When you request access to your personal data, some information may be redacted if it includes the personal data of other individuals or information that we must protect in order to preserve their privacy rights.

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Keeper does not make hiring decisions using solely automated processing.

10. Contact - Candidates can send privacy questions to: privacy@keepersecurity.com