Senior Digital Strategy Manager

Description

Our Digital Future is a core Heathrow beacon, driving airport-wide transformation to become a digitally integrated, data-led airport by 2031, delivering greater resilience, efficiency and growth. Delivered with Data and Tech, it underpins strategic and organisational change. The Senior Digital Strategy Manager, will report to the Digital Transformation Director with a dotted line to the Head of Strategy and will drive the development of the digital transformation strategy in line with Heathrow’s priorities, customer needs and rapid technological change.
 

Responsibilities

• Stay informed on external trends in technology, data and AI, using insights to shape Heathrow’s digital strategy
• Review and evolve the Digital Future vision, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy, priorities and KPIs
• Partner with business functions to define robust business cases for key digital products and services
• Co-develop and maintain a 36‑month strategic roadmap for Digital Transformation
• Support delivery by enabling effective tracking, reporting and realisation of financial and non-financial benefits
• Lead governance activities including budgeting alignment, QBRs, regulatory inputs and senior stakeholder engagement

Qualifications

• Experience defining and owning digital transformation strategy (industry, consultancy or both)
• Experience across large, asset-intensive, engineering or complex operational environments
• Experience working in transformation functions alongside delivery-focused teams
• Strong experience supporting programme reporting, particularly on realised outcomes
• Skilled in facilitation, leading cross‑seniority workshops to shape strategy
• Proven ability to support executive decision-making and trade-offs across digital priorities