IT Programme Lead – Strategy Execution

Description

Join Heathrow as an IT Programme Lead in Strategy Execution, where you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the technology strategy that underpins the airport’s future. This role is central to ensuring that our IT capabilities evolve in line with business priorities, enabling Heathrow to deliver a world-class passenger experience and operational excellence. 

As part of a collaborative and forward thinking team, you will drive alignment across IT functions, ensuring governance is robust, and deliver measurable progress against strategic goals. You’ll be instrumental in connecting strategy to execution, ensuring that every initiative contributes to Heathrow’s long term vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution and ongoing evolution of the IT Strategy and Operating Model, ensuring alignment with business objectives. 
• Own and maintain the IT Capability Framework, driving continuous improvement and supporting long-term capability planning. 
• Partner with senior IT leaders to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, measurable outcomes, and investment proposals. 
• Coordinate cross-functional planning activities, ensuring alignment between business priorities, workforce planning, budgets, and strategic initiatives. 
• Provide assurance and oversight across IT portfolios, managing dependencies, risks, constraints, and organisational readiness. 
• Support strategic business planning and stakeholder engagement, creating a clear, integrated view of IT priorities, delivery commitments, and future capabilities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT strategy execution or enterprise-level planning within a complex organisation.
• Strong governance and delivery management skills, with the ability to track and report on measurable outcomes.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across senior leadership levels.
• Analytical mindset with experience in assessing affordability, deliverability, and organisational readiness.
• Ability to manage cross-functional dependencies and integrate multiple planning inputs effectively.
• Coordinate inputs from ITLT to create a coherent view of IT priorities, activities and key results.

Ideal Skills

• Background in capability planning or strategic workforce planning.
• Experience in large-scale transformation or operating model implementation.
• Familiarity with IT assurance processes and risk management frameworks.