Senior Assurance Manager

Heathrow Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonuses

Share in Success bonuses

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Private health insurance

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Heathrow is seeking a Senior Assurance Manager to lead independent reviews across major capital programmes, delivering evidence-based insights to senior governance stakeholders.

You will strengthen the Capital Governance Framework, coach Assurance Managers, and support risk mitigation while ensuring value-driven project delivery. Applicants from assurance, governance, risk, audit, or programme delivery backgrounds are welcome; aviation experience is not required.

Qualifications

• Governance and risk concepts applied to complex capital projects.
• Ability to communicate findings to senior audiences clearly.
• Experience in assurance, governance, or project delivery is valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead independent assurance reviews for major programmes and projects.
• Oversee the assurance programme within the Capital Governance Framework.
• Develop and improve assurance methodologies and best practices.
• Coach Assurance Managers to maintain high-quality governance readiness.

Skills

Governance

Risk management

Programme delivery

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

APM PMQ

PMI PMP

MSP Practitioner

Job description

Introduction

Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers, while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Introduction

Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers, while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join Heathrow's Development team and you'll be part of this, making every journey better for millions each year, now and in the future.
We're the team that's responsible for our multi-billion pound programmes to successfully transform Heathrow into an extraordinary airport, whilst delivering outstanding value for passengers and airlines.
Development covers project management, process improvement, business change, master-planning, infrastructure and our ambitious capital investment programmes. This includes Heathrow Expansion, the UK's biggest privately funded infrastructure project and flagship for delivering lasting economic growth.
It brings together people with the skills to deliver prestigious projects that make a lasting impact, from transforming terminals to making big reductions in our carbon emissions.
Every day will test your skills and give you the opportunity to make your mark.

Job Description

As a Senior Assurance Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring our strategic decisions are informed by robust evidence, effective assurance, and independent insight. Working within our Quality & Assurance department and reporting to the Head of Quality & Assurance, you'll lead reviews that provide senior stakeholders with confidence in the delivery readiness of Heathrow's diverse portfolio of major capital programmes. This position offers an opportunity to influence high-value, high-profile investment decisions and shape assurance practices that strengthen governance across Heathrow and ensure efficient, value-driven project delivery.
We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds, including assurance, programme or project delivery, risk, audit, governance, consulting, operations and regulated industries. Direct aviation experience is not required.

Your role will involve

• Lead independent assurance reviews for major programmes and projects across Heathrow, providing evidence-based insights to senior governance stakeholders.
• Oversee delivery of the assurance programme within the Capital Governance Framework, aligning it with risk appetite and governance standards.
• Develop and improve assurance methodologies, embedding best practice and continual improvement.
• Provide constructive feedback and recommendations to programme teams to support governance readiness and risk mitigation.
• Coach and mentor Assurance Managers, promoting a consistent, high-quality assurance approach and professional growth.
  

These Skills Are Essential

• Strong understanding of governance, risk, programme or project delivery, with the ability to apply assurance principles in complex environments.
• Strong ability to analyse risks, evaluate controls, and communicate findings effectively to senior audiences.
• A relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience gained through assurance, governance, risk, audit, programme delivery or a related discipline such as APM PMQ, PMI PMP, MSP Practitioner, or similar.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, resilience, and adaptability in fast-paced.
  

Ideally you'll also have

• Experience in large and regulated capital delivery organisations (e.g., infrastructure, aviation, or utilities).
• Experience in coaching or facilitating governance-related workshops.

About Us

There's something so special about working at the world's most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you'll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there's no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we'll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we'll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you'll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow . Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow's Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger - not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.