Senior Strategy Manager

Heathrow; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonuses

Share in Success Bonus

Generous pension

Private health insurance

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Heathrow is seeking a Senior Strategy Manager to shape and deliver the airport's strategic ambitions. You will lead high-profile, end-to-end projects, framing questions, analysing data, evaluating options and presenting actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders to secure alignment.

In this role you’ll combine strategic and technical capability with strong interpersonal skills, navigating ambiguity and driving impactful outcomes across a diverse stakeholder landscape.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategy development within a complex organisation or consultancy.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret and present complex data
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple projects to tight deadlines
• Commercial awareness and knowledge of regulatory environments
• Constructive problem-solving approach in a dynamic setting

Responsibilities

• Monitor market, customer and competitor trends to identify strategic opportunities and inform Heathrow's long-term direction.
• Partner with the Executive team and senior leaders to shape corporate strategy and support Board-level decision-making and communications.
• Drive alignment between corporate and functional strategies, building strong relationships across the business to enable successful delivery.
• Lead complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives from concept through to execution, collaborating closely with Finance, PMO and key stakeholders.
• Apply rigorous analysis, strategic modelling and data-driven insights to solve business challenges and evaluate strategic options.
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement, while coaching and supporting analysts to build capability across the Strategy team.

Skills

Strategy development

Analytical skills

Communication

Project management

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Job description

There’s no place like Heathrow when it comes to the scale of our ambitions. Our Strategy team has a key role to play in both our present and our future, as we drive growth, continue to develop our iconic airport and lead the way in defining the future of aviation.

Joining a close- knit team using state-of-the‑art tools and techniques, you’ll help deliver high quality analysis and leadership for our business. Building relationships across complex partner groups, you’ll influence external policies and simplify core business processes – always driving excellent decision making.

Job Info

• Job Identification 5779
• Job Category Strategy
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Heathrow Airport Limited, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 2GW, GB
• Contract Type Permanent
• Working Pattern Monday-Friday Business hours

Job Overview

This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping Heathrow's future by driving both the development and delivery of the airport's strategic ambitions. As part of a forward-thinking Strategy team, you'll work across a broad agenda, from exploring innovative technologies and future opportunities to defining and delivering the strategic initiatives that will shape Heathrow's long‑term success.

As a Senior Strategy Manager, you will lead complex, high‑profile projects from end to end. This includes framing strategic questions, analysing data and insights, developing and evaluating options, and presenting clear recommendations to senior stakeholders to build alignment and support.

You’ll bring a highly analytical and structured approach to problem solving, coupled with the ability to navigate ambiguity and turn complex challenges into actionable strategies. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you will build strong relationships, influence decision‑making, and lead cross‑functional teams to deliver strategic outcomes.

We’re looking for someone who combines strong strategic and technical capability with exceptional interpersonal skills. An engaging storyteller, comfortable with ambiguity, you'll be able to bring complex ideas to life and influence at all levels of the organisation. Energy, curiosity, commercial acumen, and the ability to collaborate effectively across a diverse stakeholder landscape are essential.

Principal Accountabilities

• Monitor market, customer and competitor trends to identify strategic opportunities and inform Heathrow's long‑term direction.
• Partner with the Executive team and senior leaders to shape corporate strategy and support Board‑level decision‑making and communications.
• Drive alignment between corporate and functional strategies, building strong relationships across the business to enable successful delivery.
• Lead complex, cross‑functional strategic initiatives from concept through to execution, collaborating closely with Finance, PMO and key stakeholders.
• Apply rigorous analysis, strategic modelling and data‑driven insights to solve business challenges and evaluate strategic options.
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement, while coaching and supporting analysts to build capability across the Strategy team.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in strategy development within a complex organisation or consultancy
• Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret and present complex data
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple projects to tight deadlines
• Commercial awareness and knowledge of regulatory environments
• Constructive problem‑solving approach in a dynamic setting

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in aviation, transport, or infrastructure sectors
• Knowledge of sustainability in strategic planning
• Advanced financial modelling and business case development skills

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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.

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.

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