Head of Cyber Security - Delivery

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Job Description

The Head of Cyber Delivery is accountable for defining, mobilising and executing the Cyber Security change portfolio in alignment with the organisation's cyber strategy. Operating within the Cyber Security Leadership Team and reporting directly to the CISO, the role ensures that strategic cyber objectives are translated into structured, governed and measurable programmes of delivery across a complex, highly regulated Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) environment.

The role leads a team of Project Managers and provides functional oversight to multidisciplinary technical delivery teams responsible for implementing secure technology capabilities, resilience improvements and regulatory control enhancements across the Heathrow cyber estate.

This position operates at the intersection of Cyber Security, Enterprise IT, Operational Technology (OT), and Business Leadership, ensuring that cyber initiatives are aligned with enterprise risk appetite, regulatory obligations, and operational resilience priorities.

Responsibilities

• Translating the enterprise Cyber Security Strategy into an executable, prioritised and governed delivery roadmap.
• Leading and maturing cyber programme and project delivery disciplines across the Cyber function.
• Ensuring compliance with UK regulatory frameworks applicable to aviation and Critical National Infrastructure.
• Provide strategic leadership and portfolio governance across the Cyber function.
• Lead programme and project delivery to ensure successful outcomes.
• Ensure regulatory and compliance alignment across all cyber initiatives.
• Drive capability and team leadership across the Cyber function.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio and programme governance expertise (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2, SAFe or equivalent frameworks).
• Deep understanding of cyber risk management, threat landscapes and control frameworks.
• Ability to align cyber investment to quantified risk reduction and business outcomes.
• Executive-level communication and reporting capability.
• Advanced stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Financial acumen including budget management and benefits realisation.
• Strong leadership capability across matrix and federated structures.

Experience (Essential)

• Demonstrable experience leading large-scale transformation programmes in complex, highly regulated environments.
• Experience operating within Critical National Infrastructure sectors (e.g., aviation, transport, utilities, defence).
• Proven track record of delivering cyber security capabilities at enterprise scale.
• Experience engaging directly with executive stakeholders and regulators.

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

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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.

About the Team

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. At Heathrow, you can be part of this - providing solutions that make every journey better for millions each year. That means ensuring we meet the changing needs of the passengers, colleagues and partners who use our airport to work, travel, trade, shop, eat, explore and connect. Our Solutions team covers project management, process improvement, business change, technology, cyber defence, masterplanning, infrastructure and procurement. It brings together people with the skills to deliver prestigious and often large-scale projects, 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. You might be working with the technology and data that power our city within a city, driving vital commercial agreements with everyone from retailers to airlines, or improving the unique infrastructure that includes everything from 200 buildings to 250 HV substations. It's a collaborative environment, where you can rely on the support of the experts around you as you take on projects you'll both take pride in and feel passionate about.