Senior Assurance Manager

Overview

In this role you partner with senior stakeholders to ensure major capital programmes are delivered with robust assurance and evidence-based insights. You will lead independent reviews within the Quality & Assurance function, shaping governance and risk practices across Heathrow’s significant investment portfolio. The position offers influence over high-value decisions and opportunities to elevate assurance standards in a regulated, infrastructure-heavy environment. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to drive governance readiness and value-driven delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salaries
• performance-based annual bonuses
• Share in Success bonuses
• generous annual leave
• market-leading pensions
• private health insurance

Responsibilities

• 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

Key requirements

• Strong understanding of governance, risk, programme or project delivery and application of assurance principles in complex environments
• Ability to analyse risks, evaluate controls, and communicate findings to senior audiences
• Relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience in assurance, governance, risk, audit, programme delivery or related discipline (APM PMQ, PMI PMP, MSP Practitioner, or similar)
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated leadership, resilience, and adaptability in fast-paced settings
• Experience in large and regulated capital delivery organisations (preferred)
• Experience coaching or facilitating governance-related workshops

• Interpersonal skills
• Stakeholder management
• Leadership
• Governance and risk management
• Assurance methodologies
• Programme and project delivery in regulated environments

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