Heathrow
Solutions Architect
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Strategic Technology Architect Roles
About the Role
These Strategic Technology Architect roles are core to shaping Heathrow’s operational technology strategy across key domains. You’ll collaborate with domain architects to define strategic technology direction while serving as the technical design authority for project delivery. Your responsibilities span Baggage Systems, Airfield, Engineering, Rail, Passenger Systems, and more, demanding strategic foresight as well as hands-on technical oversight.
Working at the intersection of infrastructure, operations, and innovation, you’ll ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and future-ready, aligned with Heathrow’s long-term business goals.
Why Work at Heathrow?
There’s an unmatched energy here. Every day you’ll experience:
- A unique career filled with endless possibilities, working alongside people from all cultures and backgrounds.
- The confidence and pride of delivering against bold ambitions—such as welcoming millions more passengers while leading global sustainability initiatives in aviation.
- Career fulfilment, backed by investment in growth, encouragement to bring your best self, and encouragement to achieve beyond limits.
- The iconic thrill of working at the world’s busiest international airport.
At Heathrow, you help shape every passenger’s journey—from seamless arrivals and departures to carbon-reducing innovations and world-class infrastructure.
The Solutions Team
Part of your work will connect you with Heathrow’s Solutions team, which covers:
- Project Management
- Process Improvement
- Business Change
- Technology & Cyber Defence
- Masterplanning
- Infrastructure Development
- Procurement
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Here, you’ll deliver large-scale projects, ranging from terminal modernisations to impactful sustainability programmes and carbon-reduction strategies.
Your Impact
You will be.**
- Driving critical technology partnerships with retailers, airlines, and other stakeholders.
- Designing the city-within-a-motorway – the technology, data, and infrastructure that keeps Heathrow running through 200+ buildings, HV substations, and complex systems.
In this collaborative environment, you’ll collaborate with the best experts to take on projects that ignite passion and shape a globally recognised sustainable airport for the future.
Benefits
Heathrow offers competitive rewards, world-class benefits, and unmatched career development to support your long-term success:
Financial & Performance-Based Support
- Base salaries, annual performance bonuses, and the long-term Share in Success Bonus scheme.
- Market-leading pensions built around your ambitions.
- Lenient annual leave allowance (generous in comparison).
Flexibility & Wellbeing
- Family-friendly policies for a life balancing professional and personal priorities.
- Private health insurance support, with extensive wellbeing tools tailored to your needs.
- Private health worldwide insurance.
- Wellbeing resources covering mental, physical and financial health.
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Development & Learning
- Yearly access to a tailored learning & development plan, designed to progress your expertise.
- Opportunities to explore high-impact initiatives and scale your career through challenging, hands-on projects.
Working Arrangements
Heathrow encourages a hybrid working model—permitting up to two days remote work per week for eligible roles while ensuring operational needs are met. This flexibility supports an agile work ethic, prioritising productivity and collaboration.
Requirements:
- Must be UK-based and within reasonable commuting distance.
Travel & Sustainability
For colleagues working from home, Heathrow provides best-in-class guidelines to support sustainable commutes. (See: Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide).
Equal Opportunity & Inclusion
As a commitment to equal opportunities, Heathrow:
- Enjoys diverse experiences in its workforce, celebrating the richness of its global workforce.
- Provides accessibility tools, ** Safeguarding policies**, and equal opportunity application processes.
- Supports interdisciplinary collaboration through five diversity networks that champion inclusion.
Together, Heathrow welcomes challenges that will elevate travel experiences for employees and visitors while advancing the global and sustainable aviation agenda.
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