Tribe Lead - Platform

A career without limits

As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

This originality has been in our blood since day one. It’s the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.

So, whether you are a reassuring voice on the end of a phone, a smile at the door, under a wing keeping the turbines spinning or landing us gently in far-flung places, a job at British Airways is yours to make.

We know great things can happen when you’re inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit.

The Role: Tribe Lead – Platform

Join British Airways as a Tribe Lead – Platform and take the helm of building and evolving the digital backbone that powers our customer-facing products and internal systems. This role is your opportunity to lead platform strategy, drive innovation, and enable scalability and resilience across our technology estate.

What You’ll Do:

Define and lead the strategy for the platform tribe, covering core services, APIs, integrations, and shared infrastructure. Own the delivery of platform capabilities that empower other product teams and ensure business agility. Partner closely with Technology & Architecture to align platform evolution with enterprise architecture. Manage priorities across identity, payments, content management, security, and scalability. Drive modernisation through cloud-first, API-led development and continuous delivery principles. Balance technical vision with practical delivery, ensuring robustness, compliance, and performance.

What You’ll Bring to British Airways:

A strategic mindset with a deep understanding of platform thinking and digital foundations. Proven ability to lead technical teams and collaborate across disciplines. Strong grasp of modern technology stacks, integration frameworks, and DevOps principles. A structured, pragmatic approach to delivery in complex, regulated environments.

Your Experience:

Experience leading platform product teams or enterprise-scale tech modernisation programmes. Strong background in API strategy, security, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise platforms. Proven success working in agile environments with a focus on enablement and scalability.

Ready to Build the Future?

If you’re excited to shape the platforms that underpin everything we do, apply now and help British Airways build a smarter, stronger digital future.

What we offer:

We believe that all the people who work with us should feel valued for the part they play. It’s one of the reasons our rewards go far beyond a competitive salary.

From the day you join us, you’ll get access to brilliant staff travel benefits including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways flights. You’ll also receive up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.

At British Airways you’ll have the chance to take on new challenges and move forward in a way that feels right for you. We encourage all those who work for us to consider opportunities right across our business to help you develop and progress.

We never stand still, and we don’t expect our people to either.

Inclusion & Diversity

At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.

Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.