He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
He is also presently one of the three BERSATU Perlis EXCO Members along with Megat Hashirat Hassan and Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak.
On 25 November 2022, Izizam was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Facilities, Infrastructure, Transport, Border Relations and Cooperation, Integrated Coordination and Public Complaints.
[2] In the 2018 general election, Izizam made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Padang Besar federal seat.
He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Titi Tinggi MLA after defeating EXCO Member and defending MLA Teh Chai Aan of BN, Teh Seng Chuan of PH, independent candidate Zahidi, Mohd Shahril Md Sarif of the Homeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG) and Khaw Hock Kong of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 3,785 votes.