Director of Architecture and Data

University of the Arts London (UAL) is a world-leading creative University for teaching and research in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. UAL is made up of six renowned colleges and hosts several centres and institutes that further the University's mission and social purpose, through the students and ideas we send out into the world and the partnerships we build to achieve social, environmental, and economic progress.

Digital & Technology provide a strategic and transformational University-wide approach to digital and technology, designing and delivering services to enable learning and teaching, research, innovation, with a focus on continuously improving the student and staff experiences.

The Director of Architecture and Data is an exciting new leadership opportunity, working with the Chief Digital Officer, and in partnership with the Digital and Technology service Directors, responsible for driving credibility with the business and shaping our future technology landscape, a unique opportunity to make a significant impact into how UAL operate.

This post will be critical within the wider Digital & Technology Senior Leadership team, establishing and enhancing the foundations for an Architecture practice, engaging in the development and maintenance of applications, enabling innovative and efficient solutions, creation of roadmaps, policies, process, procedures, and implementation patterns which guide strategy and execution.

The post holder will develop and mature the Architecture and integrations functions in its broadest sense, planning and designing technical strategy, alongside creating competitive advantage, faster execution aligned to strategies by understanding our core competencies.

Working as part of the Digital and Technology Senior Leadership Team, the role provides an opportunity to help transform the provision of digital and technology services to exceed the Universities' Digital and Data ambitions.

Experience

• A background of working in IT senior management positions, with experience of delivering operational services
• Experience of all domains of Architecture - Business, Data, Application, Technology and Security
• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Architecture and of translating business needs into EA requirements.
• Demonstrable experience of driving and championing new ways of working at scale across multiple products and services
• Extensive experience of working collaboratively with Senior Leadership colleagues
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels of an organisation, whether non-technical or technical
• Experience of working within a Higher Education environment is desirable but not essential.

UAL is a world-class University shaping the creative industries worldwide, with staff having access to a range of benefits, training and personal development to recognise and reward the contributions they make, as well as to encourage excellence, creativity and diversity, including:

• Competitive salary of up to GBP100,000 per annum, Dependent on experience
• 34 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Generous, defined benefit pension scheme
• Family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full maternity or paternity pay

HAYS Technology have been retained by University of the Arts London to manage the search and recruitment of this role. For all enquiries, please contact Joel Mundy, Senior Manager at Hays Technology.