Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year Requirements: We are looking for someone with previous experience as a Head of Architecture leading a team within a complex organisation, or equivalent experience. We need an experienced Enterprise Architect with a background in developing technology architecture solutions for systems, infrastructure, security, and wider enterprise environments. We require experience using architecture frameworks and relevant qualifications such as TOGAF, CISSP, or equivalent. We need broad enterprise-wide understanding of applications, infrastructure, project management, service design, and governance. We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of organisational business systems, processes, and infrastructure needs. We need someone who can recognise structural issues, functional interdependencies, and cross-silo redundancies within an organisation. We require the ability to apply architectural principles to business solutions. We need understanding of the legal and purchasing requirements involved in delivering IT projects and ensuring infrastructure input for compliance. We are looking for someone able to evaluate technologies and trends to identify both immediate and future benefits for the university. We need the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and in plain language. We require experience assimilating and correlating disconnected documentation and drawings, and explaining their relevance to the organisation and key business issues. We need experience using model-based representations to collect, aggregate, and disaggregate complex and conflicting information. We are looking for someone able to create high-level models to support future analysis and the maturation of business architecture. We need a solution-oriented, big-picture thinker who can work across multiple technologies and learn quickly. We require the ability to dive into detail where needed to support specific people, situations, or projects. We are looking for someone with experience championing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in their own work area. We need the ability to monitor and evaluate how equality and diversity legislation, policies, and procedures are applied. Responsibilities: We will expect you to develop and maintain our enterprise architecture roadmap in alignment with our strategic plan. You will provide detailed architecture analysis and solutions across the different domain areas. You will work closely with our academic and administrative departments to understand their needs and ensure technology solutions support their goals. You will oversee the selection and integration of new technologies into our existing IT infrastructure, ensuring compatibility and efficiency. You will ensure that plans and roadmaps across all domains align with our overall architecture roadmap. You will identify issues and propose solutions where needed. You will evaluate emerging technologies that could benefit our university and lead pilot projects to test their feasibility. You will maintain comprehensive documentation of our enterprise architecture, including system diagrams, data models, and process flows. You will ensure projects and services have suitable solution designs developed and maintained. You will work closely with our Information Security team to ensure solutions are designed with security in mind. You will oversee and manage the work across our architecture function. You will provide guidance and mentorship to our architecture team and wider IT staff, fostering collaboration and innovation. You will work with colleagues at all levels to analyse strategic priorities and support the development and delivery of business plans. You will contribute directly to our governance cycle to help achieve key goals and deliver business value. Technologies: Architect Support Security TOGAF More: We are the University of Birmingham, a world-class Russell Group institution that has been part of the city for over 100 years. We offer a collaborative and inclusive environment where diverse perspectives drive innovation and progress, and we support staff development through work/life balance-oriented hybrid and flexible working, alongside the Birmingham Professional programme. Based in leafy Edgbaston, our campus offers excellent transport links, a sports centre, shops, cafés, an art gallery, a museum, and botanical gardens. This permanent Head of Architecture role reports to our CIO and includes supervisory responsibility for our wider architecture team, with a strong focus on coaching, mentoring, and strategic alignment. We offer a salary of up to £87,500 with potential to reach £105,000 with a market supplement, a hybrid arrangement of three days in the office and two days from home, a generous USS pension, 40 days of leave including bank holidays and closure days, volunteering leave, occupational sick pay, access to three subsidised nurseries, and many other benefits. last updated 20 week of 2026