Director of IT Architecture

As a Director of IT Architecture, you'll collaborate with researchers, academics and technology teams across the university to design, implement and maintain robust technical architecture that enables ground-breaking discoveries. You'll be part of a dynamic leadership team within our Digital, Data and Technology Group, working at the forefront of enterprise architecture to support everything from high-performance computing to advanced data analytics platforms, enterprise applications, cloud and on-prem infrastructure.

About us

Ranked 8th in the Complete University Guide 2025, the University of Bath offers a vibrant, inclusive community with staff from over 60 countries. Our beautiful countryside campus, close to the historic city of Bath, provides an exceptional environment for work, learning, and personal development.

About the role

As part of our senior leadership team, you will:

• Lead the development of comprehensive Technology Strategy aligned with the University's Digital Strategy and strategic objectives
• Drive technological innovation and data capability to support delivery of transformational projects across research and education
• Provide strategic leadership for research computing services, including HPC, data storage, and scientific software support
• Direct engineering teams to ensure University cloud and on-prem systems and data are performant, available, consistent, and integrated for optimal stakeholder efficiency
• Establish architectural governance frameworks and technical design authority to ensure solutions deliver against university strategy and business needs

About you

Strong technical and architectural knowledge with experience of developing and operating modern platforms and applications. Significant expertise in research computing environments and data management integration within complex enterprise settings. Outstanding leadership skills with proven ability to build, inspire and engage technical teams despite ambiguity and frequent change. Excellent communication skills able to translate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders from researchers to senior executives. Strategic vision with ability to set direction and deliver tactical outcomes at both organisational and team levels.

You’ll hold a degree in a technical field with Chartered status or equivalent experience, and professional project management qualifications like PRINCE2. Strong stakeholder engagement, leadership in complex technical projects, and mentoring skills are key. Knowledge of agile, enterprise architecture, and cloud/data/high-performance computing is highly valued, along with a curious, analytical mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.

The role title 'Director of IT Architecture' is for advertising purposes only. If successful, your role title will be Director IT Engineering (Dir ITE)

We celebrate diversity and are proud of our inclusive culture, with staff from over 60 nations and a Silver Athena SWAN award. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to gender equality, intersectionality, and safer recruitment to ensure a secure and supportive environment for everyone.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, an accredited Disability Confident Leader, autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you: We offer a wide range of benefits including free counselling, staff discounts, generous leave and pension schemes, EV and cycle schemes, relocation support, visa reimbursement, and access to professional development, gym facilities, and local cultural attractions.