Head Of IT Achitecture & Data, Professional Services

Carrington Recruitment Solutions Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrington Recruitment Solutions Limited seeks a Head of IT Architecture & Data for a Leeds-based law firm. The role is hybrid, with in-office presence about 2 days per week and occasional travel to other UK sites. TOGAF certification is essential.

A blended background in IT Architecture, Data Governance, and hands-on leadership is required; law or professional services experience is preferred. You will lead enterprise architecture and data governance, shaping strategy, standards, and roadmaps

Qualifications

• TOGAF certification is required.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement.
• Background in IT Architecture with Data Governance.
• Experience with cloud and SaaS architectures.
• Experience in regulated or professional services is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture and data governance teams.
• Define strategy, standards, governance, and roadmaps.
• Engage senior stakeholders and communicate complex topics clearly.
• Design scalable, resilient cloud/SaaS solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

Cloud & SaaS

Strategy & roadmaps

Risk & security

Job description

Head of IT Architecture & Data, Data Governance, TOGAF Certification Essential, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Part Remote

Head of IT Architecture & Data required to work for an exciting Law Firm based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. This will be a hybrid role where you will be expected to be in the office circa 2 days per week, along with travelling to other UK sites on occasions.

First and foremost, we need you to have the TOGAF certification. This is not negotiable unfortunately. We also need someone with a blended background within IT Architecture, along with Data and Data Governance. You will be very familiar with CISO set-ups too and will be hands on, as well as strategic. Ideally we are looking for someone from a Law Firm background, or Professional Services at the very least.

Ideally you will come from a technical background, whether this be Solution Architecture or Data Architecture and have then blossomed into Leadership. You MUST have proven Leadership skills too.

Experience Required:

We are looking for someone who combines senior security expertise with pragmatic leadership and strong stakeholder engagement. You will bring:

• Proven enterprise architecture leadership experience, including data architecture.
• Experience defining strategy, standards, governance and roadmaps in a complex environment.
• Strong understanding of business, application, data, integration and technology architecture.
• Experience designing scalable, resilient and supportable solutions across cloud and SaaS environments.
• Good knowledge of data governance, AI governance, risk, assurance and control.
• The ability to explain complex topics clearly and influence senior stakeholders with credibility.
• Experience in a regulated or professional services environment would be advantageous.

This is a great opportunity and salary is dependent upon experience.