Head of IT Architecture & Data, Professional Services, Birmingham

Carrington Recruitment Solutions; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Head of IT Architecture & Data required for a Birmingham-based law firm. This hybrid role expects office presence about two days per week, with occasional travel to other UK sites.

You will blend hands-on technical leadership with strategic governance across data, AI governance, and cloud/SaaS environments. Ideal candidates bring enterprise architecture leadership, experience in regulated professional services, and an ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in enterprise IT architecture including data architecture.
• Experience defining strategy, standards, governance and roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of business, application, data, integration and technology architecture.
• Experience designing scalable, resilient cloud/SaaS solutions.
• Knowledge of data governance and AI governance, risk and control.
• Ability to explain complex topics to senior stakeholders.
• Experience in regulated or professional services environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture initiatives across IT and data domains.
• Define architecture strategy, standards and roadmaps in a complex environment.
• Influence senior stakeholders with credibility.
• Collaborate with IT and business leaders to ensure governance and compliance.
• Coordinate with regional sites; travel to UK sites as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise Architecture

Data Governance

Cloud & SaaS

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Thinking

Regulated Environment Experience

Job description

Head of IT Architecture & Data, Data Governance, Birmingham, Part Remote

Head of IT Architecture & Data required to work for an exciting Law Firm based in Birmingham. 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.

We 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:

• 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.