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Royal Holloway University of London is seeking an IT Architect (Governance and Risk) to join the Enterprise Architecture team within IT Services. The role focuses on governance, standards and risk across the university's IT landscape.
You will work with Solution and Technical Architects and TSOs to develop and enforce non-functional standards, log outputs in the Architecture repository (BizzDesign), and contribute to risk management and remediation planning. This is a hybrid role based in Surrey.
Qualifications
- Experience in governance and risk within IT architectures.
- Ability to define standards and patterns for non-functional requirements.
- Proven track record in architecture governance and risk management.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain and enforce architecture standards and patterns.
- Log due diligence outputs into the Architecture repository (BizzDesign).
- Manage governance, risk and technical debt with senior stakeholders.
- Contribute to architecture board operations and work package definition.
Skills
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Job description
Applications are invited from individuals who welcome the chance to work in a small and dynamic Enterprise Architecture team.
The IT Architect (Governance and Risk) is a key role in the Enterprise Architecture team within IT Services. IT Services provides critical professional services for the running of all IT at Royal Holloway: managing and optimising the infrastructure, running of the applications, managing commercial relationships and large contracts with software suppliers and integrating services into the corporate, learning, teaching and research environments of the College.
The IT Architect (Governance and Risk) will have a broad role focusing on governance, standards and risk.
Standard Setting
Working with the Solution and Technical Architect, along with the Technical Service Owners (TSO’s), you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and enforcing standards and patterns that make up the non-functional requirements and test them through a continuous improvement cycle with non-Project due diligence to ensure we have the correct standards. These due diligence outputs will be logged into our Architecture repository (BizzDesign).
The IT Architect (Governance and Risk) will also be responsible for ensuring that our technical debt / risk register reflects the latest Architectural and Technical risk in the department by working with the Technical and Solution Architects, the TSO’s and the IT Senior Management team to ensure the risks are logged, mitigated, have a plan for remediation or acceptance and are reported with insights. The IT Architect (Governance and Risk) will be expected to pro-actively define solutions to mitigate risk to input into university governance processes.
Governance
The IT Architect (Governance and Risk)will be responsible for ensuring that the Architecture Board operating model continually evolves and meets its terms of reference whilst ensuring the artefacts, inputs and outputs are logged and tracked to completion.
Solution Design
In addition to designing solutions to support mitigation of risk, the IT Architect (Governance and Risk) will also work with non-IT change leaders to define IT work packages for non-IT managed change.
In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Training and Development opportunities
- Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
- Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing.
- Free parking
The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.
For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk
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Company: Royal Holloway University of London
Salary: £49,979 - £59,125
Hours: Full-time
Location: Surrey, TW20 0EX
Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote
Job type: Permanent
Posting date: 19 Aug 2026
Closing date: 2 Sept 2026
Full-Time, Permanent
Applications are invited from individuals who welcome the chance to work in a small and dynamic Enterprise Architecture team.
The IT Architect (Governance and Risk) is a key role in the Enterprise Architecture team within IT Services. IT Services provides critical professional services for the running of all IT at Royal Holloway: managing and optimising the infrastructure, running of the applications, managing commercial relationships and large contracts with software suppliers and integrating services into the corporate, learning, teaching and research environments of the College.
The IT Architect (Governance and Risk) will have a broad role focusing on governance, standards and risk.
Standard Setting
Working with the Solution and Technical Architect, along with the Technical Service Owners (TSO’s), you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and enforcing standards and patterns that make up the non-functional requirements and test them through a continuous improvement cycle with non-Project due diligence to ensure we have the correct standards. These due diligence outputs will be logged into our Architecture repository (BizzDesign).
Risk Management
The IT Architect (Governance and Risk) will also be responsible for ensuring that our technical debt / risk register reflects the latest Architectural and Technical risk in the department by working with the Technical and Solution Architects, the TSO’s and the IT Senior Management team to ensure the risks are logged, mitigated, have a plan for remediation or acceptance and are reported with insights. The IT Architect (Governance and Risk) will be expected to pro-actively define solutions to mitigate risk to input into university governance processes.
Governance
The IT Architect (Governance and Risk)will be responsible for ensuring that the Architecture Board operating model continually evolves and meets its terms of reference whilst ensuring the artefacts, inputs and outputs are logged and tracked to completion.
Solution Design
In addition to designing solutions to support mitigation of risk, the IT Architect (Governance and Risk) will also work with non-IT change leaders to define IT work packages for non-IT managed change.
In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Training and Development opportunities
- Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
- Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing.
- Free parking
The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.
For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk
Please quote the reference: 0826-284
Closing Date: 23:59, 3 September 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
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