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# Head of IT Architecture & Data, Data Governance, Birmingham, Pt Remote

- **Company:** Carrington Recruitment Solutions Limited
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software as a Service, Data Architecture, Data Governance, IT Architecture
- **Published:** September 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/head-of-data-governance/carrington-recruitment-solutions-limited-job107976977

## About the Role

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:

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.