ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT ARCHITECTING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS THAT POWER WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH? JOIN OUR DIGITAL, DATA AND TECHNOLOGY GROUP AND HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH.

As a Director of Technology and Architecture, you’ll collaborate with researchers, academics and technology teams across the university to design, implement and maintain robust technical architecture that enables groundbreaking 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

The University of Bath ranks 8th in the Complete University Guide 2025. Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work. We are an equal opportunities employer and have a vibrant multinational community with staff from over 60 countries.

ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for someone with:

• 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 have a degree in computer science, data science or related technical fields, with Chartered status in the IT/Engineering field or equivalent professional experience. With expertise in professional project management qualifications such as PRINCE2, you’ll bring knowledge of agile methodologies, enterprise architecture principles, and modern development practices.
Essential to your success will be excellent stakeholder relationship building across organisational boundaries, with experience leading complex technical projects and mentoring technical teams. You’ll have a curious analytical mindset with proven problem-solving skills and commitment to driving continuous improvements.
Experience in areas such as cloud technologies, data architecture, and research computing/high performance computing infrastructure would be particularly valuable.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
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.

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