Governance Manager

Business Unit: Chief Technology Office (CTO), COO

Salary range: £59,200 - £74,000 per annum DOE

Location: UK Hybrid with travel to Newcastle and Glasgow Hub when required

Contract type: Permanent

Our Team

We’re up to some exciting things in Architecture Governance within CTO and our goal is to create a secure environment for the bank through modern governance practices. It’s our mission to enhance governance frameworks, mitigate risks and foster a culture of transparency and collaboration. To help us achieve this, our team is growing and we’re seeking a Governance Manager to champion, direct and drive architecture governance for the Bank. It’s a key role as you drive technology alignment to the IT / Business Strategy and enterprise policies, standards, patterns and roadmaps.

What you’ll be doing

• Ensuring technology decisions and designs are governed from inception to implementation, providing a robust framework for consistency and quality.
• Operating architecture processes and controls that support modern digital delivery methodologies, effectively managing governance-related risks within the CTO risk profile.
• Driving data decisions that supports the definition and analysis of metrics to demonstrate achievements and influence future decisions, ensuring deviations are highlighted to appropriate governance forums.
• Capturing and reporting on the supply and demand for architectural resources, ensuring the overall architectural delivery capability is managed effectively.
• Managing the Architecture front door process to support VM project shaping activities, ensuring projects are well-defined and aligned with strategic goals.
• Supporting the Technical Design Authority and Architecture Review Board, ensuring technology decisions align with business needs and Red Stack strategy.
• Providing thought leadership on technology governance, continuously improving processes to drive better, more informed decision-making.
• Supporting the AI Council in creating an AI framework to ensure AI system development is responsible and ethical.

We need you to have

• Demonstrable experience in governing technical solutions from inception to execution.
• A successful track record of working within Architecture in financial services.
• First class communication skills with experience of presenting to stakeholders – being straight up as you keep the complex simple.
• Experience of positively influencing and collaborating with stakeholders at a senior level.
• Expert knowledge and a passion for IT solution architecture and design.
• Knowledge and experience of working within a project management practice.
• A strong understanding of Architecture frameworks and approaches.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Power BI and Power Automate skills.
• Knowledge of Generative AI and AI governance frameworks.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year.
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.
• And there’s no waiting around, you’ll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We’re all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money

We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with. We’re putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people’s lives. We’re customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we’re able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money

Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we’re committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team.

Now the legal bit

Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you’re successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years’ worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we’ll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you’ll be subject to periodic employment checks.

Advert close date is Friday 4th April.