Head of IT

The Royal College of Music is one of the world’s greatest conservatoires, training gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers. We are ranked the Global No. 1 institution for Performing Arts for the fourth year running in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The Royal College of Music is seeking to recruit a Head of IT to lead the delivery of IT services for the College, supported by a team of 10. This is a pivotal role within the College, responsible for the IT infrastructure to support the needs of the College and to manage their Cyber Security. The Head of IT works with senior staff across the College, with a high degree of autonomy, with responsibility for developing the IT strategy and managing a £1m operating cost budget and a capital budget of around £0.3m.

We are looking for candidates with the following attributes:

• You will be an IT professional with significant skills and experience looking to further develop through a challenging and influential role.
• You will have the ability to set the IT strategy and the management skills to deliver it, including minimising the cyber security risks to the College.
• You must have experience of managing cyber security incidents and a thorough understanding of the challenges posed by cyber security and how to manage the risks and impact.
• You will have strong people management skills, developing a culture of delivery and continuous improvement.
• You will work well with Colleagues across the College and be committed to delivering an excellent service for our students.
• Strong IT skills and significant understanding of commercial IT technologies including networking, server technology, hardware, software, cloud technologies and infrastructure planning are essential.