Digital Operations Committee

Purpose:

On behalf of the University Executive Board, the Committee provides strategic oversight, direction, and governance of the organisation’s digital operations, enabling infrastructure, and associated investment programmes, ensuring they:

• Align with University strategy and priorities.
• Are secure, resilient, compliant, and cost-effective.
• Deliver measurable value and consistent user/customer outcomes.
• Are coordinated across departments to avoid duplication, fragmentation, or conflicting approaches.
• Establish and maintain effective policies, standards, and operating procedures.

To approve and oversee:

1. The strategic direction for digital operations, platforms, infrastructure, and cross-cutting digital capabilities, including digital and IT skills training to support effective delivery and adoption.
2. The prioritisation of digital investment proposals, ensuring alignment with the University’s strategy.
3. The implementation and maintenance of digital policies, standards, and operating procedures (e.g., information security, data, architecture, service management).
4. The identification and mitigation of risk associated with digital technology investments, operations and external opportunities and threats.

To receive reports as required from:

• IDG Governance for:
  • Portfolio Boards agreed roadmaps, delivery, risks and escalations.
  • Benefit delivery of completed digital investment initiatives.
• Information Security & Data Protection Committee (tbc)
  
  • Information Security oversight of agreed KPIs/KRIs and progress against agreed action plans
  • Compliance & regulatory matters
• Other substantive digital technology teams as required.
• FoSEM IT committee.
• Other University governance boards as necessary.