Business Architect
Posted 1 day ago by NineTech
£80 Per hour
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Business Architect role is a 6-month contract focused on leading a major transformation program for a technology client. The position requires a blend of business architecture expertise, stakeholder engagement, and practical delivery capabilities. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in defining operating models and aligning business strategy with execution. This role involves hands-on strategic responsibilities and some travel to London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and evolve the organisation’s operating model to support the shift from an outsourced model to a right-sourced model.
- Assess current vs. target state, identifying gaps and defining clear remediation plans.
- Ensure the business architecture directly supports the organisation’s strategic goals and transformation objectives.
- Guide the business through architectural and operating model changes, ensuring smooth transitions and stakeholder buy-in.
- Oversee the design and optimisation of core business processes to improve effectiveness and efficiency across the future-state model.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to capture requirements, communicate architecture decisions, and maintain alignment.
- Define and document the organisational capabilities required to achieve strategic goals.
- Identify and map end-to-end value streams that deliver value to customers.
- Design information flows and data models that underpin the target operating model.
- Establish and maintain governance frameworks to ensure business architecture standards are met and sustained.
Key Skills:
- Strong business acumen and strategic thinking.
- Demonstrable experience in operating model design and implementation.
- Deep understanding of business processes, information flows, and capability modelling.
- Hands-on experience with business architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK, etc.).
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience using business architecture and modelling tools.
- Previous involvement in transformation or right-sourcing initiatives highly desirable.
Salary (Rate): £600 per day
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Business Architect – 6-Month Contract (Outside IR35)
Rate: £600 per day (Outside IR35)
Location: Remote - Some Travel to London
Duration: 6 months
Start Date: ASAP
Overview
My Technology client are looking for an experienced Business Architect to join a major transformation programme. This is a hands-on strategic role requiring someone who can blend business architecture expertise with strong stakeholder engagement and practical delivery capability. Ideally this person will have a proven track record in defining operating models, identifying gaps, and ensuring alignment between business strategy and execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Operating Model Development
- Define and evolve the organisation’s operating model to support the shift from an outsourced model to a right-sourced model.
- Gap Analysis
- Assess current vs. target state, identifying gaps and defining clear remediation plans.
- Strategic Alignment
- Ensure the business architecture directly supports the organisation’s strategic goals and transformation objectives.
- Change Management
- Guide the business through architectural and operating model changes, ensuring smooth transitions and stakeholder buy-in.
- Process Architecture
- Oversee the design and optimisation of core business processes to improve effectiveness and efficiency across the future-state model.
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to capture requirements, communicate architecture decisions, and maintain alignment.
- Capability Modelling
- Define and document the organisational capabilities required to achieve strategic goals.
- Value Stream Mapping
- Identify and map end-to-end value streams that deliver value to customers.
- Information Mapping
- Design information flows and data models that underpin the target operating model.
- Governance
- Establish and maintain governance frameworks to ensure business architecture standards are met and sustained.
Key Skills and Experience
- Strong business acumen and strategic thinking.
- Demonstrable experience in operating model design and implementation.
- Deep understanding of business processes, information flows, and capability modelling.
- Hands-on experience with business architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK, etc.).
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience using business architecture and modelling tools.
- Previous involvement in transformation or right-sourcing initiatives highly desirable.