Business Architect - Pv W2

Job Summary

The Business Architect defines and evolves the enterprise s business architecture to ensure alignment between strategy, operating model, and execution.

This role establishes clarity on: What the business is trying to achieve (strategy and outcomes), How value is delivered (value streams), What the business must be able to do (capabilities).

The Business Architect serves as the bridge between business strategy and enterprise execution, shaping target-state models, informing investment decisions, and ensuring initiatives deliver measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy Alignment
• Translate business strategy into capability, value stream, and initiative roadmaps
• Ensure initiatives align to strategic objectives and target outcome
• Business Architecture Modeling
• Develop and maintain business capability maps, value streams, and operating models
• Define current-state and target-state business architectures [linkedin.com]
• Transformation & Investment Guidance
• Identify capability gaps and prioritize investments based on business value
• Support portfolio planning and initiative prioritization
• Enterprise Analysis & Design
• Assess business processes, structures, and systems for alignment and efficiency
• Define business-driven requirements for transformation efforts
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Partner with executives, product teams, EA, and delivery teams
• Facilitate alignment across business and technology stakeholders
• Governance & Standards
• Establish and enforce business architecture standards and frameworks
• Ensure traceability from strategy through execution
• Cross-Architecture Alignment
• Collaborate with Enterprise, Solution, and Data Architects to align designs
• Ensure business intent is reflected in solution and technology decisions.

Expected Skills

• Strategic thinking and business model design
• Capability modeling and value stream mapping
• Systems thinking and enterprise analysis
• Stakeholder facilitation and executive communication
• Problem-solving and structured decision-making
• Financial and investment analysis (business case, prioritization)
• Influence without authority across complex organizations
• Visualization and modeling (e.g., capability maps, operating models)

Expected Knowledge

• Business Architecture Guild / BIZBOK concepts and practices
• Capabilities, value streams, organization, information mapping
• Enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, FEAPO-aligned definitions)
• Operating model design and business transformation methods
• Financial services industry structure, regulations, and risk considerations
• Portfolio management and investment prioritization
• SDLC and technology delivery lifecycle alignment
• Data, process, and organizational design principles

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Business, Technology, or related field (Master s preferred)
• 10+ years experience in business architecture, strategy, consulting, or transformation roles
• Demonstrated experience building business architecture artifacts (capability maps, value streams, operating models)
• Experience working in large, complex enterprises (financial services preferred)
• Certifications (preferred, not required):
• Certified Business Architect (CBA ) Business Architecture Guild
• TOGAF or equivalent EA certification

Expected Deliverables

• Business capability maps (L1 L3) with ownership and maturity assessment
• Value stream maps tied to customer journeys and outcomes
• Current-state and target-state business architecture views
• Business architecture roadmaps aligned to strategy and investment plans
• Capability heatmaps and gap analyses
• Business-driven input into enterprise roadmaps and portfolio decisions
• Executive-ready models and strategy artifacts
• Traceability from strategy ? capabilities ? initiatives ? outcomes