Business Architect - Remote
Posted 1 week ago by 1752902631
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Business Architect is tasked with aligning business strategies with technology capabilities by developing and maintaining business architecture models and artifacts. This role serves as a bridge between enterprise strategy and execution, facilitating business transformation through clearly defined business capabilities and operating models. The position requires collaboration with business leaders to inform IT investment decisions and ensure alignment with strategic initiatives. A strong understanding of enterprise functions and proven experience in capability-based planning are essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and maintain business capability maps and business process models across the enterprise.
- Partner with business leaders to understand strategic objectives and develop business architecture blueprints to inform IT investment decisions.
- Facilitate business-focused discussions and ensure enterprise capabilities align to strategic initiatives.
- Identify gaps in current business capabilities and recommend investments to address them.
- Guide enterprise technology solutions to support business operating models and transformation efforts.
- Collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architects to translate business strategies into executable technology roadmaps.
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding of enterprise business functions, organizational models, and value streams.
- Ability to facilitate workshops and gain consensus across diverse business stakeholders.
- Proven experience in capability-based planning.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Knowledge of business process modeling tools and methods.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, or strategic planning.
- Experience in healthcare industry is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning efforts.
- Skilled at translating business vision into capability-driven roadmaps.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role: Business Architect
Location: Remote
Job Description:
The Business Architect is responsible for aligning business strategies with technology capabilities by developing and maintaining business architecture models and artifacts. This role bridges the gap between enterprise strategy and execution, enabling business transformation through well-defined business capabilities, value streams, and operating models.
Education:
- Bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field. Master s degree preferred.
Certification(s):
- Business architecture or enterprise architecture certifications (e.g., BIZBOK, TOGAF). Agile certifications are a plus.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and maintain business capability maps and business process models across the enterprise.
- Partner with business leaders to understand strategic objectives and develop business architecture blueprints to inform IT investment decisions.
- Facilitate business-focused discussions and ensure enterprise capabilities align to strategic initiatives.
- Identify gaps in current business capabilities and recommend investments to address them.
- Guide enterprise technology solutions to support business operating models and transformation efforts.
- Collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architects to translate business strategies into executable technology roadmaps.
Skills and Competencies:
The candidate must possess well-developed and demonstrated skills including:
- Strong understanding of enterprise business functions, organizational models, and value streams
- Ability to facilitate workshops and gain consensus across diverse business stakeholders
- Proven experience in capability-based planning
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Knowledge of business process modeling tools and methods
Candidate Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, or strategic planning
- Experience in healthcare industry is preferred
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning efforts
- Skilled at translating business vision into capability-driven roadmaps