Business Architect

• The Business Architect will work across a range of client engagements, from strategy and operating model design through to digital and organisation transformation, helping organisations align what they do, how they do it, and why it matters
• You will operate in highly ambiguous environments inside complex public-sector or regulated organisations using business architecture, business analysis and systems thinking to create clarity, coherence and momentum
• You will be a storyteller as much as a modeller and be able to move between capability maps, value streams, service models and delivery backlogs, helping senior leaders, delivery teams and frontline services pull in the same direction
• You will work as part of multi-disciplinary consultancy teams, embedded with client programmes and portfolios, helping to connect:
• The ideal candidate will have experience applying business architecture skills in digital and organisation transformations across a range of different styles of transformation
• They will have experience and knowledge underpinned by the tailored use of several frameworks and methodologies to perform as an effective analyst
• They will understand the UK public services and/or Regulated industries, with knowledge in one or more sectors
• This is a senior practitioner role at the intersection of analysis, design and architecture focused on organisational coherence and delivery aligned design
• The role will be home based and will include work on client sites
• It is expected that the Business Architect will quickly acquire an understanding of Methods strategic offerings to work effectively for our clients
• The role will support the development of our Business Change Community of Practice
• Lead and contribute to business architecture and operating-model work across discovery, design and delivery phases
• Develop and maintain capability models, value streams, service maps, operating models and transformation roadmaps
• Translate complex organisational and delivery challenges into clear, structured, decision-ready artefacts
• Work with product, delivery, technology and policy teams to align change initiatives to strategic and organisational intent
• Facilitate senior-level workshops to support portfolio prioritisation, investment decisions and organisational design
• Ensure business architecture is practical, usable and delivery-aligned, not academic or unimplementable
• Support the integration of business architecture with agile, programme and portfolio delivery
• Assure quality, coherence and traceability of business architecture artefacts across engagements
• Contributing to Methods Business Change Community of Practice and mentoring others in Business Architecture

Benefits

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
• Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
• A supportive and collaborative environment
• Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training
• Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
• Social - Breakfast Tuesdays, Pizza Thursday monthly, weekly social in the office and commitment to charitable causes
• Time off 25 days a year
• Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
• Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance
• Life Assurance of 4 times base salary
• Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
• Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
• Benefits Platform offering various retail and leisure discounts

• Knowledge and understanding of GDS Service Standards
• Manage the development and communication of useable business architectures, identifying issues and omissions and managing escalations
• Can recommend, influence and lead improvements to business capabilities that align delivery to strategic activity
• Define and communicate business models and information flows that can be supported appropriately with digital transformation
• Pro-active approach to personal and professional development, and mentoring of others in Business Architecture Best practice
• Excellent stakeholder management to understand objectives and resolve tension and conflict
• Extensive Business Architecture or relevant knowledge gained from recognised bodies (BCS, BIZBOK, TOGAF)
• Extensive experience of working in different project methodologies and awareness of how to adapt their practice
• Strong problem solving, analytical, critical and conceptual thinking skills, including the ability to create clear observations, analysis and conclusions based on customer interviews, published requirements and data
• Demonstrate a breadth of effective techniques that define and manage conceptual models (capabilities, value streams, operating and service models) with others, in a range of different types of change methodologies and situations
• Demonstrably able to select the appropriate business modelling techniques that are most effective to help people understand the situations, problems, and solutions
• Leading work that delivers effectively and efficiently in fast paced environments, in agile and waterfall project methodologies
• Leading business architecture as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• A skilled written and verbal communicator
• Understanding of complimentary practices such as Systems Thinking, Complexity Theory and Human Centred Design
• Understanding of public services and technology marketplace with knowledge of products, platforms and emerging technologies
• Proven ability to work across strategy, portfolio and delivery layers
• Specialist knowledge in security, data and privacy
• Specialist knowledge in a business domain or other digital specialism
• Knowledge and understanding of Agile, SAFe or scaled delivery frameworks
• Experience in developing Business Architectures alongside teams working with development tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar
• Experience in collaborative and remote tooling (Teams, Slack, MIRO, Mural)
• Ability to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills