About the Role
Lead the development and maintenance of business architecture artefacts that connect strategy, capabilities, value streams, services, processes, and organisational responsibilities. This role supports evidence-based investment, transformation prioritisation, and enterprise-wide alignment with the Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain business capability maps, value streams, business service catalogues, and business architecture viewpoints.
- Analyse strategic objectives, stakeholder needs, and operating-model changes; translate them into business architecture requirements and roadmaps.
- Establish traceability between strategy, capabilities, services, processes, applications, and initiatives in the EA repository.
- Work with business owners and Business Analysts to validate current-state and target-state models, gaps, dependencies, and priorities.
- Support enterprise transformation, portfolio decisions, and impact assessments through clear architecture insights and recommendations.
- Apply and promote EA governance, modelling standards, and quality controls; contribute to Architecture Review Board material where required.
- Facilitate workshops and communicate architecture findings to business and technology stakeholders.
- Contribute to the EA content framework, reference models, principles, KPIs, and continuous-improvement activities.
Required Knowledge & Skills
- Practical knowledge of TOGAF and business architecture concepts, including capability-based planning and value-stream modelling.
- Ability to model and analyse capabilities, services, processes, information needs, stakeholders, and organisational relationships.
- Working knowledge of ArchiMate and BPMN; experience using EA or process-modelling tools is preferred.
- Strong facilitation, analytical writing, stakeholder-management, and presentation skills.
- Ability to turn complex business information into concise, decision-ready architecture views.
- Proven working experience in producing Business Architecture Diagrams on EA tools (OrbusOrbusInfinity, Bizzdesign, SAP).
Key Deliverables
- Business capability map and maturity assessment
- Value streams and business service catalogue
- Current- and target-state business architecture viewpoints
- Capability-to-process/service/application traceability
- Business architecture gap analysis, roadmaps, and impact assessments
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Experience:
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, business transformation, operating-model design, or a closely related role.
Certifications:
- TOGAF certification is required or strongly preferred. Business Architecture Guild (CBA), ArchiMate, BPMN, CBAP, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent credentials are advantageous.
Domain Knowledge:
- Experience in government, tax, financial services, or large complex organisations is preferred.
