Head of Business Architecture

2 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Direct message the job poster from Crown Commercial Service Recruitment Advisor at Crown Commercial Service Position: Head of Business Architecture Band; 6 Location: Liverpool, Norwich, Newport, Birmingham Term: Permanent CCS: What We Do We are the largest public procurement organisation in the UK. We help thousands of public and third sector buyers in the UK with over £20 billion being spent through our agreements each year. There has never been a better time to join CCS, as we aim to make public sector procurement as simple as possible through the digitisation of our workflows, we embrace the latest technology and invest in our people offering excellent career development opportunities. If you can see yourself contributing to this journey, supporting the public and joining our diverse team of over 800 colleagues, the next chapter of your career may be with our #CCSFamily. Job Summary Would you like to be part of an enterprise function that shapes the future of the Crown Commercial Service by harnessing innovation and providing strategic vision to transform the organisation and achieve our goals? This critical role is a unique and exciting opportunity to establish and lead a new Business Architecture function to align business strategy and identify opportunities to drive operational excellence. This involves collaborating with leadership to understand vision, and cross-functional teams to model value streams, capabilities and processes that support our understanding of the current landscape and the definition of a target enterprise architecture. You will be joining the Digital Strategy & Design team within CCS, part of the wider Digital and Data Services (DDS) Directorate which plays a critical role in understanding current states, designing the strategic future state of the organisation and driving its adoption. Responsibilities The role would focus on the following key areas ● Guide, develop, and govern the CCS Business Architecture function to shape the organisation’s long-term strategy and future state. ● Lead, coach and develop a team of business architects and continuous improvement practitioners ● Ensure alignment of Business Architecture with broader governance, mitigating risks and assuring corporate services. ● Define vision for business capabilities and value streams using various architecture and collaboration tools used within CCS ● Identify and anticipate business impacts, issues, and activities, shaping principles, patterns, standards, processes plans and policies accordingly. ● Produce and maintain standard scalable models to make information accessible and actionable. ● Drive the creation of transition plans, roadmaps, and strategic alignment, ensuring technology investments and initiatives align with business objectives. ● Foster connections with senior stakeholders, actively seeking improvement opportunities. ● Stay attuned to external influences that may help or hinder strategic goals and inspire others toward organisational goals. ● Drive process optimisation and improvement through analysis and design. ● Leadership : Proven ability to provide strategic direction and mentorship to a business architecture team within a complex organisation ● Strategic Alignment : Proven capability to align Business Architecture to ensure effective delivery of transformation and technology initiatives align with strategy. ● Governance and Risk Management : Strong expertise in aligning with broader organisational governance. ● Stakeholder Engagement : Exceptional ability to foster meaningful connections with senior stakeholders, communicating complex architectural concepts in a clear and impactful manner. ● Innovation Insight : Proven aptitude for staying abreast of emerging practices and external influences, using this insight to inspire innovation and drive digital transformation. Success Profiles Behaviours We Will assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: ● Communicating and influencing ● Seeing the bigger picture ● Working with Others ● Changing and improving Skills We will assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: ● You will be tested on competencies aligned to the DDAT framework https://ddat-capability framework.service.gov.uk/role/business-architect): CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model where our colleagues benefit from a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our current office attendance approach requires a minimum of 26 days per quarter (approx 2 days per week, which may be subject to change) in CCS office locations or off site meetings with suppliers, customers, partners, networking / industry events. This is pro rata for those who work part time. Our smarter working principles mean that our people have the advantage of both office and offsite based collaboration and learning, as well as working from home. This way of working allows us to honour our commitment to being a responsible business, offer flexibility and better work life balance as well as ensuring we deliver our business with confidence and in accordance with our CCS values. In return for your skills we offer: A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays At CCS, we actively support, promote and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people. We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk Seniority level Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Business Development Industries Government Administration Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Crown Commercial Service by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Head of Architecture” roles. We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr