Business Architect

Job Tile: Business Architect

Location: Aztec West, Bristol

Pay: PAYE £433.03 or Umbrella £602.48

Job ID:2307

Job Purpose / Overview

The Business Architect is responsible for supporting the Business Architecture Lead in formulating, directing, and the delivery of Business Architecture projects undertaken by the HPC Construction Project. They work in partnership with Senior Managers deploying expert business analysis skill, broad business knowledge and specialist expertise to create solutions that deliver an effective and efficient business operating model. They remain engaged throughout development and implementation to manage requirements change, validate the solution, and prepare the business for implementation. For this role, knowledge and experience of IT Infrastructure projects will be preferred.

Principal Accountabilities

• Engage with relevant stakeholders as the key contact to develop the initial project concept, elaborating the primary business objectives, clarifying the scope and impacts of the proposed change and identifying the initial risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies that affect the successful outcome of the project
• Consult with senior management and other key stakeholders to capture, evaluate, challenge and prioritise business requirements and success measures
• Collaborate with 3rd party delivery partners to identify the best solution options including structured evaluation and appraisal of options that ensure user-friendly and efficient solutions
• Develop robust mandates and investment cases for business architecture projects. Challenge suggested benefits, translate intangible benefits into tangible benefits and identify additional benefits to maximise the extracted value of the proposed change
• Act as custodian for the business requirements through the project lifecycle to ensure consistency with the defined solution and delivery of the identified business outcomes
• Use knowledge of current and emerging trends to enable continuous business improvement that employ the latest best practice methods and best in breed technical solutions
• Support business acceptance of developed solutions, including process and system walkthrough and business acceptance testing
• Manage the projects adherence to core delivery assurance principles

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of successful business architecture change in complex and evolving environment.
• In depth knowledge of business process analysis and design techniques, including the use of modelling and collaborative tools.
• Strong workshop facilitation and interview skills, including negotiation, influence, mediation, and conflict management skills.

Desirable

• Extensive knowledge of standard methods and techniques, with the ability to select the appropriate approach for a particular assignment.
• Strong proven strategic investigative and analytical skills using a variety of analysis techniques.
• IT networking / infrastructure / building fit-out project knowledge.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Relevant qualifications and experience in one or more of the Business Architecture disciplines of process management, business analysis, data and management information or IT system development.
• ONR licence conditions, ONR (CNS) requirements and implications for Business Architecture IT Services.
• Experience delivering Business Architecture solutions that eliminate duplication and improve efficiency of business operations.
• Experience of formal project management techniques, such as Prince2, plus associated tools and processes, including planning and estimating.
• Experience of Request For Information (RFI) and Invitation To Tender (ITT) activities, including the creation and use of an evaluation score card. Excellent communication, presentation, and written skills, with relevant experience of influencing decision making of senior executives, business managers and third parties at a strategic level.
• Experience of developing business cases for large complex business change programmes, including financial and numerical modelling and appraisal skills.

Desirable

• Prior experience working in Nuclear, asset intensive and/or Safety Critical industries.
• Experience and/or knowledge of IT infrastructure / networking projects.

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