Lead Business Architecture in London

As Lead Business Architect, you will play a pivotal role at the heart of our transformation – translating ambitious strategy into a clear, enterprise-wide operating model. Working closely with senior leaders, you will define how we operate end‑to‑end, ensuring our capabilities, processes, and partners are aligned to deliver exceptional outcomes for our millions of members.

Minimum Criteria

• Deep experience in Business Architecture, TOM design, capability modelling, and process architecture.
• Familiarity with BIZBOK, TOGAF (Business Architecture), BPMN, and value stream mapping.
• Strong senior level communication and influence, including ExCo engagement.

Don’t worry if you think you don’t have all the key skills – it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we are good at spotting potential and offer a generous training budget.

Flexible and Agile Working

Everyone’s personal situation is different. To make the most out of hybrid working, we’ve introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):

• Hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office once – twice a week, or more, as required)
• Reduce or vary working hours
• Reduce or vary the days worked
• Work compressed hours
• Job share

Directorate/Department Overview

Nest has a bold new purpose and an ambitious corporate strategy. Delivering against this strategy will require transformational thinking and action right across the organisation. The newly formed transformation team, as part of the Strategy and Transformation Directorate, will build an enterprise capability that partners with delivery teams across Nest and ensures we are bringing our strategy – and future strategies – to life.

The Strategy and Transformation Directorate is a globally‑aware, forward‑looking team of professionals who push ahead, define and embed Nest’s strategy and its transformational agenda. We are multi‑disciplinary, identify and resolve strategic questions, and shape the future of Nest in fundamental ways, including questions about our operating model, our relationship with Government, and our role in the UK pension market.

We also own, maintain and embed a compelling, commercially successful strategy for Nest and ensure that the organisation is aligned with its goals both in terms of intent and – crucially – delivery.

Organisational Overview

Nest is the award‑winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country. Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK a place to save, our first‑class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, race, religion/belief, sex, sexual orientation or socio‑economic background. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

Nest is a Disability Confident Leader, the highest level of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have a disability, please declare that you’re applying through the scheme. We aim to offer an interview to those applicants who apply through the Disability Confident Scheme and best meet the minimum criteria. However, there may be some circumstances where this is not possible due to the volume of applications.

Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of satisfactory applications. If you have any difficulty in sending your application or need the application pack in an alternative format, or you require any reasonable adjustments please contact: