Business Architect in Stoke-on-Trent

Business Architect – 6-Month Contract (Outside IR35)

Rate: £600 per day (Outside IR35)

Location: Remote – Some Travel to London

Duration: 6 months

Start Date: ASAP

Overview

My Technology client are looking for an experienced Business Architect to join a major transformation programme.

This is a hands-on strategic role requiring someone who can blend business architecture expertise with strong stakeholder engagement and practical delivery capability.

Ideally this person will have a proven track record in defining operating models, identifying gaps, and ensuring alignment between business strategy and execution.

Key Responsibilities

Operating Model Development

• Define and evolve the organisation’s operating model to support the shift from an outsourced model to a right-sourced model.

Gap Analysis

• Assess current vs. target state, identifying gaps and defining clear remediation plans.

Strategic Alignment

• Ensure the business architecture directly supports the organisation’s strategic goals and transformation objectives.

Change Management

• Guide the business through architectural and operating model changes, ensuring smooth transitions and stakeholder buy-in.

Process Architecture

• Oversee the design and optimisation of core business processes to improve effectiveness and efficiency across the future-state model.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to capture requirements, communicate architecture decisions, and maintain alignment.

Capability Modelling

• Define and document the organisational capabilities required to achieve strategic goals.

Value Stream Mapping

• Identify and map end-to-end value streams that deliver value to customers.

Information Mapping

• Design information flows and data models that underpin the target operating model.

Governance

• Establish and maintain governance frameworks to ensure business architecture standards are met and sustained.

Key Skills and Experience

• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking.
• Demonstrable experience in operating model design and implementation.
• Deep understanding of business processes, information flows, and capability modelling.
• Hands-on experience with business architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK, etc.).
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience using business architecture and modelling tools.
• Previous involvement in transformation or right-sourcing initiatives highly desirab