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The UK’s leading independent transformation partner for public services.

Business Architect

Location

United Kingdom

Posted

142 days ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Senior

Professional CertificateEnglishAzure

Job Description

Business Architect

Methods

• Lead and contribute to **business architecture and operating-model work** across discovery, design and delivery phases • Develop and maintain **capability models, value streams, service maps, operating models and transformation roadmaps** • Translate complex organisational and delivery challenges into **clear, structured, decision-ready artefacts** • Work with **product, delivery, technology and policy teams** to align change initiatives to **strategic and organisational intent** • Facilitate senior-level workshops to support **portfolio prioritisation, investment decisions and organisational design** • Ensure business architecture is **practical, usable and delivery-aligned**, not academic or unimplementable • Support the integration of **business architecture with agile, programme and portfolio delivery** • Assure quality, coherence and traceability of business architecture artefacts across engagements • Contributing to Methods Business Change Community of Practice and mentoring others in Business Architecture

Job Requirements

  • Extensive Business Architecture or relevant knowledge gained from recognised bodies (BCS, BIZBOK, TOGAF).
  • Leading business architecture as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Demonstrably able to select the appropriate business modelling techniques that are most effective to help people understand the situations, problems, and solutions.
  • Can recommend, influence and lead improvements to business capabilities that align delivery to strategic activity
  • Define and communicate business models and information flows that can be supported appropriately with digital transformation.
  • Demonstrate a breadth of effective techniques that define and manage conceptual models (capabilities, value streams, operating and service models) with others, in a range of different types of change methodologies and situations.
  • Manage the development and communication of useable business architectures, identifying issues and omissions and managing escalations.
  • Leading work that delivers effectively and efficiently in fast paced environments, in agile and waterfall project methodologies.
  • Extensive experience of working in different project methodologies and awareness of how to adapt their practice.
  • Excellent stakeholder management to understand objectives and resolve tension and conflict.
  • Strong problem solving, analytical, critical and conceptual thinking skills, including the ability to create clear observations, analysis and conclusions based on customer interviews, published requirements and data.
  • A skilled written and verbal communicator.
  • Pro-active approach to personal and professional development, and mentoring of others in Business Architecture Best practice
  • Desirable Skills & Experience:**
  • Understanding of complimentary practices such as Systems Thinking, Complexity Theory and Human Centred Design
  • Understanding of public services and technology marketplace with knowledge of products, platforms and emerging technologies.
  • Proven ability to work across **strategy, portfolio and delivery layers**
  • Specialist knowledge in a business domain or other digital specialism.
  • Specialist knowledge in security, data and privacy.
  • Knowledge and understanding of GDS Service Standards.
  • Knowledge and understanding of Agile, SAFe or scaled delivery frameworks
  • Experience in developing Business Architectures alongside teams working with development tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar.
  • Experience in collaborative and remote tooling (Teams, Slack, MIRO, Mural).
  • Ability to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.

Benefits

  • Methods is passionate about its people; we want our colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy.
  • By joining us you can expect:
  • Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
  • Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
  • Strong, inspiring, and thought-provoking leadership
  • A supportive and collaborative environment
  • As well as this we offer:
  • Development** – access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme, and training
  • Wellness** – 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme
  • Flexible Working** – including home working and part time
  • Social** – office parties, breakfast Tuesdays, monthly pizza Thursdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and commitment to charitable causes
  • Time Off** – 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year
  • Volunteering** – 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation
  • Pension** – Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
  • Discretionary Company Bonus** – based on company and individual performance
  • Life Assurance** – of 4 times base salary
  • Private Medical Insurance** – which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
  • Worldwide Travel Insurance** – which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay **
  • Travel **– season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme

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