Lead Business Architect

Enterprise Data Architect

Location - Bangalore 

Exp - 10+ years

Role Description

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of Global Business Architecture to evolve and maintain a solid, value adding Business Architecture practice. Provide guidance and definition of business architecture to effectively support business strategy.
• Introduce new business architecture practices, processes, operating models, techniques, products, services, technologies and standards where needed against identified use cases, via the appropriate governance bodies 
• Acts as a subject matter expert in the development of the business architecture framework, strategic tooling, design and methodology development.
• Works closely with Heads of Business Architecture and enterprise architects to ensure that services, capabilities and processes adhere to business architecture standards and will support business strategy and deliver desired business outcomes
• Support the development and evolutions of the target operating model; ensure the target business capabilities are defined and in place to deliver the business strategy
• Apply and utilize business modelling methods to help identify gaps in organisation’s services, capabilities and processes
• Develop and deliver Business Architecture related training, advice, sharing across the Business Architecture Practice 
• Participate in Business Architecture governance to ensure plans are in line with business strategy and adheres to Business Architecture design principles and standards
• Influence and collaborate with data and technology architecture teams to incorporate business architecture principles and design patterns to increase consistency and operability across the Group 
• Line management of business architecture team, responsibilities will include recruitment, performance management, 1-to-1 meetings, identifying and delivering training needs, motivating and enabling a culture of recognition and delivering with impact.
• Plan for team growth considering the skills required within the business architecture team and assist in resourcing decisions
• Drive consistent behaviors and approaches throughout the team, ensuring an environment that encourages innovation and continuous improvement.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential qualifications

• Proven experience (5-7) years in business architecture, business process management or related field, preferably in the financial services industry 
• Solid understanding of business architecture concepts and best practices with the ability to be an advocate for leveraging enterprise business capability framework to deliver business value 
• Support governance activities to enable effective management and decision making
• Architecture / Business Design and analysis modeling techniques, tools, and standard development
• Making strategic recommendations to leadership and GB/GF Business Architecture teams
• Understanding of the creation and maintenance of business process models aligned with Group Business Architecture standards 
• 3+ years working with business architecture related tools 
• Experience using model-based representations that can be adjusted as required to collect, aggregate or disaggregate complex and conflicting information about the business
• The ability to visualise and create high-level models that can be used in future analysis to extend and mature the business architecture
• Experience modelling business capabilities and processes using a variety of tools and techniques
• Team player able to work effectively at all levels of an organization with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively at all organisational levels 
• Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities

Desirable

• In depth knowledge of industry best practices and emerging trends in business architecture: BizBok / TOGAF Certified or equivalent
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively at all organisational levels 
• Large enterprise experience preferred