Business architect

Mandate Overview:

 The client is looking for a business architect who steps in once an initiative has been prioritized, before it becomes a project. The work consists of framing the need, estimating its value, benefits, impacts and scope, then informing the decision on how the initiative should proceed. The role sits within a business analysis centre of excellence, which makes the line with business analysis thin: the distinction lies in the timing of the intervention (upstream, decision support) and in the nature of deliverables (business architecture, not detailed requirements). The experience threshold is high: ten years of relevant experience, including five in business architecture within transformation programs. Knowledge of insurance or of data and AI is described by the client as an important asset.

Target candidate: a business architect with at least five years of practice in transformation programs, used to turning a prioritized initiative into a value analysis and a decision-ready recommendation. The resume shows concrete business architecture deliverables, ideally modelled in Enterprise Architect, along with an understanding of organizational and strategic context; experience in insurance or in data and AI puts the candidate at the top of the list.

Required:

• Experience in business architecture and in transformation programs
  
• Strong conceptual and synthesis skills
  
• Ability to understand organizational context and corporate strategies
  

Asset:

• Knowledge of the insurance domain and/or the data and AI domain
  

Profiles to Exclude:

• Business analyst profile whose experience is limited to writing detailed requirements during delivery, with no upstream analysis of value, benefits or scope.
  
• Solution or IT architect profile whose deliverables are technical (integration, application, infrastructure), with no demonstrated business architecture deliverable.
  
• Profile with ten years of experience, but with less than five years in business architecture or business architecture practised outside a transformation program.
  
• Project manager or project lead profile delivering initiatives, with no demonstrated upstream framing and recommendation responsibility.
  
• Profile holding the business architect title without any concrete deliverable named in the resume (models, impact analyses, recommendations).