Methods is a Ā£100M+ IT Services Consultancy looking for a Business Architect to work on client engagements, from strategy and operating model design through to digital and organisation transformation. The role will involve working across a range of client projects, helping organisations align what they do, how they do it, and why it matters.
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.
- 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
Benefits
- Development ā access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme, and training
- Wellness ā 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme
- Flexible Working ā including home working and part time
- Social ā office parties, breakfast Tuesdays, monthly pizza Thursdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and commitment to charitable causes
- Time Off ā 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year
- Volunteering ā 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation
- Pension ā Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
- Life Assurance ā of 4 times base salary
- Private Medical Insurance ā which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
- Worldwide Travel Insurance ā which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
- Travel ā season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme
