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Business Architect

• Lancashire
• Contract
• £610.00 - £615.00 per day

Business Architect

Role Summary

We have an exciting new contract opportunity based in Preston as a Business Architect.

The role will be an initial 12 month contract and will provide you with the opportunity to document, using a structured approach, the programme goals, capabilities, processes, services, data, organisation and high level IMT solutions

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the programme level business architecture by engaging with the workstreams to capture/ document as is and target state for goals, capabilities, processes, services, data and organisation
• Act as liaison between the workstreams and the recruitment transformation IM&T lead to enable the definition of, at a high level, the IM&T solution that underpins the business architecture.
• Working with the IM&T lead, support the definition of requirements for individual IM&T solutions.
• Incorporating the insights of customers, line employees and managers to ensure their unique needs are accommodated.
• Define the IM&T capability roadmap to show how recruitment will transition from current to target state including the key milestones (contract changes, IM&T go-live, org changes etc.) and their impact on KPIs goals, capabilities, processes, services, data, organisation and IM&T.
• Engaging subject matter experts throughout L&IS and the customer’s organization in the solution process.
• Coordinating and sequencing their solutions to remove conflicts.
• Generating necessary documentation; packaging and translating it into terms each audience can understand and embrace
• Liaise with Business Analysts to facilitate requirements capture in accordance with the project specific functional model.
• Liaise with Solution Architects to facilitate the development of a detailed solution architecture in accordance with the project specific functional model.

Key skills & qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and consultative skills.

• Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders and present ideas in user-friendly language.

• Able to prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

• Very good written and oral communication skills.

• 7-10 years experience of business analysis / architecture

• Excellent analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.

• Proven knowledge and experience of working within architecture frameworks e.g. TOGAF, MODAF, Zachman

• Proven experience in developing business architecture plans and roadmaps.

• Hands-on experience with business requirements gathering/analysis

What we’re looking for in you

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Well-developed analytical/ problem solving/ decision making skills.

Strong organisational skills who is adaptable in a fast-paced environment.

Stakeholder management skills.

Location: Preston

Rate: £615.00 per day (INSIDE IR35)

AAP3 is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.