Chief Business Architect (Lead - Director level) (consultant)
- Recruiter
- Salt
- Location
- London
- Salary
- GBP75k - GBP95k per annum + Great Benefits + Bonus up to 40%
- Posted
- 05 Mar 2015
- Closes
- 05 Mar 2015
- Sectors
- Health, Nursing & Social Care
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Cheif Senior Business Architect (Lead - Director Level) (consultant)
THE ROLE
This is an exciting opportunity for a Chief Business architect to work for a leading retailer and consultancy. Due to recent mergers and expansions they now need an experienced Business Architect to help take these businesses Global IT to the next level.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- The Chief Business Architect will partner with the founders and Senior Exec's to create the strategic vision for the company, then draw up and execute the business and strategic roadmap.
- You will be counted to set high standards when it comes to communication, documentation, productivity and professionalism. You will be given resources to recruit and hire the people you need to succeed.
- Ideally, you can point to previous management experience as proof that you're capable of building a team and producing amazing results.
- Using architecture to support the Portfolio team to design and manage the Global IT strategy portfolio to deliver that architecture
- Work closely with the Senior founder and Exec's (senior level stakeholders) to understand the overall business, understand their needs and provide solution designs for the whole Group IT
- Responsible for working closely with technical project teams to ensure their solution designs align to the business architecture
Skills & Experience
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas in a focussed, simple and commercially relevant manner
- Workshop facilitation
- Strong influencing skills with the ability to challenge at all levels and manage complex stakeholder relationships
- Sound knowledge and experience of the principles of enterprise architecture, process architecture and business architecture
Desirable:-
- Retail industry experience
- Operating Model design
- Technology related project experience but please be aware we want more commercial business experience
- TOGAF Certification could be an advantage, but isn't essential
- Consultancy Background could be an advantage, but isn't essential
This is a highly successful and progressive organisation which offers good career progression into the role of a project manager if wanted with a fantastic working environment and a great benefits package.
The successful candidate will receive a salary between GBP75,000-GBP95,000 + Benefits and bonus up to 40%
Keywords: Emprise Architect, Business Architect, Commercial, Business, IT, Telecoms, Consultancy, Project Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Project Manager, Global, Consultant, Roadmaps, Road Map, Strategy, Portfolio, Change, Business Change, Solution Design, Solution Designs.
If you think you've got what it takes to succeed in this phenomenal company, get in contact with Fabio Calvente at Salt either by email: (see below) .