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.
Requirements
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).
