Business Architect

Navy Mutual is seeking an experienced and strategic Business Architect to help define and drive the future of our organization. This is a senior leadership role responsible for establishing and executing the business architecture vision across the enterprise—ensuring our strategies, operations, and investments are aligned to deliver exceptional, long‑term value to our members.

This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and organizational design. You will partner closely with executive leadership to translate enterprise strategy into actionable roadmaps, modernize business capabilities, and enable customer‑centric transformation in a highly mission‑driven environment.

Why This Role Matters

As Business Architect, you will:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, shaping strategies that directly influence Navy Mutual’s future
• Drive architectural consistency and governance across business and technology domains
• Lead modernization and transformation efforts that improve operational effectiveness, customer experience, and long‑term performance
• Build and mentor a high‑performing team of Business Unit Analysts
• Ensure investments, initiatives, and technology decisions align to enterprise capabilities and value streams

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, manage, develop, and mentor Business Unit Analysts
• Oversee performance management, scheduling, and talent development to meet departmental objectives
• Provide input into hiring, development, and succession planning

Business Architecture & Organizational Design

• Develop, maintain, and evolve Navy Mutual’s business architecture framework, including:
• Capability maps
• Business processes
• Organizational and value stream alignment
• Translate enterprise strategy into clear, actionable business and technology roadmaps
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert in business architecture frameworks and methodologies
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts that support decision‑making, transformation, and execution

Strategic Alignment & Transformation

• Partner with executive leadership to assess capability maturity, market trends, and architectural implications
• Support enterprise transformation and modernization initiatives
• Ensure alignment across business models, customer journeys, and organizational capabilities
• Promote architectural consistency and reuse of shared services and standards

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a trusted partner to senior business and IT leaders
• Facilitate cross‑functional workshops and strategy sessions to define future‑state architectures and priorities
• Influence alignment and decision‑making across diverse stakeholder groups

Governance & Standards

• Establish, maintain, and enforce business architecture standards and best practices
• Apply business modeling techniques to deliver repeatable, value‑focused outputs
• Provide architectural oversight for initiatives to ensure alignment with enterprise roadmaps

Capability Development & Innovation

• Evaluate current business capabilities to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, EDS, IT, and Portfolio Management to guide investment decisions
• Influence initiative prioritization based on capability roadmaps and strategic value
• Assess ideas, projects, and emerging technologies for alignment and business impact
• Serve as a liaison between business partners, IT, and system vendors to optimize spend and outcomes
• Stay informed on industry trends and represent Navy Mutual in relevant forums or working groups

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, or strategic consulting
• 5+ years of leadership experience
• 10+ years of Life Insurance and Annuity industry experience
• Proven success leading enterprise transformation and modernization initiatives
• Deep expertise in:
• Business capability modeling
• Business process modeling
• Organizational design and mapping
• Information and knowledge mapping
• Strong experience translating strategy into executable roadmaps
• Experience with portfolio planning, business cases, and performance measurement
• Exceptional communication and executive presence
• Ability to influence and collaborate across business and technology teams
• Comfort operating in fast‑paced, change‑driven, and agile environments
• Awareness of emerging trends in digital business, customer experience, and enterprise transformation