Enterprise Business Architect

Job Description

Job Description

J ob Title : Enterprise Business Architect

Location : Remote

Hire Type : Contingent

Target Hourly Rate : $100.00/ hour

Work Model : Remote (with travel to Buffalo, NY every 4-6 weeks)

Contact Email : View email address on ziprecruiter.com

No C2C, C2H, 1099 or Visa Sponsorship/Transfer available

Nature & Scope:

Positional Overview

We are seeking a visionary Business Architect to serve as the bridge between business strategy and enterprise execution, shaping target-state models, informing investment decisions, and ensuring initiatives deliver measurable business value.

This role establishes clarity on:

• What the business is trying to achieve (strategy and outcomes)
• How value is delivered (value streams)
• What the business must be able to do (capabilities)

This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with strong business/technology translation expertise, excellent communication skills, and a passion for driving innovation in the financial sector.

Role & Responsibility:

Tasks That Will Lead To Your Success

• Strategy Alignment - Translate business strategy into capability, value stream, and initiative roadmaps. Ensure initiatives align to strategic objectives and target outcome
• Business Architecture Modeling - Develop and maintain business capability maps, value streams, and operating models. Define current-state and target-state business architectures [linkedin.com]
• Transformation & Investment Guidance - Identify capability gaps and prioritize investments based on business value. Support portfolio planning and initiative prioritization
• Enterprise Analysis & Design - Assess business processes, structures, and systems for alignment and efficiency. Define business-driven requirements for transformation efforts
• Stakeholder Engagement - Partner with executives, product teams, EA, and delivery teams. Facilitate alignment across business and technology stakeholders
• Governance & Standards - Establish and enforce business architecture standards and frameworks. Ensure traceability from strategy through execution
• Cross-Architecture Alignment - Collaborate with Enterprise, Solution, and Data Architects to align designs. Ensuring business intent is reflected in solution and technology decisions.

Skills that will Lead To Your S uccess

• Strategic thinking and business model design
• Capability modeling and value stream mapping
• Systems thinking and enterprise analysis
• Stakeholder facilitation and executive communication
• Problem-solving and structured decision-making
• Financial and investment analysis (business case, prioritization)
• Influence without authority across complex organizations
• Visualization and modeling (e.g., capability maps, operating models)
• Business Architecture Guild / BIZBOK concepts and practices
• Capabilities, value streams, organization, information mapping
• Enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, FEAPO-aligned definitions)
• Operating model design and business transformation methods
• Financial services industry structure, regulations, and risk considerations
• Portfolio management and investment prioritization
• SDLC and technology delivery lifecycle alignment
• Data, process, and organizational design principles

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 10+ years experience in business architecture, strategy, consulting, or transformation roles
• Demonstrated experience building business architecture artifacts (capability maps, value streams, operating models)
• Experience working in large, complex enterprises (financial services preferred)
• Certifications (preferred, not required):
• Certified Business Architect (CBA®) – Business Architecture Guild
• TOGAF or equivalent EA certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AI/ML specialty certifications.
• Practical experience with model risk governance (SR 117), OCC guidance, and related financial services regulatory frameworks.

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