Business Architect
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Job Summary
Job Title: Business Architect
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Edge/ Haymarket
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 17th Oct 2025
At Royal London Group were shaping strategy that drives impact.
As a Business Architect youll be at the heart of enterprise transformationpartnering with CIOs Heads of Change and senior leaders to design and deliver strategic change across the Group. Youll guide the development of operating models align business and technology and help unlock value from every change investment.
Were looking for a strategic thinker and an inclusive collaborator who thrives on complexity. Youll influence enterprise direction shape architecture across domains and support transformation programmes that drive growth optimise cost and reduce risk.
Responsibilities
Shape Strategy
Define and embed Group-wide business and IT architecture translating strategic goals into actionable models and investment decisions.
Drive Change
Design future-ready operating models and capabilities guiding transformation across enterprise domains and programmes.
Champion Innovation
Use design thinking and systems thinking to deliver customer-centric solutions and support continuous improvement.
Bridge Business & Tech
Align business value streams operations change and IT to enable agility resilience and speed to value.
Lead Governance & Risk
Support architecture governance risk management and assurance ensuring alignment with Group strategy and risk appetite.
What youll bring
- Proven experience in business architecture strategy formulation and operating model design.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skillsable to influence at CIO and senior leadership level.
- Expertise in capability modelling value streams journey mapping and business process design.
- Familiarity with EA tools and frameworks (e.g. ArchiMate LeanIX Orbus).
- Commercial awareness a growth mindset and a passion for inclusive collaboration.
- Ability to navigate complex environments and communicate with clarity and impact.
About Royal London
- Were the UKs largest mutual life pensions and investment company offering protection long-term savings and asset management products and services.
- OurPeople Promiseto our colleaguesis that we will all work somewhere inclusive responsible enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered Trustworthy Collaborate Achieve.
- Weve always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here -Our Benefits
- Inclusion diversity and belonging
- Were anInclusiveemployer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected whatever their background.
Key Skills
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- Financial Planning
- Architecture
About Company
From Pensions to Retirement, Savings, Investments and Life Insurance, Royal London has been helping people plan for life’s financial milestones since 1861.
