SENIOR BUSINESS ARCHITECT at Equity Bank Limited
About the job
The senior business architect will be responsible for execution of tasks that deliver critical business architecture artefacts. You will link the organization’s strategic intent and execution by designing, developing, maintaining or contributing to key deliverables like business capability maps, value streams models, operating and processes model analysis, business entities and organization mapping, systems mapping and system footprint analysis among others.
You will design, document, and maintain the bank’s business architecture which will provide an integrated view of the organization using a repeatable approach, consistent framework, and updated tools and techniques. You will work closely with business units & product teams to understand their requirements and architect solutions with them. You will also collaborate with various stakeholders such as IT architects, solution architects, business analysts among others, to ensure alignment between business and technology architectures.
Responsibilities
- Document frameworks, methodologies, and standards to guide the development and maintenance of business architecture artifacts.
- Develop and implement the business architecture strategy necessary to support business transformation initiatives.
- Continuous assessment of the Equity Group Holdings (EGH) strategic goals and objectives to ensure that the business architecture supports and enables their achievement.
- Scrutinize various business cases to deduce business scenarios, establish their motivation and alignment to the strategic intent of EGH.
- Review current business processes, identify and document gaps, opportunities, and improvement areas to support the EGH strategy.
- Review current business capabilities and value streams, identify and document gaps, opportunities, and improvement areas to support the EGH strategy.
- Review technology landscapes that support business, identify and document gaps, opportunities, and improvement areas to support the EGH strategy.
- Review business information that is shared across EGH entities, identify and document the inter-relations, gaps, opportunities and improvement areas to support the EGH strategy.
- Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices which EGH can leverage on to devise business plans that yields innovation and optimization within the business architecture.
Qualifications
- Bachelors in business administration, Information Systems, or a related field. An MBA or relevant certifications e.g., TOGAF, BCS, CBAP, Lean Six Sigma are a plus.
- At least 3 years of experience in business architecture or a related field, working in a large organization having actively participated in business architecture, digitization or business transformation initiatives.
- Knowledge of business architecture frameworks, methodologies, and tools.
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business strategies into actionable business architecture roadmaps.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders in the organization.
- Good grasp of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in business architecture.
Organization
Equity Group Holdings
Employment Type
Regular
Job Level
Manager
Job Shift
Day Job
Job Posting
Sep 6, 2024, 4:27:59 PM