As a business architect you will work internally and with key partners across the Insurance market making sure our capabilities and architecture work end-to-end. You will play a key role as a business design expert and innovative thinker with a strong practical focus. Working at a macro to mid-level you will innovate business model designs to create value for Interpham and influence the shape and focus of change initiatives to support strategic goals.You will also develop and maintain business capabilities across Interpham in line with the company strategy. You will contribute to the development of business strategy and plans, assessing projects in line with the architectural framework and making recommendations to optimise business and customer value through change approaches. You will establish principles and governing policies, and use this to develop capabilities and recommendations for change.This is a hands-on role and will require the creation and maintenance of key Business Architecture artefacts including business models, business process maps and capability definitions.ResponsibilitiesBusiness DesignThe Business Architect plays a key role in ensuring architectural thinkingembedded across the business. Working closely with the technical and solutions architect they use all architectural artefacts (process, capabilities, data, systems etc) to identify synergies and optimise value through change design:Develop business design models based on a situational awareness of various business scenarios and motivations, including the creation of customer journeys and value maps.Apply a structured business design approach and methodology for capturing the high-level views of the business unit and customer needs in the context of the strategic goals.Pull together disconnected documentation and drawings and articulate their relevance to the organisation and to high level business issues through analysis, making design recommendations to drive maximum value.Identify structural issues within the organisation, functional dependencies and cross-silo redundancies, and design better ways of working.Act as a bridge between the business and IT, translating business requirements to IT and understand and manage data conflicts with the business.Assess proposed projects\/business problems against architectural blueprints to optimise both business and customer value and ensure architectural alignment is maintained.Work closely with Technology to align technical solutions with business needs.Deliver high-level design approaches to address business problems in line with the business architecture.Support the development of business cases and benefit qualification, ensuring strategic fit and clear driversReference ArchitectureDevelop a business architecture strategy based on a situational awareness of various business scenarios and motivationsMaintain and develop the business capability reference model, mapping capability functionality to other architectural artefacts e.g. data architecture, application architectureKeep business architecture alive and current as a body of knowledgeAssess current capability maturity and promote activities to develop capabilities and close gaps e.g. local action plans in place owned by business unitsEngage at project level to communicate the architecture and promote the projectalignment with itTranslate strategic initiatives into delivery focussed change initiativesExplore efficiency\/effectiveness and value add opportunities through interrogation of the business architecture and the change portfolio and use this to inform strategic planning processesStakeholder management and InfluencingBuild and maintain effective stakeholder relationships internally and externally at all levels, and influence the approach to how the both Velonetic and the Market approach changeDemonstrate a solid understanding of the business challenges Velonetic faces, the drivers for change and use this to design and recommend new ways of workingBe recognised as a key contributor to business transformation and embedding of the business architectureSkillsAbility to assimilate and correlate disconnected information and articulate their collective relevanceAbility to diagnose structural issues within the organisation and formulate recommendation to redressAbility to create high level models and information rich diagrams to drive business improvementAbility to listen to and resolve customer issues whilst preserving positive relationshipsExcellent presentation, interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to relay information clearly and concisely in both written and verbal communications to both internal and external stakeholdersGood people skills in frequently creating and maintaining relationships with various types of individuals within the business and at different levelsAbility to influence change in a positive manner across all levels of the organisationAbility to use all Microsoft packages as an advanced userExperienceSound understanding of Business Architecture principlesExperience of developing business strategies and translating them into actionable plansSenior business analyst background with experience in designing business solutions in line with blueprints and target operating modelsDemonstrable experience of applying design thinkingOrganisational designExperience developing, visualizing and utilising high level models as required to collect, aggregate or disaggregate complex and conflicting information and provide analysis to create a better future stateExperience across multiple functions, particularly in areas of product development and automationProven experience in operating at both a strategic and tactical levelInvestment In Training and DevelopmentWe offer a comprehensive range of training and career development opportunities, a structured induction programme, tailored job training as well as mentoring and support for relevant sponsored professional qualifications. Wedeveloping an environment where people can grow and harness their careers and skills to be the best that they can be to focus on the long term.About Interpham ConsultingInterpham Consulting is a front-runner in partnering with small and medium scale businesses to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The team is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organisation of team members who share common goals and values. Interpham Consulting is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fuelled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering, and platforms.Sponsorship: This role offers sponsorship visa, so applicants from outside the UK are welcome to apply as well.