Remote role of Business Architect

Business Architect

Remote with Travel to Buffalo, NY required every 4 to 6 weeks ) Travel & lodging expenses will be reimbursed

6+-month contract

Web cam interview

$95/Hr on W2

NOTES FROM MANAGER/REQUIRED SKILLS & EXP.:

• This posting is for a Business Architect role.
• We're searching for someone with exceptional communication skills and tangible/tactical experience as a business architect.
• Experience with BIZBOK and/or BIAN preferred.
• Fully remote but must be willing to travel to Buffalo every 4-6 weeks.

Job Summary

• The Business Architect defines and evolves the enterprise s business architecture to ensure alignment between strategy, operating model, and execution.

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)
• The Business Architect serves as the bridge between business strategy and enterprise execution, shaping target-state models, informing investment decisions, and ensuring initiatives deliver measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities

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
• Ensure business intent is reflected in solution and technology decisions.

Expected Skills

• 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)

Expected Knowledge

• 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

Qualifications

• 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

Expected Deliverables

• Business capability maps (L1 L3) with ownership and maturity assessment
• Value stream maps tied to customer journeys and outcomes
• Current-state and target-state business architecture views
• Business architecture roadmaps aligned to strategy and investment plans
• Capability heatmaps and gap analyses
• Business-driven input into enterprise roadmaps and portfolio decisions
• Executive-ready models and strategy artifacts
• Traceability from strategy capabilities initiatives outcomes
• 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.

For the Candidate: Please provide responses for ALL of the questions below to confirm you have ALL of the required skills/experience (please be sure the information is accurate, honest, and that the resume also reflects the same skills/experience, so we re not rejected & flagged for discrepancies):

• Are you currently under contract w/ an employer where you require C2C only?
• If hired, can you work as a W2 employee of our company, for the contract duration (required, no exceptions)?
• Are you open to working remotely w/ travel to Buffalo, NY every 4 to 6 weeks as required (mandatory, no exceptions)?
• Do you have any issues working in EST/EDT?
• LinkedIn profile link?
• Do you possess exceptional communication skills (verbal/written)?