Business Information Architect
About the position Responsibilities • Developing IT roadmaps that align technology solutions with business objectives and process improvements. • Partnering with program areas to gain a deep understanding of business needs and to identify opportunities for modernization and optimization. • Applying enterprise architecture standards to conduct strategic planning, alternatives analysis, and risk management, ensuring that all initiatives support long-term organizational goals. • Performing business, systems, and legislative analyses to identify challenges and develop optimal solutions. • Working closely with technical architects to ensure that business requirements are effectively translated into comprehensive solution architectures. • Recommending technical and product strategies that align with and support enterprise objectives. • Advising stakeholders on how proposed solutions impact workflows and guiding them through successful implementation. • Designing end-to-end solutions involves integrating both business and technical requirements, estimating costs, and planning necessary resources. • Collaboration with IT teams is essential to implement projects across different systems. • Ensuring that all solutions conform to specified requirements, follow established standards, and remain within budget constraints. • Preparing comprehensive technical strategies and detailed project plans, as well as creating diagrams, charts, and reports that illustrate both current and proposed systems. • Analyzing costs, benefits, and completed tasks to provide critical information that supports executive decision-making. • Leading and coordinating team workflows to ensure successful achievement of both project and organizational objectives. • Supervising and mentoring staff as necessary, as well as performing duties that support enterprise modernization initiatives. Requirements • Deep knowledge of business process modeling, capability mapping, requirements management, and enterprise architecture principles. • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale transformation projects, including legacy system modernization, application rationalization, and cloud adoption initiatives. • Understanding of enterprise platforms, SaaS solutions, cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), and system integration patterns. Knowledge of the limitations and capabilities of IT systems, including hardware, operating systems, and software. • Strong knowledge of SDLC methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) and experience applying them to complex enterprise projects. • Hands-on experience with requirements and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or ServiceNow. • Familiarity with data governance, reporting, and analytics platforms that support strategic decision-making. • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage vendors, and partner with technical architects to design cost-effective solution architectures. • Skilled in managing multiple priorities, developing roadmaps, conducting alternatives/risk analyses, and facilitating alignment across diverse stakeholders. • Exceptional ability to communicate complex business and technical concepts clearly in verbal, written, and visual formats to executives, business leaders, and technical teams. • Ability to guide and mentor junior analysts, promote best practices in business analysis and architecture, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to troubleshoot complex business and technical issues, and design optimal solutions. • Ability to oversee, review, and coordinate the work of others to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy and standards. • Knowledge of the limitations and capabilities of computer systems, the techniques used in the design of non-automated systems, information technology equipment, applicable programming languages, computer hardware and software, computer operating systems, writing program code, and automated mapping. • Skill in solving problems; in scheduling, testing, installing, and implementing programs; and in troubleshooting computer systems. • Ability to analyze systems and procedures, to write and revise standards and procedures, and to communicate effectively. • Ability to oversee and/or supervise the work of others. • Bachelor's degree in business administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent work experience on a year for year basis). • Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in business analysis, enterprise/business architecture, or large-scale IT transformation projects. Nice-to-haves • Experience developing business capability models, application roadmaps, or modernization strategies preferred. Benefits • comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees • defined benefit pension plan • generous time off benefits • numerous opportunities for career advancement Apply tot his job Apply tot his job