Principal Business Architect

Job Description:Essential Job Functions

Defines and manages the architectural roadmap for one or more platforms, products or services. Provides subject matter expertise in how business capabilities interact with technical capabilities to address client business problems and achieve client goals.

Provides direction for project and program design activities to ensure that both customer and company business objectives are met. Collaborates and/or partners with business and technical architects to ensure initiatives align with business and information technology improvement strategies.

Conducts and/or participates in customer's process analysis in order to understand business complexities and constraints and recommends technical improvements. Evaluates existing process, and recommends and implements improvements.

Enables cross-functional teams to work in parallel by providing guidance and direction in support of business solution architecture.

Supports, resolves and documents issues that arise in the architecture. Reviews designs and recommends improvements to the architecture. Works with the customer to eliminate gaps and inconsistencies in the business solution architectural design and to ensure that none develop over time.

Reduces client risk by ensuring that recommended business solutions meet customer's price, scope, and time requirements.

Uses professional concepts in developing resolution to critical issues and broad design matters.

Maintains awareness of trends, best practices and standards for the industry and related technology fields. Introduces new technology processes as appropriate.

Provides leadship and work guidance to less experienced personnel.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, information systems or related field preferred

Twelve or more years of business analysis, business re-engineering, business transformation, financial analysis, business architecture or related experience

Experience working with company products and operating systems

Experience working with client business processes

Experience in business process and information modeling tools and techniques

Other Qualifications

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Good interpersonal skills to interact with clients and team members

Good leadership and organizational skills

Good project management skills

Ability to translate technical language into client language

Ability to apply architectural principles, methods, and tools to business challenges

Willingness to travel

Work Environment

Office environment

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