Business Architect

Salary: £97,500 - 97,500 per year

Requirements

• We are looking for an experienced Business Architect, Business Analyst, Process Manager, or IT-enabled Business Change professional.
• We need strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage senior leadership.
• We need experience designing and improving business operating models, processes, and organisational capabilities.
• We need the ability to capture, analyse, challenge, and prioritise complex business requirements.
• We need experience developing business cases, investment proposals, and benefits realisation plans.
• We need knowledge of business process modelling and architecture frameworks or methodologies.
• We need experience supporting large-scale transformation, digital, or change programmes.
• We need strong analytical and problem-solving skills in complex environments.
• We need experience working within structured project delivery frameworks such as PRINCE2 or similar.
• We need the ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams, suppliers, and business stakeholders.
• We need experience evaluating solution options and supporting procurement activities, including RFI, RFP, and ITT.
• We need understanding of governance, risk management, and change control processes.
• We need excellent communication, facilitation, and workshop leadership skills.
• We need experience working in highly regulated, asset-intensive, or safety-critical industries.

Responsibilities

• We lead engagement with business stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, requirements, risks, and dependencies for business change initiatives.
• We capture, analyse, validate, and prioritise business requirements to ensure alignment with strategic programme objectives.
• We develop and maintain business architecture artefacts including process models, operating models, and business capability maps.
• We support the development of business cases and investment proposals, ensuring benefits are clearly defined and measurable.
• We evaluate solution options with internal teams and delivery partners to ensure alignment with business and user needs.
• We maintain end-to-end ownership of business requirements, ensuring traceability through design, build, and implementation phases.
• We support early-stage project definition, including project mandates, option analysis, and feasibility assessments.
• We work closely with project, delivery, architecture, and supplier teams to ensure integrated and consistent solution design.
• We support procurement activities including RFI and ITT preparation, supplier engagement, and solution evaluation.
• We identify opportunities for process improvement, efficiency gains, and operational optimisation.
• We facilitate cross-functional alignment across business areas, ensuring consistency of processes and systems.
• We act as a key interface between business stakeholders, suppliers, and technical delivery teams.
• We produce clear documentation and support reporting requirements within architecture and governance structures.

Technologies

• Architect
• Support

We are hiring a Business Architect for a major programme in the nuclear industry, supporting large-scale business and digital transformation within a complex, highly regulated environment. This is a contract role starting immediately, running up to December 2026 with possible extension, offering up to £750 per day via umbrella. The role is based in Leiston, Suffolk, with a hybrid working pattern of three days on site and two days from home. We are a forward-thinking, family-owned recruitment business that has been securing exceptional candidates since 1978, and we are committed to building long-lasting relationships, supporting diversity, and ensuring equal opportunities for employees and applicants.

last updated 25 week of 2026