Business Architect

About the role

Lead the development and maintenance of business architecture artefacts that connect strategy, capabilities, value streams, services, processes and organisational responsibilities. The role supports evidence‑based investment decisions, transformation prioritisation and enterprise‑wide alignment within the Enterprise Architecture framework.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain business capability maps, value streams, business service catalogues and business architecture viewpoints.
• Analyse strategic objectives, stakeholder needs and operating‑model changes; translate them into business architecture requirements and roadmaps.
• Establish traceability between strategy, capabilities, services, processes, applications and initiatives in the EA repository.
• Work with business owners and Business Analysts to validate current‑state and target‑state models, gaps, dependencies and priorities.
• Support enterprise transformation, portfolio decisions and impact assessments through clear architecture insights and recommendations.
• Apply and promote EA governance, modelling standards and quality controls; contribute to Architecture Review Board material where required.
• Facilitate workshops and communicate architecture findings to business and technology stakeholders.
• Contribute to the EA content framework, reference models, principles, KPIs and continuous‑improvement activities.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years of experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, business transformation or operating‑model design.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• TOGAF certification required (or strongly preferred); additional certifications such as Business Architecture Guild (CBA), ArchiMate, BPMN, CBAP or Lean Six Sigma are advantageous.
• Experience in government, tax, financial services or large complex organisations is preferred.
• Native Arabic speaker and very good Business English.

Required skills

• TOGAF framework.
• ArchiMate modelling language.
• BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation).
• Capability‑based planning and value‑stream modelling.
• Enterprise Architecture tools such as Orbus Infinity, Bizzdesign or SAP.
• Business Architecture diagramming on EA tools.