Business architect

Zohorecruit; Montreal (administrative region), Quebec; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

This client seeks a seasoned business architect to step in after prioritization, framing needs, estimating value, benefits, impacts and scope, and advising on whether the initiative should proceed to the next phase.

Based in Montreal, Canada, the role sits in a transformation program context; the ideal candidate has at least five years in business architecture within large programs, preferably with insurance or data/AI experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in business architecture and in transformation programs.
• Strong conceptual and synthesis skills.
• Ability to understand organizational context and corporate strategies.
• Asset: knowledge of the insurance domain and/or the data/AI domain.

Responsibilities

• Frame the need, estimate value, benefits, impacts and scope for prioritized initiatives.
• Provide upstream decision support and a value‑oriented recommendation on whether to proceed.
• Deliver business architecture artifacts and context for transformation programs.

Skills

Conceptual skills

Synthesis skills

Organizational context

Tools

Enterprise Architect

Job description

The client is looking for a business architect who steps in once an initiative has been prioritized, before it becomes a project. The work consists of framing the need, estimating its value, benefits, impacts and scope, then informing the decision on how the initiative should proceed. The role sits within a business analysis centre of excellence, which makes the line with business analysis thin: the distinction lies in the timing of the intervention (upstream, decision support) and in the nature of deliverables (business architecture, not detailed requirements). The experience threshold is high: ten years of relevant experience, including five in business architecture within transformation programs. Knowledge of insurance or of data and AI is described by the client as an important asset.

Target candidate: a business architect with at least five years of practice in transformation programs, used to turning a prioritized initiative into a value analysis and a decision-ready recommendation. The resume shows concrete business architecture deliverables, ideally modelled in Enterprise Architect, along with an understanding of organizational and strategic context; experience in insurance or in data and AI puts the candidate at the top of the list.

Requirements

Required:

• Experience in business architecture and in transformation programs
  
• Strong conceptual and synthesis skills
  
• Ability to understand organizational context and corporate strategies
  

Asset:

• Knowledge of the insurance domain and/or the data and AI domain
  

Profiles to Exclude:

• Business analyst profile whose experience is limited to writing detailed requirements during delivery, with no upstream analysis of value, benefits or scope.
  
• Solution or IT architect profile whose deliverables are technical (integration, application, infrastructure), with no demonstrated business architecture deliverable.
  
• Profile with ten years of experience, but with less than five years in business architecture or business architecture practised outside a transformation program.
  
• Project manager or project lead profile delivering initiatives, with no demonstrated upstream framing and recommendation responsibility.
  
• Profile holding the business architect title without any concrete deliverable named in the resume (models, impact analyses, recommendations).