Business Architect

SQLI; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (1 day in office)

Udemy Business membership

Training and certification budget

Yearly training budget

Flexible hours and shorter Fridays

Job summary

SQLI is seeking an experienced Business Architect to drive capability modelling and architecture governance within a major transformation program.

You will bridge business strategy with technology roadmaps, collaborating with Enterprise Architecture and senior stakeholders to deliver scalable operating models and aligned capability hierarchies.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Business Architecture, Transformation, or EA.
• Expertise in Business Capability Modelling and architecture frameworks.
• Proven ability to align business capabilities with processes and tech.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve business capability models across domains.
• Establish governance standards for capability management.
• Translate needs into capabilities, target operating models, and initiatives.
• Develop capability hierarchies and relationships across levels.
• Map capabilities to processes, applications, value streams, and org structures.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to align roadmaps.
• Produce architecture artefacts using LeanIX and related tools.
• Act as advisor to senior stakeholders on architecture topics.

Skills

Business Architecture

Business Transformation

Enterprise Architecture

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Analytical thinking

Tools

LeanIX

Signavio

Job description

SQLI, a European leader in customer experience and digital transformation, helps major international brands create value through technology and digital innovation. From strategy to the deployment of our clients technological assets, we design and build robust, high-performance architectures and engaging experiences by combining cutting-edge technologies, proven methodologies, and deep technical expertise.

To strengthen our teams (2,200 people across 12 countries), we are recruiting passionate individuals who share our values:

Creative Spirit, Commitment, Forward Thinking.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Business Architect to join a major business transformation program within a complex international environment. This role will be instrumental in shaping and evolving business architecture capabilities, ensuring strong alignment between business strategy, operating models, processes, capabilities, and technology landscapes.

As a key link between business and technology stakeholders, you will help translate strategic objectives into actionable business capabilities, transformation roadmaps, and architectural frameworks that support long-term organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and evolve business capability models across multiple business domains.
• Establish governance standards for capability management, including taxonomy, hierarchy structures, naming conventions, and model consistency.
• Analyze business needs and translate them into capabilities, target operating models, and transformation initiatives.
• Develop and manage capability hierarchies and relationships across different levels of the organization.
• Conduct capability assessments, gap analyses, dependency mapping, overlap identification, and impact evaluations to support strategic decision-making.
• Ensure alignment between business, enterprise, and technology strategies through effective capability management practices.
• Map business capabilities to processes, applications, value streams, organizational structures, and operating models.
• Support the harmonization and evolution of business capability frameworks across the organization.
• Collaborate closely with Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure alignment between business priorities and technology roadmaps.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of business architecture methodologies, operating models, and governance frameworks.
• Support business process architecture initiatives and maintain consistency across capability, process, and operating model views.
• Facilitate workshops with business and technology stakeholders to build consensus and drive alignment.
• Produce and maintain architecture artefacts, models, and documentation using industry-standard tools, primarily LeanIX.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on business architecture and transformation topics.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Business Architecture, Business Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong expertise in Business Capability Modelling and business architecture frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience defining, governing, and evolving business capability models within large and complex organizations.
• Solid understanding of the relationships between business capabilities, processes, value streams, operating models, applications, and organizational structures.
• Hands-on experience withLeanIX for capability modelling, application portfolio management, or enterprise architecture activities.
• Good understanding of business process management principles; experience with Signavio is considered a strong advantage.
• Proven ability to bridge business and technology environments and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership and executive audiences.
• Strong workshop facilitation and consensus-building capabilities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including capability assessments, impact analysis, and dependency analysis.
• Highly autonomous, proactive, and comfortable operating in complex, international environments.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation, modernization, or operating model change initiatives is highly desirable.

Additional Information

What do we offer?

• Permanent contract.
• Hybrid policy work. (1 day office)
• UDEMY Business member platform with a lot of on-line learnings (certifications, courses, etc).
• Individual yearly training and certification budget.
• Work Schedule Monday to Friday.
• Flexible work hours with shorter Fridays and summer schedule

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