Business Architect

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mutual life and pensions firm is seeking a Business Architect to drive strategic transformation. Located in Alderley Edge with a hybrid working style, you'll guide senior leaders in aligning business and technology to enhance value. Ideal candidates will have proven expertise in business architecture and a collaborative approach to problem-solving. The role offers a modern workplace, inclusive culture, and generous benefits including extensive annual leave and a robust pension scheme.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business architecture, strategy formulation, and operating model design.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, able to influence at all levels.
• Expertise in business capability modelling, value streams, and customer journey mapping.

Responsibilities

• Shape strategy with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into architecture.
• Design future-ready business models to optimise cost, grow revenue, and reduce risk.
• Use design and systems thinking to guide transformation with customer-centric solutions.
• Align business strategy with technology delivery for agility and speed to value.

Skills

Business architecture

Strategy formulation

Stakeholder engagement

Business capability modelling

Customer journey mapping

Presentation skills

Tools

ArchiMate

LeanIX

Orbus

Job description

Job Title: Business Architect

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Alderley Edge / Haymarket

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 23rd Jan 2026

At Royal London Group, we're shaping strategy that drives impact. As a Business Solution Architect, you'll be at the heart of transformation-guiding senior leaders through innovation, change, and strategic design that delivers real business outcomes.

We're looking for strategic thinkers and inclusive collaborators who thrive on solving complex problems. You'll influence enterprise direction, shape operating models, and help align business and technology to unlock value across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Shape Strategy: Partner with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into actionable architecture and investment decisions.
• Drive Change: Design future‑ready business models and capabilities that optimise cost, grow revenue, and reduce risk.
• Champion Innovation: Use design thinking and systems thinking to guide transformation and deliver customer‑centric solutions.
• Bridge Business & Tech: Align business strategy with technology delivery, enabling agility, resilience, and speed to value.

What you'll bring

• Proven experience in business architecture, strategy formulation, and operating model design.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills‑able to influence at all levels.
• Expertise in business capability modelling, value streams, and customer journey mapping.
• Familiarity with EA tools and frameworks (e.g. ArchiMate, LeanIX, Orbus).
• A growth mindset, commercial awareness, and a passion for inclusive collaboration.
• Strong skills in presentation and stakeholder packs.

About Royal London

• We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long‑term savings and asset management products and services.
• Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
• We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
• Inclusion, diversity and belonging
• We're an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.