Business Architect

Boots; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced parental leave pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Boots is seeking a Business Architect - Talent to partner with the HR team in Nottingham. You will shape talent, performance and succession processes, balancing big-picture strategy with detailed process design to improve the employee experience.

You will engage with SMEs and the Talent Workstream Lead to secure requirements, influence design decisions and ensure standardisation across the organisation. A focus on collaboration and change with a strong UX perspective is essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Talent, Performance and Succession processes.
• Ability to move between big picture and small detail.
• Detail orientated with a user experience lens.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across multiple stakeholders.
• Critical thinker focused on process improvement.
• Able to meet tight deadlines.
• Experience of BPMN or process mapping desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Talent Workstream Lead and SMEs to ensure workstream and module processes meet business requirements.
• Work with the Lead Business Architect to align end-to-end processes with ToM and assess impacts on People Function Taxonomy.
• Support the Workstream Lead with design decisions ensuring integrity within the design.
• Participate in design workshops to identify needs, mitigate impacts, and drive process efficiencies.
• Document future state processes and contribute to design configuration workbooks for SOPs.

Skills

Talent processes

Performance processes

Succession processes

Detail orientated

User experience

Stakeholder engagement

Process improvement

Deadlines

BPMN

Tools

BPMN

Process mapping

Job description

Job Description

Contract: Part time, 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

Closing date: 28th August 2026

Recruitment Partner: Katrina, [e-mail]

Are you ready to make a difference? At Boots, we’re on the lookout for a Business Architect - Talent to join our dynamic HR team in Nottingham. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping our talent processes and driving meaningful change across the organisation.

As a Business Architect, you will work closely with the Talent Workstream Lead and Subject Matter Experts to ensure our business processes meet the evolving needs of our teams. You’ll be at the forefront of designing efficient processes that enhance our employee experience and support our commitment to building a brilliant Boots for our people.

Key responsibilities:

• Working with Talent Workstream Lead and SMEs, ensure the business processes for the workstream and module meet business requirements
• Work with the Lead Business Architect to ensure the E2E processes meet the requirements of the ToM and provide any potential impacts to the People Function Taxonomy
• Supports the Workstream Lead with process design decisions ensuring integrity within the design
• Involvement in design workshops to ensure the business needs are identified and met and change impacts are understood, identifying opportunities to remove process steps and implement process efficiencies ensuring standardization and consistency
• Document future state processes and review and input into design configuration workbooks so that SOPs can be created

What you’ll need to have (our must-haves):

• Knowledge of Talent, Performance and Succession processes
• Ability to move between big picture and small detail over the duration of the project
• Detail orientated
• Ability to apply a user experience lens, keeping in mind user journey through process design
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills - able to engage across multiple stakeholder groups within the programme and function
• Critical thinker, willing to positively challenge with a view for process improvement
• Ability to operate to tight deadlines
• Experience of BPMN or previous process mapping is desirable

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience in change management and training support
• Familiarity with data migration and reporting processes

Where your brilliance can take you:

At Boots, we believe in your potential. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career within a supportive environment that champions learning and development. Your contributions will be valued, and you’ll be empowered to make a real impact.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan (up to 12% company contribution)
• Generous employee discounts for you and a family member
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

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A bit about us

At Boots, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we’re committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.