Business Architect - ISS

253 FIL Investment Management Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment management company seeks a Business Architect to support strategic outcomes through scalable transformation. The role involves developing operating models, advising on challenges, and collaborating with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have extensive asset management experience and strong communication skills with diverse stakeholders.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Led the development of business architectures and operating models.
• Extensive experience in asset management.
• Strong communication skills with stakeholders, including C suite.

Responsibilities

• Understand and describe different Investment Management Operating Models.
• Develop and maintain methodologies and templates for business architecture.
• Advise on challenges and gaps, driving decision-making.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Influencing

Problem Solving

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About the Opportunity

Job Type: Fixed Term ContractorContract duration : 11 months.Application Deadline: 31 July 2025

Title Business Architect - ISS

Department Technology and Enterprise Services

Location London

Reports To Business Architect - ISS

Level Up to 8

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Business Architecture team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

About your team

Investment Services and Solutions is one of the main business pillars and investment areas within Fidelity. It is going through a phase of rapid and substantial transformation of its business model as well as the Technology estate.

The Business Architecture team enable Fidelity’s strategic outcomes by collaborating with stakeholders to drive scalable, impactful transformation. The team works throughout the asset management life-cycle, leading and supporting on a range of initiatives.

The team provide strategic solutions across:

Business Architecture: “the blueprint of our organisation”

Strategy Definition: “what do we want to achieve”

Operating Model Design: “the designs to deliver on the strategy”

Delivery: “translating the ideas into delivery”

About your role
This role plays a crucial part in the development of and delivery of our strategy. In this role you will:

Understand and be able to describe different Investment Management Operating Models

Assess different operating models and support stakeholders in understanding pros / cons, and drive towards decision making

Provide a view of how functions operate, enabling effective decision-making and strategically align, accelerate and de-risk change to our operating model

Advise on challenges, gaps and areas of opportunity

Develop and maintain a toolkit of methodologies and templates for business architecture and operating model design

Independently own design problems, front to back without support, engaging stakeholders, BAs, Technology Architects to achieve the required outcomes

Develop vision statements and guiding principles to ensure clarity on the end goal

Able to quickly understand and document problem statements

Design organisational structures, roles and responsibilities and ways of working

Define governance structures and frameworks

Design location strategies, and models such as decentralized vs centralized, in-sourced vs outsourced

Design new and enhance existing business capabilities

Outline how various functions interact and how services are delivered

Collaborate with colleagues in architecture to define the technology architecture and data services

Provide design governance, and oversight of TOM implementation activities

Shape, influence and play a leading role in complex strategic initiatives

Advisory on the Change portfolio, and creation of high-level plans / roadmaps

Strategic design oversight and advisory to the Steering Committee for projects / programmes

About you

You will be able to demonstrate that you have:

Led the development of business architectures and operating models

Extensive experience in the asset management across Investment Management, Operations and Distribution business

Strong communication skills with different types and levels of stakeholders, including C suite, both internal and external.

Proven ability to develop and execute enterprise-wide change strategies, incorporating business and technology perspectives

Effective leadership skills including negotiation, conflict resolution, influencing, bridge-building and political astuteness as well as the ability to motivate and inspire others

A good understanding of financial markets, products and organisations

Feel rewarded

For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team.