Junior Business Architect

LRQA; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global assurance provider is looking for a proactive Junior Business Architect in Birmingham. This role supports the design and development of business architecture frameworks and collaborates with various departments to align business processes and technology with strategic goals. The ideal candidate has 1-3 years of experience in business architecture or a related field and a relevant degree. Join the team to contribute to our digital transformation journey.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in business architecture or a related field.
• Familiarity with business architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Strong understanding of business process and systems design.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the creation and maintenance of business architecture models.
• Support the mapping and optimization of business processes.
• Work with IT teams to ensure business requirements are translated into technology solutions.

Skills

Business architecture principles

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Education

Degree in Business Administration or Information Technology

Job description

Overview

Job ID: 42825

Location: Birmingham : 1 Trinity Park : Bi

Position Category: Technology

Position Type: Employee Regular

Who are LRQA?

LRQA wants to be the leading digitally enabled global assurance provider. We stand for dedication to clients, market firsts, and have a deep expertise in risk management. We’ve grown to become a leading global assurance provider, bringing together outstanding expertise in certification, customised assurance, cybersecurity, inspection and training. We’re proud of our heritage and focused on what we can become tomorrow by supporting our clients to build a safer and more sustainable future.

What do we do?

We help our clients negotiate a rapidly changing world, by working with them to manage and mitigate the risks they face. We provide business assurance services and certify safety critical industrial equipment according to recognised codes, standards & regulations. We also partner with companies to provide tailored high-quality inspection services throughout their manufacturing supply chains, ensuring equipment is built safely and to their requirements. Our award-winning Cyber Security Business Nettitude helps clients manage their risks against a backdrop of new threats, focusing on the cyber landscape and providing tailored solutions so that clients can manage their risks effectively. Our independence means we provide reliable, impartial and informed advice. All of this supports our purpose of shaping a better future together.

LRQA currently operates across 50 countries, with more than 2,500 colleagues, generating £315m in revenue, and supporting more than 60,000 clients across diverse sectors.

The next chapter for LRQA

Our future is exciting and rapidly changing. We’re expanding our portfolio of services and aiming to become the leading digitally enabled assurance provider. In December 2021, Goldman Sachs Asset Management acquired the LRQA business from Lloyd’s Register Group. Becoming an independent business accelerates our ability to realise our ambitious growth plans. We’re positioned to build on our strengths and transform our business to be the best partner for our clients.

At an exciting time this is a great opportunity to be part of our next chapter. We are looking for talented people who will support us to build on our strengths and transform our business.

Role purpose:

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Junior Business Architect to join our growing Digital Transformation team. This role focuses on supporting the design and development of business architecture frameworks, aligning business processes, technology, and systems to meet the organization’s strategic goals. You will collaborate with the Head of Business Architecture and Analysis and Senior Business Analysts to analyze business needs from a strategic architecture perspective, contribute to process optimization, and help design integrated solutions that support the organization’s digital transformation journey.

Key Responsibilities

Business Architecture Support:

• Assist in the creation and maintenance of business architecture models that define the organization’s processes, capabilities, and systems in alignment with business strategies.
• Support the mapping and optimization of business processes to ensure they align with the overall business architecture and transformation goals.
• Help identify key business drivers and assess how business systems and processes can be redesigned or enhanced to support strategic initiatives.

Architecture Design & Alignment:

• Contribute to the development of business architecture frameworks, including the integration of processes, people, and technology across the business.
• Assist in designing IT solutions that align with business goals, ensuring the architecture supports business strategies and addresses challenges within business operations.
• Participate in the evaluation of existing business systems and processes to identify gaps and areas for improvement from a strategic architecture standpoint.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work with IT teams to ensure that business requirements are accurately translated into technology solutions within the overall business architecture framework.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across departments (e.g., IT, Finance, Operations) to ensure business needs are integrated into the enterprise architecture and digital transformation efforts.

Documentation & Governance:

• Support the development and maintenance of architecture documentation that aligns business processes, technology, and systems.
• Contribute to governance processes that ensure business architecture principles and standards are followed, maintaining consistency and strategic alignment across the organization.

Continuous Improvement:

• Assist in identifying opportunities for improving the business architecture function, ensuring that processes are agile, scalable, and aligned with evolving business needs.
• Support the team in promoting a culture of continuous improvement within business architecture practices.

Key health & safety responsibilities:

Eliminate or minimise employees’ exposure to risks by reviewing, regularly, the health and safety risk register, applying appropriate controls, communicating results of risk assessment and ensuring health and safety is considered in the planning and execution of all LR activities. Manage your own and your team’s compliance with health and safety rules, instructions, systems and legal requirements, ensuring employees are suitably trained and adequate resources are available to work safely. Monitor and review health and safety performance, observe safety behaviours in the workplace, taking appropriate corrective and preventive action as necessary and suggesting and implementing improvement activities.

Role Dimensions

Number of direct reports: 0

Geographic area of impact: Global

Key stakeholders: ExCo, including CDIO; IT Leadership team; Project Sponsors; Architecture; Business Analysts; Subject Matter Experts; Product Owners; Infrastructure & Operations staff; Testing team; External partners & service providers

Technical / Professional Qualifications / Requirements

Experience:

• 1-3 years of experience in business architecture or a related field (business analysis experience may be applicable, but this role focuses on architecture, not traditional business analysis).
• Familiarity with business architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF, and process modeling techniques (e.g., BPMN, UML) is advantageous.

Skills & Expertise:

• Strong understanding of business architecture principles, with the ability to work on strategic business process and systems design.
• Familiarity with the alignment of IT systems and business goals, with an emphasis on architecture rather than analysis.
• Ability to understand complex business needs and translate them into architecture frameworks and integrated solutions.

Communication:

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage both business stakeholders and IT teams in discussions about architecture design and integration.
• Strong collaborative skills to work effectively across different departments and functions.

Education & Certifications:

• A degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Certifications in Business Architecture (e.g., TOGAF Foundation) are desirable but not essential.

Our Values:

Vision

• We support our clients in the present and prepare them for future success, by using our sharp understanding of social, environmental, technological, and commercial changes to work towards a safer, cleaner, more sustainable future.

Integrity

• We always do what’s right, in the right way and continually measure our actions and their outcomes against rigorous criteria – both those of stakeholders and our own.

Togetherness

• We respect the unique skills, expertise and backgrounds of our people and the inclusive culture they create. We believe teamwork and collaboration – internally and with our clients – are the best way to achieve our mutual goals.

Ambition

• We are industry leaders because we combine technology and innovation with the expertise of our people. We help our clients be the best they can be, by being the best we can be.

Expertise

• We value our experience, specialist knowledge, and pioneering history within the industry. But we also never stop looking for ways to learn and improve in the future.

Pre-Employment Checks

If you are successful in securing a role with us, you will be subject to pre-employment checks, depending on the legal requirements and practices in your country of employment. If eligible these checks will include right to work, identification, verification of employment history, education, and criminal records where permitted by local law. All checks will be conducted in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection regulations. We will involve a third party supplier to run the background checks as needed and your data will be retained for a period as needed for the purpose of recruitment. To the extent permitted by applicable local law, your data may be stored outside of your employment country depending on our operation structure. Your application to this role constitutes your consent to this paragraph.

Diversity and Inclusion at LRQA

We are on a mission to be the place where we all want to work and we are passionate about embracing different perspectives because we understand the value this brings to our business, our clients and each other. We are all about creating a safer and more sustainable future and our inclusive culture is at the heart of our business. Together our employees make our communities better and we want you to be part of our diverse team.

LRQA is a leading global assurance provider. The integrity and expertise we bring to our partnership with clients support their journey to a safer, more secure and more sustainable future. (Group entities).

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