Lead Business Architect

Consortium; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarion Housing Group is seeking an experienced Lead Business Architect to establish and lead the business architecture discipline, connecting strategy, operations, technology and customer outcomes.

You will translate business and customer strategies into a target architecture, oversee capability models and operating models, mentor a team, and collaborate with senior leaders across a hybrid England-based role.

Qualifications

• Experience leading business architecture in large, complex environments.
• Ability to translate strategy into target business architecture and roadmaps.
• Proven leadership and governance across architecture disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the business architecture discipline across the organisation.
• Create and own a comprehensive view of capabilities, processes and value streams.
• Translate business, customer and technology strategies into practical architectures.
• Coach and develop the business architecture team and collaborate with senior leaders.

Skills

Leadership

Business architecture

Capability models

Operating models

Stakeholder management

Roadmapping

Job description

Highlighted points for this job

£70,398 to £87,998 per annum salary range

Hybrid role with flexible base location across England

36 hours per week with flexible options

Permanent contract

Opportunity to shape business architecture discipline

Location: Hybrid with a flexible base location

London: £70,398 to £87,998 per annum

National: £64,043 to £80,054 per annum

(in exceptional circumstances we would consider a salary of up to 10% above the top of the advertised range)

Hours: 36 hours per week - flexible options considered

Contract Type: Permanent

Are you passionate about shaping how organisations operate and driving meaningful transformation?

We're looking for an experienced Lead Business Architect to establish and lead the business architecture discipline at Clarion, playing a pivotal role in connecting strategy, operations, technology and customer outcomes.

This is a rare opportunity to build and embed a business architecture capability from the ground up. As Lead Business Architect, you'll create and own a comprehensive view of Clarion's business capabilities, processes, services and value streams, providing the foundation for strategic decision-making and change delivery across the organisation. Working closely with senior leaders and architecture colleagues, you'll translate business, customer and technology strategies into a clear target business architecture and roadmap that supports long‑term success.

Acting as a trusted advisor to both executive and operational stakeholders, you'll help to shape operating model design, identify capability gaps and ensure that change initiatives align with agreed architectural principles and standards. Collaborating as part of a wider architecture community, you'll bring together business, data and technology perspectives to create a shared vision of how the organisation works and evolves.

We're seeking a proven leader with strong experience of business architecture within a large and complex service environment. You'll have successfully developed capability models, process architectures and target operating models that have influenced strategic investment and transformation decisions. Just as importantly, you'll be able to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, bringing people together around a common direction and translating complex concepts into practical business solutions.

You will also manage and develop a team of business architecture professionals while also providing leadership and guidance across the wider Change Delivery function. Your coaching, governance and expertise will help raise the quality and consistency of business analysis and process design activity across the organisation.

With hybrid working, base locations across England and flexible working arrangements this could be the opportunity you've been looking for!

Salaries are just the starting point. Here at Clarion we're dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment, and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle.

Closing Date: Tuesday 17th November 2026 at midnight.

This is a hybrid role with a base location offered at one of our offices across England. Occasional travel required.

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You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in England or Wales for the duration of your employment.