Business Architect

Robusta Studio; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Robusta Studio seeks a Senior Business Architect to define and govern business architecture across the enterprise in Riyadh. You will map capabilities, establish current and target states, and align business strategy with technology initiatives.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, and enterprise architects to perform gap analyses and drive transformation while ensuring regulatory alignment and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• 10+ years in business architecture/enterprise architecture roles with 5+ years in related positions.
• Experience in banking or financial services is preferred.
• Experience in a SAMA-regulated environment is an advantage.
• Strong capability mapping and modeling experience.
• Understanding of EA, business processes and operating models.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Certifications such as TOGAF/CBAP/BIZBOK are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain business architecture models, standards and documentation.
• Define business capabilities and maintain capability maps.
• Develop current-state baseline and target-state architecture.
• Conduct gap and impact analyses between current and target states.
• Translate strategy into capabilities and architectural requirements.
• Map processes, value streams and operating models.
• Ensure alignment of business requirements with Enterprise Architecture.
• Assess business impact of technology and transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, and EA/tech teams.
• Support transformation initiatives and capability roadmaps.
• Identify dependencies and impacts across processes and tech.
• Participate in architecture governance reviews and approvals.
• Maintain governance documentation and architecture principles.
• Ensure alignment with banking regulations and SAMA requirements.

Skills

Business Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Governance

TOGAF

CBAP

BIZBOK

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TOGAF

Job description

YOU WILL

• Develop and maintain Business Architecture models standards and documentation
• Define business capabilities and maintain business capability maps
• Develop current-state baseline and target-state Business Architecture
• Conduct gap and impact analysis between current and target states
• Translate business strategy and objectives into business capabilities and architectural requirements
• Map key business processes value streams and operating models
• Ensure business requirements are aligned with Enterprise Architecture
• Assess the business impact of proposed technology and transformation initiatives
• Collaborate with business stakeholders product owners enterprise architects and technology teams
• Support transformation initiatives and business capability roadmaps
• Identify business process capability and technology dependencies and impacts
• Participate in architecture governance reviews and approval processes
• Maintain Business Architecture principles standards and governance documentation
• Ensure alignment with applicable banking regulatory and SAMA requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• More than 10+ Years of experience and 5+ years of experience in Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Business Analysis, or related roles.
• Experience in banking or financial services is preferred.
• Experience working in a SAMA-regulated environment is an advantage.
• Strong experience in business capability mapping and Business Architecture modeling.
• Experience defining current-state, target-state, and gap analysis.
• Good understanding of Enterprise Architecture, business processes, and operating models.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• TOGAF, BIZBOK, CBAP, or similar certification is preferred.