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Job Description

Overview:

Develop and refine business architecture frameworks to align organizational goals with technology and data strategies. Drive the analysis and improvement of business processes, services, and performance indicators, ensuring seamless integration with enterprise systems to support strategic objectives. Collaborate with stakeholders to design future-state architectures that enable transformation and operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

1. Business Architecture Development:

• Analyze and document current-state business processes, services, and organizational structures.
• Develop future-state business architecture, including services, policies, strategies, and performance indicators.
• Conduct gap analyses and design transition maps for achieving the desired state.
• Collaborate with domain specialists to ensure alignment of their work with the overall business and enterprise architecture.

2. Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work closely with stakeholders to gather and validate requirements for business processes and services.
• Facilitate workshops and discussions to define priorities, align objectives, and clarify dependencies.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure their needs are accurately represented in business architecture designs.

3. Governance and Standards:

• Establish and enforce business architecture standards and methodologies.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise policies, strategies, and frameworks during the development of business components.
• Support the input and validation of business architecture components within enterprise architecture tools.
• Adopt the best practice business process classification frameworks.

4. Business Process Optimization:

• Apply process improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma to optimize existing processes.
• Support the design and implementation of technology solutions that improve efficiency and scalability of business operations.
• Model business processes using tools such as BPMN or UML to ensure clarity and alignment.

5. Integration with Enterprise Architecture:

• Collaborate with application, data, and infrastructure architects to ensure business architecture integrates seamlessly with other domains.
• Ensure business architecture components are accurately represented in enterprise architecture tools, such as Orbus iServer.

6. Documentation and Reporting:

• Document business architecture components, including processes, services, policies, and performance metrics.
• Develop reports and presentations to communicate findings, recommendations, and progress to leadership and stakeholders.
• Maintain an up-to-date repository of business architecture components, ensuring easy accessibility and usability.
• Conduct business research and prepare reports and presentations for the business executives.

7. Strategic Alignment:

• Align business architecture initiatives with the organization’s long-term goals and objectives.
• Identify areas for innovation and propose strategies to enhance organizational performance.

Skills and Requirements:

Education:

• University graduate in Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in business architecture or related roles.
• Proven track record of working on large-scale transformation or public-sector projects.
• Local Qatar knowledge and experience is a plus.

Certifications:

• TOGAF certification is a plus.
• Additional certifications such as CBAP, BPMN, Lean, Six Sigma, or Zachman are desirable.
• DAMA certification is a plus.

Technical Skills:

• Strong knowledge of business process modeling tools and methodologies (e.g., BPMN, UML).
• Proficiency in enterprise architecture tools (e.g., Orbus iServer, Sparx EA, or Aris).
• Ability to design target operating models and transition roadmaps.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Leadership and team collaboration abilities.
• Arabic native, Proficiency in English is required.

Tools and Methodologies:

• Hands-on experience with business architecture modeling and analysis tools.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.
• Knowledge of Qatar Enterprise Architecture GEA is a plus.

Operating Environment:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including application architects, data architects, and process owners.
• Work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with tight deadlines and competing priorities.
• Frequent external stakeholder meetings and workshops are expected.

Skills Required

• Excellent Organizational Skills