JOB SUMMARY

The Deputy Director, Business Architecture is a pivotal senior leadership role within the Home Office’s Chief Operating Officer Group. Reporting to the Director of Strategy, the postholder will shape and drive the Department’s future operating model, ensuring that transformation is underpinned by coherent, agile, and resilient business architecture. This role is central to delivering strategic alignment across the organisation, supporting the Home Office’s mission to protect the public and keep citizens safe.
You will lead a team of approximately 25 staff and collaborate with senior leaders across strategy, policy, delivery, finance, and digital. You will also engage with external partners and cross-government stakeholders to ensure the Home Office is equipped to meet evolving public service demands.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

The Job Holder will be expected to:

• Develop and maintain the Home Office’s organisational strategy, underpinned by business architecture principles, to support long-term transformation and capability development.
• Build and lead a business architecture function that enables strategic alignment across people, technology, infrastructure, and delivery systems.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across the Department and wider government to shape and deliver a coherent future operating model.
• Support the Strategy Director in advising the Executive Committee and senior leaders on transformation priorities, capability planning, and organisational design.
• Lead the development of tools, frameworks, and professional standards for business architecture across the Department.
• Work alongside colleagues in policy, analysis, and delivery to ensure strategic decisions are informed by robust assessments of impact and feasibility.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and inclusion across the Strategy Directorate and wider transformation community.
• Represent the Strategy Directorate in Cross-cutting programmes and fiscal planning, ensuring alignment with departmental priorities and long-term goals.
• Play a leading role in the Department’s response to the cross-government Productive and Agile State initiative.
• Define and track success indicators for business architecture initiatives, including delivery milestones, stakeholder satisfaction, and measurable impact on organisational performance.