Enterprise Business Architect

at  The University of Manchester

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The University of Manchester is looking to appoint an Enterprise Business Architect for a period of 24 months to work across the portfolio of programmes taking place in our Professional Services (PS) domain. The role will take a strategic approach to ensuring business designs are completed in a consistent manner, reviewing people, process and procedures, to promote a unified view. A key responsibility of this role will be to support the delivery of a Business Design Authority (BDA), where they will work closely with senior leaders to influence designs and advise on good practice design assurance and cross-capability design to ensure value is being delivered that is aligned with our strategic vision.
The role will work closely with the current Architect team and will need to analyse, architect, design, cost and plan solutions, ensuring consistency across programmes of work and ensuring alignment to the overall University strategy.
This is an exciting role that will have the opportunity to help deliver a strategically aligned portfolio under PS. The role will also have the opportunity to work with a number of highly skilled architects and help feed into the Architecture practice.