Lead Business Architect

at  Aspen Insurance Holdings

Date: Feb 7, 2025
Location: London, GB, EC3M 3BD
Company: Aspen Insurance
Since Aspen was founded in 2002, we have become a leading, diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company. We respond thoughtfully and creatively to find the best outcomes for our clients and business partners through carefully-tailored solutions.
We believe the way we work is just as important as the work we do, and we are guided by our core values of respect, honesty, trust and professionalism.
Aspen is a great place to develop your career offering an exciting and challenging environment where achievement is rewarded.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

As Aspen’s lead business architect, you will be responsible for bridging the gap between strategy and execution. You will be key to ensuring we have clear understanding of our business architecture, ‘to be’ business value chains defined for strategic priorities as well as supporting the development of products which support business outcomes.
In addition, you will be supporting assessment of change to ensure there is value in the change being proposed: strategic alignment; user delight; efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, ensuring the architecture is sympathetic to business needs.
Building a business analysis capability, community of practice and internal domain knowledge and expertise.
Your role will involve:

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

As Aspen’s lead business architect, you will be responsible for bridging the gap between strategy and execution. You will be key to ensuring we have clear understanding of our business architecture, ‘to be’ business value chains defined for strategic priorities as well as supporting the development of products which support business outcomes.
In addition, you will be supporting assessment of change to ensure there is value in the change being proposed: strategic alignment; user delight; efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, ensuring the architecture is sympathetic to business needs.
Building a business analysis capability, community of practice and internal domain knowledge and expertise.
Your role will involve:

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Candidates must have prior experience as a Business Architect, having performed in similar roles.
• Excellent knowledge of insurance operating models
• Familiarity with business process modelling, enterprise architecture, and associated tools.
• Developing specific business model aligned to group and operational strategy
• Understanding of interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
• Strong customer orientation skills and ability to proactively manage customer expectations.
• Experience working in a matrix structure, influencing to get to an equitable solution
  At Aspen we know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce is good for our people, good for our business and good for the environments in which we operate. We therefore welcome applications from people which allows us to draw on diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences.

THE ROLE

Develop and embed business architecture capability in Aspen including process, approach, governance framework and key artefacts.
Liaise with stakeholders to maintain the integrity of Aspen’s business architecture, ensuring application of design principles and Aspen’s strategic goals including to establish baseline Aspen enterprise capability map as a north star for all future product development and change delivery.
Build an Aspen business analysis capability, community of practice and internal domain knowledge and expertise.

THE ROLE

Develop and embed business architecture capability in Aspen including process, approach, governance framework and key artefacts.
Liaise with stakeholders to maintain the integrity of Aspen’s business architecture, ensuring application of design principles and Aspen’s strategic goals including to establish baseline Aspen enterprise capability map as a north star for all future product development and change delivery.
Build an Aspen business analysis capability, community of practice and internal domain knowledge and expertise.