Senior Business Architect

Primary DetailsTime Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

Senior Business Architect

London (Hybrid)

The Opportunity

QBE Europe is currently recruiting an experience Senior Business Architect to join a growing transformation team in our London office. In this role you will lead the definition and maintenance of business architecture designs, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic principles and architectural designs. The role involves providing direction, guidance, and advice to Business Architects and other change personnel, as well as partnering across the organisation to drive the co-design and governance of business architecture, identify high-impact initiatives, and support the execution of long-term strategies through the creation of value for the organisation.

Your new role

• Work with business leaders and SMEs to align business strategy to identified business capabilities through the development of business architecture models (such as value streams, service blueprints, organisational design and process architecture).

• Collaborate with Data and IT functions to ensure alignment of data and technology designs with future business design.

• Provide executive insight to shape change based on business strategy for the enterprise.

• Gain insights from customers, partners, and competitors to inform strategic decision-making.

• Shape the early stages of programmes and projects to ensure alignment with strategic direction.

• Develop and maintain business architecture roadmaps to align strategic change planning and long-term investment decisions.

• Ensure business design governance processes are followed within programmes and projects.

• Drive and foster a culture of continuous improvement, motivation, collaboration, and empowerment within the team and drive improvements in the methodology, frameworks, and processes for the Business Architecture function.

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• Provide coaching and development to team members in business design skills and business knowledge.

About You

• Experience of developing the maturity of business architecture capability, including business design governance, stakeholder engagement and communications, methodology improvements and general practice management.

• Experience communicating with executive-level stakeholder groups, advising on business, operating, and IT strategy alignment through business architecture.

• Experience working in a complex commercial environment with substantial investment in transformational change.

• Significant experience developing business designs (including business model and operating model design) through business architectures (including customer, proposition & distribution, journeys & service blueprints, organisational design, capability definition), principles, policies, and roadmaps.

Why QBE? At My Best  

 At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.  

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.  

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://qbeeurope.com/careers/flex-qbe/). 

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.  

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website. 

At My Best - QBE Benefits  

 You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.  FOR UK ONLY: As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!  

30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days. 

Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours. 

Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary. 

Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.  

Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent. 

Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad. 

Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own. 
Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000. 

To find out more visit our  Reward Page 

QBE Awards  

Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;  

AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year 

Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer 

UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year 

Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award 

Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employe 

You can view all our awards here 

Inclusion of Diversity 

We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in.  We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent. For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page 

Accessibility  

Here at QBE, we are promoting an accessible workplace for all, which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations, please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware. 

ESG & Sustainability 

At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future.  Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce, and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable, and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBE’s sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative ‘Premiums4Good’, please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report  

What next? If you have a passion to contribute to QBE’s vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to apply! Simply click the “apply” button to submit your CV and other relevant documents, and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.  

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?  

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen!  

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Business Architecture, Business Case Development, Business Process Modeling, Critical Thinking, Financial Products, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Presenting with Impact, Process Improvements, Six Sigma, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Business Development, Strategic Planning, Team Management

How to Apply:

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.