Business Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION

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Business Architect

OVERVIEW

The Programme and Project Partners (PPP) model was mobilised in 2019 with the purpose of transforming major project delivery at the Sellafield nuclear site.

The partnership brings together KBR, Jacobs, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Altrad Babcock and Sellafield Ltd to deliver a 20-year pipeline of major infrastructure projects to support the decommissioning of Sellafield and to create a clean and safe environment for future .

In delivering its pipeline of large-scale infrastructure projects, PPP is creating opportunities for its people, supply chain, economy and communities.

KBR’s rapidly growing nuclear team of teams is working at the forefront of the UK’s nuclear space on some of the most exciting new-build, defence and decommissioning programmes.

KBR was recently named a “Great Place to Work-Certified” company in 2023, an honour that underscores the company’s commitment to being a UK employer of choice for people who want to do work that matters.

Due to the nature of our work and security requirements, KBR does not offer sponsorship.  We can only consider applicants with the right to live and work in the United Kingdom

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of , , , , expression, , or belief, , socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic.  If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. 

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Position Summary

DelCap is the mechanism through which project management and delivery will be transformed to enforce optimised processes.  Sellafield is seeking to both improve the quality of project delivery across the enterprise and reduce the overspend that has occurred in previous years due to time and physical clashes between projects and programmes on the site.  Reporting to the Senior Business Architect, the Business Architect is responsible for applying a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views and needs of the enterprise.

Key Responsibilites

• Applying a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views and needs of the enterprise to capture, define, optimise, lean, and deploy as workflows the Sellafield project management business processes;
• Describing and capturing the Sellafield project management functions, capabilities, services, and processes to identify and describe systems and information that interact with the business, and describe which people, data and technology are involved in the processes;
• Collecting, understanding, and documenting the functional and non-functional requirements for change initiatives and translating them into user stories, ensuring they are well defined and ready for development in line with sprint planning;
• Supporting the analysis of new product developments with other architects;
• Working in close collaboration with the relevant stakeholders to gain approval and prioritisation for identified initiatives and change proposals;
• Identifying and communicating to relevant stakeholders the impact of planned initiatives on their processes, resources, technology, and governance structures;
• Modelling the as-is and to-be project management processes in an enterprise architecture toolset;
• Analysing and interpreting data and information from several sources to support clients in decision making and unlocking the value in data;
• Supporting the development of information systems and technology architecture. 
• Ad Hoc – In an agile and fluid fashion provide ad hoc deliverables required for achieve PPP success.

Competencies / Skills

• Good communicator;
• Agile learner (especially when it comes to modelling software);
• Committed to the discovery and development of innovative solutions in an ever-changing digital landscape.
• Influencing – establishes communication channels, actively listens, clarifies, gives/seeks feedback, clear and concise, persuasive/negotiates with others;
• People management – fosters team/individual performance, achieves results, leads, motivates, and empowers others, deals with issues, coaches, and encourages others;
• Organisational skills – plans well in advance, sets clear objectives, manages time/delegates, reviews progress against plan, ensures sufficient resources, encourages improvements;
• Results – satisfies internal/external customers, effective performance management, addresses cross-functional issues and technical issues, knowledge of systems and processes;
• Interpersonal skills – builds positive relationships, demonstrate emotional stability, confident in own ability, approachable to all staff, shows respect and tolerance. 

Qualifications / Experience

Qualifications - Educational:Essential: Technical Honours Degree, or equivalentDesirable: IT/CIS Honours Degree or Equivalent

Qualifications - ProfessionalEssential: Chartered Engineer, or equivalentDesirable: Seeking Certified Architect, or equivalent, Seeking Certified Project Manager, or equivalent, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent

Experience and Skills:Essential:

• The ability to understand business change needs and assess the business impact of those changes by driving the identification of requirements across business units;
• The ability to visualise and create models that can be used in future analysis to extend and mature the business architecture;
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience of continuous stakeholder collaboration to gather and refine business requirements as well as keeping the stakeholder at the heart of design and development, implementation, and transition phases of transformation initiatives;
• Determine and develop user stories for services/systems in production to ensure maximum usability;
• Experience in developing target operating models and identifying opportunities for development in current business models;
• Be familiar with TOGAF and how general business architecture can drive and affect change with support of frameworks and models;
• The ability to apply TOGAF or another enterprise architecture framework to business solutions;
• Experience working in fast-moving, agile, dynamic environment;
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the business; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualisations;
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to define and resolve problems methodically and logically.

Desirable:

• Intelligent Business Process Management tools, such as PEGA, Power Automate or similar;
• Delivery with agile methods, such as SCRUM, and a DevOps environment;
• Exposure to complex data environments;
• Integration and/or business process management systems;
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture toolsets, such as MooD, etc.;
• Experience understanding and analysing information relating to complex programmes, such as risks, dependencies, issues, and benefits;
• Strategic-level thinking, able to define and influence strategic decisions:
• Carrying out training sessions and workshops to guide relevant teams;
• Experience of Low Code systems design and implementation.