Business Architect

Business Architect

Job overview

We are looking for a Business Architect to lead business and digital transformation for our clients, from early strategy through to delivery. You will connect client business strategy with operating model, process, data and technology capabilities. Your engagements will range from transformation programmes to greenfield product and venture builds, plus operating model redesign and AI adoption initiatives. You will lead discovery, frame the problem with C-level stakeholders, shape the target state and turn it into roadmaps the business can fund and deliver.

Responsibilities

• Transformation & discovery leadership. Lead discovery phases end to end: set the scope, run workshops and interviews, synthesise findings and drive alignment on direction across business and technology.
• Capability modelling. Develop business capability maps that link functions, value streams and operating model to strategic goals, and use them to prioritise investment.
• C-level stakeholder advisory. Act as a trusted advisor to executives. Challenge assumptions, frame trade-offs and translate strategic vision into actionable blueprints for business and technology.
• Greenfield product shaping. Help clients define new products, services or ventures: the value proposition, target operating model, MVP scope and business case.
• Target state & transformation roadmaps. Define target-state blueprints (business, process, data, technology) and phased roadmaps for moving from current to future state, including dependencies, sequencing and change impact.
• Gap, impact & value analysis. Assess capabilities, processes, organisation and architecture. Identify improvements, build the business case (ROI, cost, risk) and define the KPIs used to track value realisation.
• AI-enabled transformation. Identify where AI and automation can change how the business operates, and assess feasibility, value and readiness.
• Advisory pre-sales & practice building. Shape strategic proposals, lead or support client pitches, and contribute reusable methods, accelerators and thought leadership to grow Godel’s Advisory practice.

Requirements

• 4+ years in business architecture, management or technology consulting, or strategy/transformation roles, including at least 2 years leading discovery or transformation work.
• A proven record of leading at least one of the following: transformation programmes, operating model change, or greenfield product/venture builds.
• Broad exposure to different products, business domains and industries.
• Proven experience defining and documenting requirements for software products.
• Strong stakeholder management skills: a proven record of confident communication with and influence over C-level executives, transformation leads, Product Managers and other senior stakeholders, including in ambiguous or politically complex settings.
• Hands-on experience with business architecture and strategy methods, such as capability models, value streams, target operating models, transformation blueprints, product roadmaps and business cases.
• Enough technology fluency to work credibly with solution and enterprise architects. You don’t need to be an engineer.
• Comfortable facilitating workshops and presenting to boards and steering committees.
• Exceptional communication skills in English (B2+ minimum), written and spoken.
• Active daily use of AI tools (LLMs, agents or similar) in professional work such as research, synthesis, modelling and document production, beyond single-prompt use.
• Understanding of how LLMs and AI agents work: what context they need, how they carry out multi-step tasks, where they fail, and why output validation matters. You can also advise clients on where AI fits in their operating model.