Business Architect

Job details

Location:

Hybrid – 3 days per week at VHQ, Crawley

Hours:

37.5 per week, Monday to Friday

Contract Type: 24 Month fixed term contract

Salary:
Competitive

Closing Date : 23rd January 2025

At Virgin Atlantic, we believe in the extraordinary power of people to reshape what’s possible. With our bold ambition to become the most loved travel company, we’re redefining aviation through innovation, inclusivity, and a culture that puts people first. Individuality isn't just welcomed—it’s celebrated.

The Business Domain Architect role is aligned to a specific business domain or value stream within Virgin Atlantic. They work closely with business stakeholders to understand the vision and goals for their domain, develop current and future state architectures—covering business, application, and data—and manage a roadmap to reach the target state. This role also contributes to Virgin Atlantic’s overall technical strategy and supports the drive for innovation.

• Develop close business relationships, understand, and influence digital business strategies
• Develop Current and Future State Business, Data and Application Architectures
• Develop and maintain pragmatic and actionable roadmaps
• Support the formation of Technology Investment Portfolios
• Contribute to Technical Architectures to ensure alignment to Business Strategy
• Contribute to the development of Technical Strategies and Reference Architectures
• Manage Total Risk and Cost across the IT Estate
• Promote Guardrail Adherence
• Review Solutions Designs
• Govern Target and Reference Architectures
• Digital Opportunity Identification
• Track and assess new technologies
• Enable Proof of Concepts

• Proven experience in architectural roles (e.g., Solution, Business, or Enterprise Architecture).
• Broad understanding of business, application, and data architecture principles.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks and how to apply them in practice.

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