Business Architect - Tesco Bank

Join us as a Business Architect at Tesco Bank within Barclays where you will help shape the future of banking by being responsible for developing and evolving the bank’s enterprise technology architecture by defining and delivering solutions, strategies, and execution plans that align with business and technology priorities. Operating at an enterprise-wide level, the role connects business strategy to operating models, customer journeys, and technology capabilities to ensure strategic objectives are achieved.

Key responsibilities include shaping the interface between business and technology strategy, driving the adoption and evolution of foundational platforms and products, and providing strategic architectural leadership to support long-term organisational transformation and growth.

To be successful as a Business Architect, you must have the following essential skills:

• Proven experience working as a Business Architect, with responsibility for aligning business strategy, operating models, capabilities, and technology outcomes across an enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and planning capability, with experience translating long‑term business objectives into actionable architectures, roadmaps, and transformation.
• Considerable collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and influence decision‑making across business, technology, and senior leadership teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to translate complex business and technical concepts into clear, simple, and engaging messages tailored to a range of audiences.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

This role is based in Edinburgh.

To develop, and evolve the banks technology architecture through relevant solutions, strategies and execution plans aligned to and prioritized by business and technology objectives, including the development, evolution and adoption of foundational platforms and products.

• Development, evolution and implementation of the banks technology architecture and strategies aligned to the business and technology objectives, unlocking execution and run.
• Collaboration with stakeholders, including Enterprise Architecture teams and other developers to provide subject matter expertise and share knowledge to foster continuous improvement, and clients to understand and deliver on their technical needs.
• Motivation and leadership of a diverse collection of technologists, business and operations teams and enterprise leaders, with goal to align business & technology strategy & standards, identifying opportunities and connecting people.
• Assessment of new technologies to address current and future business needs, through a combination of curiosity and problem‑solving skills.
• Determination of the optimal solutions while balancing continuous requirements imposed by compliance, governance, security and funding, through deep understanding of the business and customer outcomes and maintaining a strong and steady grasp on the underlying technologies.
• Monitoring and analysis of the performance, resiliency and stability of applications to identify and resolve issues and communicate and document key findings to stakeholders.
• Compliance with applicable regulatory standards and identification of industry developments that may impact the banks operations and controls to enhance the banks application portfolio.
• Support of engineering and architecture community initiatives to mentor team members, streamline operations, share and grow knowledge.

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalations of breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and…