Lead Business Architect, Chief Technology Office

Overview

In this role, you will lead and shape business architecture activities across the Architecture function to support the wider departmental business areas, ensuring that strategic intent is aligned with day-to-day operations, technology roadmaps, and the evolving demands of our business operations in deliver of public services.

• Work with a range of teams, from technology and strategy to design, to create integrated design artefacts (capability models, value streams, operating models) that reflect the interplay between strategic vision and operational delivery and support implementation across the Home Office.
• Anticipate emerging challenges, set direction for major transformation efforts, and champion best practices gleaned from frameworks like Bizbok.
• Maintain strong alliances with other architecture professions and cross-government architecture communities, leveraging shared insights and facilitating continuous improvement.
• Through robust stakeholder engagement, identify new avenues for enhancement, highlight risks and catalyse timely decisions that uphold efficiency, security, and high-quality citizen services.
• Serve as a mentor and coach, fostering a supportive environment for business architects and related disciplines, enabling them to develop new skills and adopt leading-edge methods.
• Ensure that the Home Office remains adaptive, resilient, and effective in its mission to protect the public while upholding the highest standards of delivery.