Business Architect

Overview

At Safety National, we don’t just offer jobs – we build careers with purpose. Since 1942, we’ve been an industry leader, valuing integrity, teamwork, and stability while providing competitive rewards, top-tier benefits, career growth opportunities, and flexible work options that promote balance. With tuition reimbursement, wellness perks, and a strong community impact, we invest in your success—both personally and professionally.

This opportunity is in the Business Optimization & Transformation department.

Imagine yourself at the forefront of strategic business transformation, shaping the direction of initiatives that fuel organizational success. As a Business Architect at Safety National, you’ll play a pivotal role in advancing enterprise initiatives through the Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) process. You will collaborate with business owners, product managers, and solution architects to guide new ideas from concept to implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic themes and measurable outcomes.

You will also create and maintain critical business architecture models like Value Streams and Business Capability Maps, and lead workshops that influence and inform key stakeholders across the organization.

Your deep understanding of business architecture frameworks—including BIZBOK and SAFe—along with your facilitation, communication, and problem-solving skills will empower you to identify opportunities for value and drive impactful change. If you re a motivated, detail-oriented professional with a passion for process improvement and innovation, this is your chance to make a meaningful difference in a collaborative and evolving environment.

Education: A Bachelor’s degree is preferred, or an appropriate combination of education and experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future
• This position allows for a hybrid work schedule which includes a minimum of 3 days per week in our St. Louis Corporate Office, located at 1832 Schuetz Rd. Saint Louis, MO. All employees are required to submit work from home requests and follow our Work From Home policy, which will be provided to all candidates selected to interview.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Business Architecture principles and practices
• Familiarity with BIZBOK and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Proficiency in creating business architecture artifacts and facilitating architecture workshops
• Working knowledge of architecture tools such as LeanIX
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently or collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Fluency in Microsoft Office applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Business Architect (CBA) designation
• Experience in the Property & Casualty insurance industry
• Experience working with distributed teams across multiple locations

Safety National is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance provider. Our culture is built upon relationships, which allow us to demonstrate our expertise gained through our history. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine, Inc., we value the benefits and support provided by our affiliation with a top 10 insurance company.

Total Rewards

In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation includes base salary, holiday bonus, and incentive awards as part of a comprehensive total rewards package. Highlights include generous health, dental, and vision coverage, health savings accounts, a 401(k) match, and an annual profit sharing contribution. We offer family-forming benefits for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy, paid time off and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, a hybrid work environment, and company-paid life insurance and disability.

Professional growth and development opportunities, employee recognition, and well-being programs are also provided.

Safety National is committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-based compensation. The target base salary range for this position is $101,500 to $131,000, with final compensation reflecting the candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location.