Our client is looking for a Business Architect.
Business architecture plays a pivotal role in aligning strategic objectives with its operational capabilities. It serves as a blueprint that outlines the structure of the business, including processes, information, and systems, supporting coherence and efficiency. By bridging the gap between strategy and execution, business architecture enables the organisation to effectively translate high-level strategic goals into actionable initiatives. This alignment ensures that resources are optimally utilized to achieve desired outcomes, fosters agility in responding to market changes, and helps identify opportunities for innovation.
Together with business analysts, portfolio managers and program managers, the business architects are regrouped in a central department ‘Strategy Implementation and Transformation Office (SITO)’ team. The profile we are looking for will act as a Business Architect focusing on our Customers, Markets and System (CMS) department at Elia. The CMS department manages (amongst others) customer relations, market design, system operations, adequacy, and grid development, supporting a secure, sustainable, and efficient energy transition.
Responsibilities
Definition of the Target Business Architecture
- Definition of the target Business Architecture of CMS in line with the vision / strategy defined by the management of the CMS Department.
- Definition of the required Business Capabilities (organized in Business Capability Maps) to realize the vision / strategy.
Information Strategy Implementation
- Further elaboration and implementation of the Elia Information Strategy within the CMS Department.
- Identification and definition of Data Domains and assignment of Data Owners.
- Defining Conceptual Business Information models using the Elia standard toolkits.
- Determining the required Business Capabilities to implement the target Information Architecture.
AI and Innovation
- Support the introduction of AI at the level of business architecture.
- Identification of business products and data products.
Decision-Making and Steering
- Contribute to/lead decision making via business architecture activities at all levels in the organization.
- Support capability-based steering and priority setting by providing the necessary capability heatmaps.
Architecture Blueprinting & Collaboration
- Take the lead for initiatives to define and validate Business Architecture Blueprints in collaboration with Domain and Solution Architects, with strong involvement of Business Stakeholders and Business Analysts.
- Enable Domain and Solution Architects to define appropriate digital solutions.
Cross-Department Alignment
- Ensure alignment of the (target) CMS Business Architecture with the other departments (Assets, Strategy, Infra, CDO office, 50Hz, IT).
- Ensure alignment of IT architecture and IT roadmap with Business Architecture and Business Roadmap.
Methodology & Governance
- Actively contribute to the refinement of Architecture methodologies, frameworks, tools and training.
- Animate and/or actively participate in the necessary meetings to ensure the good implementation of the targeted business and data architecture.
- Keep abreast of the latest developments.
Requirements
- Good level of Dutch and/or French and English is required.
- At least 10 years’ proven experience in business and information architecture in a similar role.
- Degree in civil or commercial engineering or a master's degree in scientific discipline.
- Knowledge of Customer, Markets and System activities (utilities sector) is a major advantage.
- Service-oriented with a view to ensuring continuity.
- Excellent soft skills and outstanding stakeholder management.
- Solid knowledge of how to define a Business Architecture framework and how to communicate in a comprehensible way to different stakeholders.
- Solid understanding of Domain Driven Design (DDD).
- Solid understanding of Software Integration Patterns, Platform technologies, Data Warehouses, Data Lakes and Data Meshes allowing fluent interaction with colleagues of the IT-department.
- Background and experience with implementations leveraging AI.
- Experience in UML, BPMN and Archimate is a must.
- Systemic mindset and excellent communication skills.
- Ability to take initiative, work independently and coordinate transversal initiatives.
