Business Architect

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 62 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Business Architect.

Principal responsibilities

• Global Insurance Business Architecture (BA) Team are the custodians of Insurance Blueprint and Future State Architecture (FSA), linking propositions with tech solutions to create client and business value
• The Business Architect for Global Insurance will be supporting the Business Architecture leadership in defining the target operating model and business capabilities (incl. journeys) required to fulfil Global Insurance strategy. The Business Architect will also work hand in hand with technology architecture to define solutions for the optimal system platforms to meet those business capabilities
• The Business Architect will also be responsible for bringing forward the respective designs to the Global Insurance Design Council which provides design/architecture governance across all Sub Value Streams globally to ensure that design decisions are effective and consistent with global design principles, and that solutions are re-usable
• Captures target business models (goals, products, target customer groups etc), provides traceability through to operating model design and assesses impact of change against the models so that planned change supports enduring business capability and competitive advantage
• Develops Target Operating Model (TOM) designs that describe how the business will be structured to deliver the target business model comprising organisation, process and technology
• Analyses current state operating models against target model to identify gaps and opportunities to support an effective transition towards the target state
• Integrates operating model work with IT strategy / architecture conducted by Technology, in particular with the FSA (Future State Architecture); process work conducted by Process Consultants, Service Delivery and the Business; focusing on alignment and new business capabilities
• Ensures timely decisions on architecture of capabilities developed within Global Insurance and collaborates where necessary with broader WPB on cross-pillar decisions
• Supports Global Insurance Architecture Leadership in ensuring that business architecture is communicated and well understood so that change activity is informed by target business and operating models
• Supports the Global Insurance leadership in influencing and collaboration with stakeholders and business partners