Associate Business Architect - Vitality : Job Details

About The RoleTeam – Member Active EngagementWorking Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in any of the Vitality offices (London, Bournemouth or Stockport). Full time, 35 hours per week. We are happy to discuss flexible working!What this role is all about:The Associate Business Architect will assist their allocated Journey, with initiative design from a business perspective using a repeatable approach, cohesive framework, and available industry standard techniques.  Working closely with Business and IT representatives to identify Business Architecture building blocks.Working as part of a wider Engineering Team responsible for the delivery of strategic business value, you will play a key role in supporting the development teams throughout the SLDC.You will be experienced in providing business architecture and analysis documentation, assuring adherence to IT Governance and Standards.Key Actions

• Document the business architecture using appropriate models (value streams, capability and target operating models, business glossaries and domain models etc)
• Assess the scope and impact of initiatives on the business architecture (including structure, process and systems)
• Ensure all business architecture document is continuously maintained and kept up to date for your journey
• Act as the business architecture SME for the enterprise journey, working with senior stakeholders, peers, and engineering teams
• Collaborate with other architecture disciplines (solution architect, data architecture etc.) and input into their design work
• Actively participate in governance forums, design authorities, working groups, and communities of practice

Essential Skills needed to fulfil this role:

• Demonstrable experience working in a business analysis or architecture discipline
• Demonstrable expertise in business modelling techniques such as BPMN, UML or data/domain mapping
• Assured communicator - able to present complex technical issues in a clear manner to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience of Agile Methodology
• Multi-task and prioritise across a number of projects and initiatives
• Work on your own initiative and collaborate effectively across the organization
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented with the ability to take ownership of the task assigned
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.About The CompanyVitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.Diversity & InclusionWe’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. To learn more please visit our Careers page.Vitality’s approach to sustainabilityVitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.