Business Solutions Architect

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Sanlam Full time

What will you do?

  • The Business Architect will be responsible for supporting the portfolio's vision to reimagine our digital and automation assets to create a better, more connected insurance ecosystem, along with evolving and encouraging a digitalfirst mindset. The Business Architect will support the Digital Excellence in the Life and Short-Term insurance digital and transformation strategy, roadmap and change management, working closely with stakeholders and teams, to successfully deliver the business outcomes across a complex stakeholder landscape. The Business Architect will support the design of business and operating models to deliver on its strategic vision and building transformation capabilities to enable transition.
    What will make you successful in this role?
  • Participate in the development of the Digital Strategy and capture the strategic and tactical goals through various business models (including vision, goals, objectives, mission, tactics, roadmaps, plans, capability maps, value streams)
  • Support the build and maintenance of the portfolio's operating model (including capabilities, functions, services, partners, customers, org design etc.) and its continuous evolution to align with strategic direction
  • Facilitate business leaders and cross functional teams in the development, maintenance and evolution of the organization and portfolio business capability roadmap that demonstrates how current and future business models will drive IT needs. Deliverables include (but not limited to): Capability models, thermographic, maturity and impact assessments and roadmaps
  • Engage key business stakeholders to identify business and technologyenabled innovation opportunities that enable and drive business strategy
  • Support strategic planning processes by providing input to the scope definition of strategic initiatives and visibility into impacts, dependencies, overlaps and opportunities. Identify process improvements, opportunities and trends and introduce them into the strategic planning cycle
  • Provide management consultancy services to business leaders, business units and other stakeholders, to support with design thinking, business modelling, ecosystem modelling, innovation management, IT investment analysis, and operating model design
  • Facilitate interaction with business leaders, product managers, and product owners in businessdriven conversation over the risks and implications of product decisions to the line of business, business unit, and greater enterprise
  • Build strong relationships across portfolios and with a diverse set of system stakeholders and partners
  • Develop knowledge and understanding of customer needs and objectives to effectively support new business/partnership opportunities


Qualification and Experience
  • Matric
  • B-Degree in Information Technology or Associated Field
  • Business Architecture qualification
  • TOGAF Certified (preferred)
  • Project Management or Agile certifications
  • 5+ years Agile life cycle experience
  • 5+ years IT experience
  • 5+ years SAFE experience


Knowledge and Skills
  • Selfmotivated, resilient and able to operate independently
  • Excellent ability to work in a team environment
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience of working effectively in a matrix resourcing structure
  • Attention to detail
  • Organizing and planning
  • Time management
  • Well organised, realistic and reliable
  • Able to work well under pressure and to deadlines
  • Business Writing
  • Group facilitation
  • Persuasiveness and assertiveness
  • Manage stress and be action oriented

Knowledge and Skills

  • Business Architecture review and business process architecture implementation
  • Feasibility studies and documentation of underlying business architecture
  • IT governance, compliance and quality improvements
  • Business Process Mapping
  • Business Processes and business requirements definition
  • Behavioral Competencies
  • Action orientated
  • Contributing through others
  • Plans and aligns
  • Contributing through others
  • Optimises work processes
  • Contributing through others
  • Decision quality
  • Contributing through others

Core Competencies

  • Being resilient
  • Contributing through others
  • Collaborates
  • Contributing through others
  • Cultivates innovation
  • Contributing through others
  • Customer focus
  • Contributing through others
  • Drives results
  • Contributing through others

Build a successful career with us

  • We're all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters
  • Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office the group provides many opportuniti


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