About Us Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. Since the 19th century, our crews have been risking their lives to save those who are in danger of drowning. We are currently looking for a Business Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance team. The role contributes to saving lives at sea by ensuring that the RNLI has well defined business architecture designed and co-ordinated to deliver the RNLI’s core purpose through education, influence, supervision and rescue. Your Role As a Business Architect, you will be tasked with the following: Lead the RNLI as it develops a capability led approach, considering the business, data, application and technology domains: You will be responsible for delivering the as-is and to-be business architecture across the RNLI, working within all business areas and supporting domain architects to create the roadmap and gap analysis. Provides architectural management and rationalisation of the estate, managing risks and gaps, overlaps in capability, reducing cost and increasing value, informing development / investment etc. Work closely with the lean and transformation team to support the development of a Target Operating Model (TOM), that delivers against the RNLI’s strategic outcomes. Acts as a member of the design authority within our architectural governance processes. Responsible for identifying, comparing, and recommending solution options, performing high level options analyses, business capability impact analysis and developing conceptual architectures. Lead the creation and maintenance of domain roadmaps to enable evidence informed decision making for change within the RNLI. Feed into the establishment and maintenance of design principles, standards, patterns, roadmaps and transition states that underpin all information technology design and delivery within the Applications and Governance Department, extending into the wider IT&S directorate and RNLI as appropriate through collaboration. Identify, discuss, request and log exceptions and additions to EA principles and standards during the course of solution design and development. Translate high-level and low-level user journeys and business requirements into business architecture roadmaps of equable granularity. Regularly engage with key stakeholders, programme managers, project leads and capability owners to ensure they feel supported and confident in the future business architecture of the RNLI. About You To be considered as the Business Architect you will need: Ability to identify architecture driven improvement opportunities to continually improve service quality and reduce costs. Experience in mentoring and leading others, and supporting the growth of high performing teams. Experience working in a product-centric environment or with human-centred design principles. Experience of large transformational projects with multi-year system migration planning If you consider yourself to be someone who is a business architecture specialist, who has fantastic communication skills and is used to working with a mix of non-technical people and technical people, then please apply via the button shown. Safeguarding The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process). Diversity at the RNLI Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.