Business Architect - Contract

We are looking for an experienced Business Architect, London on a contract basis (INSIDE IR35) to lead organisation design and operating model transformation initiatives within the COO portfolio. The role is responsible for leading Business Analysts, assessing current organisational structures, designing future-state operating models, and delivering evidence-based recommendations that improve organisational effectiveness. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will align organisational structures, workforce capabilities, governance, and business processes with strategic objectives while supporting successful organisational transformation and change.

Key Skills:

• Lead and mentor a team of Business Analysts delivering organisation design and business architecture initiatives.
• Conduct as-is organisational, process, activity, and operating model assessments.
• Design target operating models (TOM) aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Develop future-state organisational structures, governance models, and capability frameworks.
• Define role structures, responsibilities, accountabilities, and operating principles.
• Facilitate organisation design workshops and stakeholder engagement across multiple business functions.
• Perform organisation design optioneering and evaluate solutions across business, financial, operational, and people impacts.
• Produce business cases, strategic recommendations, and decision-support frameworks based on evidence and analysis.
• Identify workforce capability gaps and define future skills and organisational requirements.
• Align organisation design with business processes, governance, customer outcomes, and regulatory obligations.
• Support organisational transition planning and implementation of new operating models.
• Advise senior leadership on organisation effectiveness, workforce design, and business transformation.
• Apply business architecture principles to improve organisational performance and operating efficiency.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing strategic decision-making.
• Translate complex strategic objectives into practical organisational structures and delivery models.
• Drive large-scale business transformation, restructuring, and organisational modernisation programmes.
• Demonstrate expertise in organisation design, business architecture, operating model transformation, and capability planning.
• Deliver role design, accountability frameworks, and organisational assessment methodologies.
• Possess strong analytical, facilitation, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience within regulated industries (particularly utilities) and knowledge of governance, compliance, frontline operations, or engineering environments is highly desirable.