VP, Business Architecture

JOB DESCRIPTION

The VP, Business Architecture is a hands-on senior leader within the Transformation & Delivery Office who works across business and technology domains to help ensure systems are designed in a thoughtful, scalable, and effective way.

This role operates as an internal consultant, stepping into programs and projects that need design support, structure, and business architecture guidance.

The leader translates business strategy, operating needs, and delivery objectives into clear business architecture recommendations, system interaction models, and design choices that improve the quality of solutions over time.

This person is accountable for helping teams make sound decisions about where business logic should reside, which platforms should be used for which capabilities, and when a tactical approach is appropriate versus when a more strategic solution is warranted.

The ideal candidate brings strong judgment, broad systems thinking, and a practical, execution-oriented approach to helping teams solve complex design problems.



*The title and career band/level for this position are flexible based on the candidate's experience.

Key Responsibilities

Business Architecture Support


* Provide direct business architecture support to strategic programs and projects that require help with solution design, system interaction modeling, and business logic placement.


* Step into complex initiatives as a hands-on advisor to help teams work through ambiguity, structure design decisions, and improve solution quality.


* Act as an internal consultant to program, product, and technology teams on business architecture questions that cut across systems, functions, and domains.


* Help teams move from high-level business goals to practical, well-structured solution approaches.

Business Capability & System Design


* Translate complex business objectives into clear business architecture recommendations that define system interactions, business workflows, capability ownership, and process support.


* Help determine how business processes should be enabled across platforms, including where key decisions, rules, data handling, and workflow steps should occur.


* Guide teams in shaping solutions that are efficient, scalable, and aligned to broader business and platform objectives.


* Ensure business design decisions support both near-term delivery needs and long-term flexibility.

Business Logic Placement & Platform Decisioning


* Advise teams on where different aspects of business logic should reside across platforms and systems.


* Help determine when a capability belongs in a core strategic platform versus when a tactical solution is sufficient.


* Evaluate trade-offs between speed, complexity, maintainability, cost, control, and long-term platform health.


* Promote thoughtful design choices that reduce duplication, fragmented workflows, and inconsistent system behavior.


* Help the organization mak...