Business Architect Lead

Bart & Associates LLC•Ashburn, VA

About The Position

At B&A, we foster and embrace a distinct set of values that we live by and instill in all aspects of our organization: dedication, commitment, partnership, trust, and recognition. We have incorporated these values into successful delivery for our customers since 1988. B&A believes in ensuring its employees feel deeply connected to B&A, recognizing successes and hard work, and providing continuous opportunities to learn and grow. Our people are entrepreneurial thinkers that combine mindset, vision, and experience to drive value – not only to us as an organization, but to the clients we support. We promote a collaborative culture with our clients, and with each other, as one team working towards a common vision. We’d love for you to join our team! Job Summary The Business Architect Lead is a senior strategic role responsible for defining, governing, and maintaining the organization’s overall business architecture. This role translates business strategy into actionable, integrated blueprints that describe business capabilities, operating models, processes, information flows, and organizational structures. The Business Architect Lead ensures alignment between strategic objectives and business execution, enabling the organization to design and implement solutions that effectively support current and future business goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (required)
Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, or strategic business analysis roles
Demonstrated experience translating business strategy into executable business models and architectures
Strong understanding of business capabilities, operating models, and organizational design
Proven ability to collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
Excellent communication, analytical, and strategic thinking skills
US citizenship required and the ability to obtain a CBP security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading business architecture efforts in complex or enterprise-scale environments
Familiarity with enterprise architecture or business architecture frameworks
Experience supporting large-scale transformation or modernization initiatives
Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement capabilities
Ability to bridge business strategy and solution delivery effectively

Responsibilities

Define and maintain the enterprise business architecture, including business capabilities, value streams, processes, and organizational models
Translate business strategy and objectives into actionable architectural blueprints and roadmaps
Ensure alignment between business capabilities, operating models, and strategic priorities
Partner with executive leadership, business stakeholders, and technology teams to guide decision-making
Evaluate proposed initiatives and solutions to ensure they support business architecture principles and organizational goals
Identify capability gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for optimization across the enterprise
Support enterprise transformation, modernization, and continuous improvement initiatives
Establish and enforce business architecture standards, principles, and governance
Communicate business architecture models and insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Provide strategic guidance to ensure investments deliver measurable business value

Benefits

B&A is proud to offer three robust individual and family medical plans to full time employees, including a Health Savings Account (HSA) option as well as two tiers of dental coverage, vision, life & AD&D, disability, accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance.
In addition to these benefits, B&A employees enjoy paid time off, B&A sponsored trainings and certifications, pet insurance benefits, commuter transit benefits and a free subscription to a virtual exercise platform (NEOU).
B&A’s 401(k) plan is available to all employees and includes a company matching contribution.
The B&A Cares program: 30/60/90-day wellness check ins, personal development, financial management, and stress management seminars, and more
A formal mentorship program
Job shadowing and cross training opportunities
Brand Ambassador program
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access to various support resources to include counseling, legal guidance, financial planning, and more
Monthly teambuilding events
B&A Annual Wellness Challenges: #StepWithB&A, #WalkDuringLunchWithB&A, #VolunteeringWithB&A, #ExerciseDuringLunchWithB&A, and more