Business Architect

CIBC • Chicago, IL

8d • $160,000 - $175,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Business Architecture is a critical bridge between business leaders, technology leaders, and Technology Architects to ensure that strategy, capabilities and execution are in alignment. CIBC is developing a Business Architecture practice as part of the US Technology team. Reporting to the US Head of Business Architecture, the Business Architect has direct responsibility for working closely with business leaders to identify strategic business capabilities needed to enable their business goals and leverage business architecture artifacts to create future state business architecture and roadmaps while partnering with technology architects and leaders to align technical solutions to business imperatives. You identify and lead efforts to advance and maintain vision and direction for the business architecture practice. The Business Architect defines, designs, and matures business capability architecture for the enterprise, inclusive of artifacts such as a capability maps, value streams, process architecture and roadmaps. In this role you also oversee the creation and governance of business architecture artifacts, as well as common standards and methods for developing and incorporating business architecture in the enterprise. You demonstrate impacts and opportunities for business leaders to facilitate critical business decisions, while capturing key views of the business unit in the context of the overall enterprise and provide direct input into the planning, execution, and achievement of enterprise and business unit strategic goals.

Requirements

• 6+ years of Business Architecture experience, ideally within Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, or Corporate Employee Technology.
• Strong, practical knowledge across multiple lines of business, developed through business architecture, product management, or both.
• Applied AI fluency to evaluate and prioritize business use cases that align with strategic objectives and enterprise capability gaps.
• A degree in business, information technology (IT), computer science, engineering or finance, or an equal combination of education in a related field and industry experience.
• Critical thinker and have the ability to synthesize a variety of information into cohesive business modeling.
• Extensive experience leading and influencing teams and stakeholders to deliver effective change.
• Mature business judgement and are proactive, well-organized and results oriented.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and to work independently.
• Highly motivated, perseverant, and resilient in pursuing objectives despite challenges.
• Strong communication skills.
• Presentation skills sufficient to clearly articulate complex conceptual information and ideas.
• Strong interpersonal and team skills.
• Comfortable working in flexible and collaborative environment.
• Embrace and champion change.
• Passion for people.
• Find meaning in relationships, and surround yourself with a diverse network of partners.
• Build trust through respect and authenticity.
• Passion for client service and you want the work you do each day to result in a positive client experience.
• Business Intelligence Architecture
• Business Strategies
• Product Management Strategy
• Wealth Management Strategies

Nice To Haves

• Passionate about business architecture and the value it brings to organizations, through the pursuit of additional training, certifications or the development of your practice.

Responsibilities

• Identify strategic business capabilities needed to enable business goals.
• Leverage business architecture artifacts to create future state business architecture and roadmaps.
• Partner with technology architects and leaders to align technical solutions to business imperatives.
• Identify and lead efforts to advance and maintain vision and direction for the business architecture practice.
• Define, design, and mature business capability architecture for the enterprise, inclusive of artifacts such as capability maps, value streams, process architecture and roadmaps.
• Oversee the creation and governance of business architecture artifacts, as well as common standards and methods for developing and incorporating business architecture in the enterprise.
• Demonstrate impacts and opportunities for business leaders to facilitate critical business decisions.
• Capture key views of the business unit in the context of the overall enterprise.
• Provide direct input into the planning, execution, and achievement of enterprise and business unit strategic goals.
• Drive, manage and execute the Risk Management strategy initiatives and sustain Risk Management Strategy for CIBC through all lines of businesses while supporting the business goals, objectives and KPIs.
• Provide insights, recommendations and risk management strategic direction based on CIBC’s vision, business needs and objectives (KPIs), industry trends, competitive landscape and metrics insights.
• Contribute to creating risk management roadmaps, initiative engagements and solutioning for assigned portfolios.
• Forge strong relationships with CIBC’s various teams, by working with the business and internal partners, owning the end to end engagements to deliver Risk Management capabilities, with a strong understanding of the client needs and experiences across all Lines of Businesses.
• Synthesize complex analysis, findings and recommendations, then package key messages for senior executives.
• Partner, build confidence and influence multiple stakeholders at all levels across the organization.
• Develop processes and governance from the ground up.
• Help translate strategy into actionable initiatives.
• Support business unit’s planning process and facilitate the sequencing and prioritizing of initiatives.
• Ensure the Business Architecture practice defines and maintains pragmatic, yet effective levels of governance activities at the enterprise level.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Other Insurance Plans
• Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave and Vacation)
• Holidays
• 401(k)
• Competitive salary
• Incentive pay
• Banking benefits
• Benefits program
• Vacation offering
• Wellbeing support
• MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program
• Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior