Business Architecture Lead

Centric Consulting•Chicago, IL

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Centric Consulting – A Culture You’ll Love At Centric Consulting, we've cultivated a unique approach to business. Our business is built on three fundamental principles: Enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work. These principles define our consulting model and have crafted one of the most vibrant cultures in the consulting industry – celebrating individuals, collaboration, and lifelong friendships. In this role, you will: Lead enterprise and business capability assessments across people, process, technology, and organizational effectiveness. Develop strategic recommendations, operating model designs, and multi-year transformation roadmaps. Evaluate current-state costs, technology investments, organizational structures, and business capabilities to identify optimization opportunities. Align business strategy, operating models, and technology solutions to support growth and transformation objectives. Facilitate executive workshops and stakeholder sessions to drive consensus and decision-making. Define target-state capabilities, governance models, and implementation priorities. Partner with business and technology leaders to develop business cases and value realization strategies. Assess organizational readiness, change impacts, and workforce implications of transformation initiatives.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in Business Architecture, Business Transformation, Strategy, Management Consulting, or Enterprise Transformation roles.
Proven experience leading assessments and developing strategic recommendations for large, complex organizations.
Strong understanding of operating model design, business capabilities, organizational effectiveness, and technology strategy.
Experience evaluating cost structures, business processes, and technology landscapes to drive efficiency and value creation.
Executive presence with exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to translate business goals into actionable transformation initiatives and roadmaps.

Nice To Haves

Consulting experience with large-scale transformation, ERP, digital, or organizational change programs preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise and business capability assessments across people, process, technology, and organizational effectiveness.
Develop strategic recommendations, operating model designs, and multi-year transformation roadmaps.
Evaluate current-state costs, technology investments, organizational structures, and business capabilities to identify optimization opportunities.
Align business strategy, operating models, and technology solutions to support growth and transformation objectives.
Facilitate executive workshops and stakeholder sessions to drive consensus and decision-making.
Define target-state capabilities, governance models, and implementation priorities.
Partner with business and technology leaders to develop business cases and value realization strategies.
Assess organizational readiness, change impacts, and workforce implications of transformation initiatives.