Enterprise Business Architect I or II

Blue Cross of Idaho•Meridian, ID

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Business Architect shapes and advances our business architecture capability to enable enterprise strategy execution, planning alignment, and value realization. This role partners across business and technology leadership to translate enterprise strategy into actionable business capabilities, operating models, and roadmaps that guide investment decisions and transformation initiatives. This role provides strategic and operational leadership in defining how the organization aligns business priorities, processes, and capabilities to deliver measurable outcomes. Also serves as a key cross-functional partner to Business Leaders, Finance, Enterprise Architecture, Product, and Transformation teams to ensure initiatives are aligned, scalable, and positioned to deliver enterprise value.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent work experience (Two years’ relevant experience is equivalent to one-year college)
5-7+ years of experience in business strategy, enterprise planning, process transformation, IT architecture, and/or related disciplines that spans working in or closely aligned with Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or strategic planning functions
Demonstrated experience translating strategy into business capabilities, roadmaps, and execution-oriented plans
Experience facilitating cross-functional alignment across business and technology partners
Proven ability to evaluate initiatives, investments, and opportunities for alignment to strategic priorities and business outcomes
Solid experience in developing business architecture artifacts such as capability models, value streams, and initiative maps
Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment without direct authority
Strong analytical, facilitation, and executive communication skills

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare, insurance, or other regulated industries
Familiarity with enterprise planning, portfolio management, or governance processes (e.g., ECC, EPMO, VMO)
Experience with architecture frameworks or methodologies (e.g., capability mapping, value streams, TOGAF)
Background in process improvement, Lean/Six Sigma, or operational excellence
Experience supporting or enabling large-scale transformation initiatives
Experience with modeling tools and collaboration platforms (e.g., Visio, Lucid, or similar tools)

Responsibilities

Define and evolve business architecture practices, standards, and artifacts across the enterprise
Translate business strategy into business capabilities, value streams, and domain-specific roadmaps
Partner with leadership to define future-state operating models aligned to enterprise priorities
Ensure alignment between strategic objectives, business capabilities, and initiative investments
Support enterprise planning processes by providing a structured view of business capabilities, priorities, and dependencies
Partner with governance bodies (e.g., ECC, EPMO, VMO) to evaluate, prioritize, and align initiatives
Provide insights to support portfolio prioritization, sequencing, and trade-off decisions
Ensure initiatives are aligned to enterprise standards, roadmaps, and long-term architecture direction
Facilitate workshops and working sessions to align partners on strategy, priorities, and business needs
Serve as a connector across business, product, technology, and transformation teams
Translate complex business and technology concepts into clear, actionable insights for leadership
Drive clarity and alignment across competing priorities and initiatives
Develop and maintain enterprise business capability models and supporting artifacts
Assess maturity of capabilities and identify opportunities for improvement or investment
Define success measures and outcomes tied to business capabilities and strategic objectives
Support tracking of value realization for initiatives and transformation efforts
Partner with transformation and process teams to find opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness
Support design and execution of enterprise transformation initiatives
Promote reuse, standardization, and simplification across processes and capabilities
Identify ways to use automation, data, and new technologies to enable business outcomes