Enterprise Business Architect

The Walt Disney Company•Seattle, WA

10d

About The Position

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences. The Enterprise Technology & Data mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence. Team and Role Description: The Architecture & Standards (A&S) team ensures efficient, effective, secure and resilient solutions for the Enterprise through collaboration and governance and unlocks future potential Disney magic through research and development. The Business Architect EA supports ARD’s core capabilities by leading the Business Architecture practice, methodology and integration with the Technical Architecture. Additionally, this role manages the program that governs DETAF framework adoption across the Walt Disney Company by coordinating the training, certification and continuous improvement process. This role is also in charge of maintaining and adjusting the Business Capability Model and their applicability in the roadmap process and maturity assessments

Requirements

A minimum of 7 years of experience in Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or strategic business analysis.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK, Zachman).
Demonstrated experience in capability modeling, value stream mapping, and strategic planning.
Solve complex problems by applying Desing Thinking or Customer focus approach.
Interpret business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, process, or services.
Familiarity with EA tools (e.g., LeanIX, BizzDesign, Orbus, Ardoq, or Sparx EA).
Ability to work across business and IT boundaries with a strong consultative approach.
Knowledge of Technology Business Management (TBM), SAFe, or Agile architecture practices.
Skills: Strategic Thinking
Analytical and Conceptual Thinking
Business and IT Alignment
Enterprise Architecture
Change Management
Communication and Facilitation
Design Thinking

Nice To Haves

Certification in Business Architecture Guild’s CBA®, TOGAF, or similar frameworks.
Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma or Agile business architecture.
Knowledge of Domain-Design Driving (DDD) and Desing Thinking approaches
Experience in digital transformation, business model innovation, or product-oriented organizations.
Modeling and Visualization Skills

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain business capability models, value streams, and operating models.
Support Enterprise Architecture governance, ensuring alignment of business and IT roadmaps
Define and manage the Business Architecture knowledge base, including models, mappings, and business glossaries.
Collaborate with business leaders to capture strategic objectives, transformation goals, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Facilitate business impact analysis for strategic initiatives and digital transformation programs.
Partner with Solution Architects, Data Architects, and Technology Architects to ensure cross-domain alignment.
Identify and prioritize business architecture gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for improvement.
Contribute to portfolio rationalization and capability-based planning exercises.
Support organizational change management efforts and stakeholder engagement.
Ensure traceability from strategy to execution using tools such as capability heatmaps, initiative mappings, and business outcome models.