Enterprise Architect - Business

Springfield, MA, United States

The Opportunity

The MassMutual Enterprise

Architecture team

has an exciting opportunity for an experienced

business architect to contribute their thought leadership and

architecture knowledge to

high visibility business, technology, and architecture transformations!

If you have a passion for architecture as an enabler

of bringing

vision and strategy

to life

and a

re excited by bringing people and ideas together to define

future state

architectures

a

nd

roadmap

s

,

this may be the opportunity

you’

r

e

looking for.

In this role,

you

will work in a fast-paced,

challenging, innovative, a

nd highly collaborative

environment

and be expected to work with significant auto

nomy and influence under an internal consulting model

. Some of your major

responsib

ilities will include

:

Develop and oversee the design of a comprehensive business architecture blueprint

aligned

with

business

and technolog

y

strategic goals and targeted outcomes

.

Analyze and develop a robust business model that effectively connects our business strategies with our business goals, ensuring alignment and coherence.

Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior management, business leaders, IT architecture, and business development teams, to connect strategies and roadmaps with operational decisions.

Create and maintain capability models to facilitate the identification of innovative and effective solutions that address business challenges and opportunities

.

Drive the establishment of best practices for key business architecture services

within holistic Enterprise

Architecture

practices

, promoting consistency

and

efficiency

across the organization.

Facilitate translation of business pain points and future state capabilities into solution needs to inform future state architecture

s

and roadmaps.

Fac

ilitat

e

understanding of

the application and technology portfolio’s support alignment with capabilities and

identify

opportunities for potential improvement and portfolio optimization/rationalization

.

The Team

You will

be part of

a

small

, highly collaborative

team of

six

people

providing a variety of business architecture, application portfolio management, and other architecture

-

support

-

related services (e.g., architecture governance

, process management, etc.) to the Enterprise Architecture team – and in some cases,

to the MassMutual Federated Architecture Community

.

(This community

consist

s

primarily of a network of organizationally

aligned Solution

and Business

Architects and their managers

as well as Enterprise Architecture team members

.

)

The Impact:

In this role, you will

have the opportunity to significantly

enable

business and technology results across

the MassMutual

Enterprise. You

will

establish

yourself as a trusted partner e

ngag

ing

business and technology

stakeholders

to define the key capabilities and enabling technologies

that bring MassMutual’s vision and strategies to life

-

and advise on

business and technology

implementation

s

.

This wi

ll include:

Facilitating

strategically

aligned

translation

from

targeted business

outcomes

to

aligned

future

-state

architecture

s

and roadmaps while balancing immediate and long-term benefits and risks

G

uiding informed, enterprise-aware, innovative, and target-state-aligned

business and

technology decisions

P

rotect

ing

MassMutual from technology risk and enabl

ing

business value through outcome-targeted enterprise architecture practices, processes, and governance

E

nabling

MassMutual’s federated architecture community by

providing and/or

facilitating

guidance, mentorship, education, and supporting knowledge resources

The Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

8

+

years of experience as a

senior

business

or enterprise

architect or business

analyst

with thought leadership experience

(e.g., providing

internal or external

consulting

services

to

complex, strategic initiatives

)

The Ideal Qualifications

In-depth knowledge of business architecture methodologies, frameworks, and best practices

combined with an experienced view of how and when to apply them

.

Proven experience in designing and implementing business architecture blueprints and roadmaps.

Ability to think about business in a way that is abstracted from how the business functions and how

processes and

technology

are

implemented

.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to connect business strategies with operational decisions.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Strong leadership skills, with the ability to influence and drive change across the organization.

Sound understanding of business principles and concepts such as

how

trends and

markets influence business, what differentiating factors

are for

the business, what and how values are created, and how strategies may be supported

.

Facilitation and training skills for groups of

various size

s

and seniority

.

Ability to independently lead complex

architecture

engagements involving multiple disciplines and/or business units

.

Business Architecture formal training

or

equivalent work experience.

Experience with CTM/

Troux

or other Enterprise Architecture tools.

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MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.

If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.

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