Business Architect - Group Change, Enterprise Architecture & Design, Dublin

Role: Business Architect – Group Change, Enterprise Architecture & Design

Location:  Molesworth Street & Central Park / Hybrid

This role is being offered on a Permanent basis.

• Are you interested in shaping the future of AIB and supporting the implementation of the Group’s transformation strategy?
• Are you comfortable translating strategic and complex challenges and working collaboratively across teams to define business requirements and design strategic solutions?
• Are you a self-starter looking to be part of a dynamic high-performing team?

About the Role:

Your role will be in the Enterprise Architecture & Design Team that designs the enterprise target architecture requirements to enable the Group’s transformation, supporting business leaders make strategic decisions to deliver the strategy and customer outcomes, leveraging digital and data capabilities.

Your role will combine technical & business understanding, working collaboratively across organisation teams to analyse business strategy and customer outcomes and design effective and sustainable future state business and technology models. 

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Leading in business requirement gathering sessions to understand and interpret business strategy & customer outcomes, translating these into business & technology blueprints, bringing end-to-end thinking to align business processes, technology, data and people.
• Developing relationships and engaging with Group stakeholders to document the current state “As Is” and the target “To Be” business processes, operating model, data, customer journeys and technology requirements to support delivery of strategy and customer outcomes. The role will involve challenging the As-Is with pragmatic ‘Blue sky’ thinking.
• Performing data discovery, analysis and modelling to support design recommendations and use data visualization techniques and tools to present recommendation.
• Identifying opportunities to use digital, technology & data capabilities to remove business and technology friction, cost and complexity.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to programmes and tribes and actively manage design and solution issues that may arise through change lifecycle.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to design, promote & implement Group transformation.  

What you will bring:

1. A motivated self-starter, with a minimum of 8 years’ experience as a Business, IT or Process Analyst or Business Architect, with exposure to different roles.
2. Third level degree, preferably in a system analysis & design, technology, or engineering discipline.
3. Relevant architecture qualification an advantage but not essential.
4. LeanIX experience would be an advantage but not essential.
5. Broad technical aptitude, with experience breaking down business requirements and working with organisation stakeholders to translate these into technical and business components and capabilities.
6. Problem solving and analytical thinking to understand issues and recommend solutions.
7. A proven team player, building trust with colleagues, sharing knowledge, and seeking opportunities for cross functional collaboration.  Experience in leading and coaching staff.

Life at AIB

At AIB, we have a clear purpose - Empowering people to build a sustainable future. We want to be at the heart of our customers’ financial lives by giving them an exceptional experience. That goes for our employees too.

We are building a culture that breaks the conventions of what our customer and employees expect of a bank.

We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live.  Our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements.  More details on our hybrid working arrangements and expected office attendance for your role will be provided to you during the recruitment process.

AIB is an equal opportunities employer, and we pride ourselves on being the first bank in Ireland to receive the Investors in Diversity Gold Standard accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We celebrate diversity and believe in a culture of inclusion where all our employees can succeed. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please email the Talent Acquisition team at careers@aib.ie.

If you feel you have what it takes, click apply and fill in the online application form. If you would like more information please contact the Talent Acquisition Team at careers@aib.ie

By when?  Closing date is Wednesday 18th September 2024

Disclaimer:

Unsolicited CV’s sent to AIB by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position. AIB operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our recruitment partners