Business Architect

Senior Platform / Business Architect | Contract | Outside IR35

Rate: £600 per day (Outside IR35)

Location: Remote with occasional travel to Stevenage (as required)

Duration: ASAP start until 31 March 2027

We are partnering with a leading UK organisation on a key platform programme and are looking for a Senior Architect to provide architecture leadership across business and technology.

The role

You will act as the link between business requirements, processes and technology. You will set the target architecture for the platform, define how it fits within the wider business and technology landscape, and make sure business needs become coherent, practical solutions.

What you will be doing

• Working closely with Business Analysts to shape and challenge requirements, processes and user journeys
• Mapping how the platform interacts with wider business capabilities, systems, data and processes
• Translating business needs into clear architectural requirements, options and decisions
• Defining and evolving the target operating model and platform architecture in line with enterprise standards and strategy
• Identifying integration points, dependencies, gaps and risks
• Assuring solution designs and supplier proposals, with clear challenge and recommendations
• Leading senior stakeholder engagement around architectural direction, decisions and trade-offs
• Supporting the transition to the target state and handover into BAU architecture and support teams

What we are looking for

• Background as a Senior Platform Architect or Business Architect, ideally with experience across both
• Experience shaping complex business and technology transformation programmes from requirements through to delivery
• Strong understanding of business capabilities, processes, platforms, data and integration
• Confidence working across business and technical teams
• Platform and integration experience across complex SaaS, cloud and enterprise environments
• Salesforce, Azure or AWS experience would be advantageous
• Strong stakeholder management, including senior leadership, programme governance and third-party suppliers