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VN-22488
Permanent
Hove
Competitive
13 January 2023
As a Business Architect within Legal & General Retirements Solutions you will provide architecture support across the business unit in line with the agreed integrated roadmap of business priority and technology delivery. You will ensure effective architecture review, standards and delivery plans are produced, tracked and managed to drive appropriate intake and delivery pipelines in alignment with Technology Strategy architecture plans.
- Developing and documenting the business models to show the interaction of processes, systems and organisation to deliver products and services to customers
- Understanding and assessing the impact of change and fully engaging in the development of business and IT requirements and solutions
- Communicating effectively with all interested parties so that implications of change are understood, issues identified, and solutions agreed
- Maintaining the business model in an accessible and usable format ensuring that it is regarded as the definitive source of information about the business operations
- Ensuring understanding of and commitment to the business model by all relevant employees in the Business area by developing and delivering the appropriate training
- Making sure that the principles of conduct risk are embedded into your day to day operations to deliver good customer outcomes at all times
- Guiding and mentoring colleagues, with the potential of line managing a small team of Architects
- Lots of experience facilitating and shaping opportunities to drive preparation of suitable business cases and portfolio plans in line with structured business frameworks across complex functional matrix organisations
- Portfolio and architecture management and analysis experience with effective management and reporting
- A track record of architecting business opportunities to drive portfolio plans for delivery of large and complex change and technology initiatives
- You’re a collaborative worker and love sharing your knowledge and experience to develop and mentor individuals
- Excellent relationship building skills with the ability to successfully engage, influence, get buy-in and deliver innovative approaches across the organisation and wider division at all levels
- Appropriate business architecture qualifications would be hugely beneficial i.e. TOGAF
- It would be great if you have previous experience working within Financial Services
Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 30 days' holiday, private medical insurance, performance related bonuses, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, as well as a 12% car allowance scheme. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.
About L&G
The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.
Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.
We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.
We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.
At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.
Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?
About the business area
Life can sometimes be unpredictable, and it pays to plan ahead. Our aim at Legal & General Retail is to help our customers plan for the unexpected, achieve financial security for their tomorrow, and protect everything that’s important to them. To better understand our customers and meet their needs, we’ve brought our protection, retirement income, savings, lending and advice, fintech and mortgage businesses under one umbrella. Created at the start of 2022 through the merging of our long-standing and trusted retail retirement and insurance businesses, we’re a fast-growing division with big, customer-centered ambitions.
Our commitment to Equal Opportunities
Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.
We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.
We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.
We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.
So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.
How to find out more
If this opportunity excites you but you’re not sure you meet all the requirements, or you’d like to know a bit more, please contact Anastasia Liasi at anastasia.liasi@landg.com (LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-liasi-051044102/).
If you’d like to be considered for this role, please submit your application through our careers website as we’re not accepting email applications.
