About this role
Salary: £87,998 - 87,998 per year
Requirements
- Proven leadership experience in business architecture within a large, complex service environment
- Experience developing capability models, process architectures and target operating models that have influenced strategic investment and transformation decisions
- Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, build agreement around a common direction, and translate complex concepts into practical business solutions
- Eligibility to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available
- Must reside in England or Wales for the duration of employment
Responsibilities
- Establish and lead our business architecture discipline
- Create and own a comprehensive view of our business capabilities, processes, services and value streams
- Translate business, customer and technology strategies into a target business architecture and roadmap
- Advise executive and operational stakeholders on operating model design, capability gaps and alignment of change initiatives with architectural principles and standards
- Collaborate with business, data and technology architecture colleagues to create a shared vision of how our organisation works and evolves
- Manage and develop a team of business architecture professionals
- Provide leadership and guidance across our wider Change Delivery function
- Coach colleagues and provide governance and expertise to improve the quality and consistency of business analysis and process design
Technologies
- AI
- Architect
- Support
More
We are Clarion Housing Group, offering a permanent Lead Business Architect role to help shape strategic change and establish a growing discipline. We were named Employer of the Year at the Housing Heroes Awards 2025 and won Inspiring Places to Work™ UK & Ireland 2026. The role is hybrid, with a base at one of our offices across England; flexible base locations and working arrangements are available, and occasional travel is required. The London salary range is £70,398–£87,998 per annum, and the national range is £64,043–£80,054; in exceptional circumstances, we may consider up to 10% above the advertised range.
The role is 36 hours per week, with flexible options considered. We offer benefits to support our employees and their lifestyles. Please review the full role profile and Behaviours & Mandatory Accountabilities on our website before applying. The closing date is Tuesday 17 November 2026 at midnight, though the vacancy may close early without notice. We support the responsible use of AI in recruitment; guidance is available on our website.
last updated 45 week of 2026