Location: Boston, MA (Hybrid) – 3 days a week in the
office
Duration: 6 Months Contract
Client:
MasTek
Job Description: Who We Are Looking For
Are you energised by working in a
cross-functional environment, collaborating with diverse business and
technology teams to drive meaningful change?
Do you thrive on solving complex
customer challenges and delivering solutions that truly differentiate an
organisation in the marketplace?
Are you passionate about
understanding customer needs and translating them into innovative business
capabilities and platforms?
Are you excited by the opportunity
to institutionalise business architecture and shape the future of
investment management through transformative, customer-centric solutions?
Do you seek out opportunities to
work across product, platform, and service teams, influencing outcomes and
building consensus in a dynamic, matrixed organisation?
As a Business Architect at State Street Investment Management
(“State Street IM”, formerly known as State Street Global Advisors or SSGA),
you will play a key role in developing, maturing, and institutionalising the
business architecture function. This role is critical to aligning business
capabilities, processes, and operating models with evolving business strategy
and will be central to the firm’s transformation toward a Product, Platform,
and Service (PPS) operating model.
You will work closely with the Head of Business Architecture,
business leaders, solution architects, and technology teams to help the
organisation transform to a PPS operating model, powered by a strong business
architecture strategy that aligns business outcomes to platform and capability
roadmaps. This is foundational to establishing an end-to-end business platform
and business architecture for our overall investment management business.
Key Responsibilities
Support the establishment and
maturation of a scalable business architecture function that enables
enterprise-wide transformation.
Design and maintain business
capability models, value streams, and operating models aligned with
strategic objectives.
Partner with business and
technology leaders to ensure alignment between business strategy,
operating models, and technology investments.
Contribute to the adoption of the
PPS operating model by embedding business architecture principles and
frameworks.
Provide business architectural
oversight and thought leadership for transformation initiatives and
strategic programs.
Develop and maintain business
architecture deliverables such as capability maps, value stream diagrams,
and investment roadmaps.
Support strategic planning,
innovation, and change management efforts across the organisation.
Collaborate with solution
architects, product managers, and delivery teams to ensure business
outcomes are realised.
Mentor and support junior business
architects, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
Qualifications
10+ years of experience
in business architecture, solution architecture, enterprise architecture,
or strategic transformation roles, preferably within investment management
or financial services.
Proven track record of supporting
business architecture functions in complex, matrixed organisations.
Strong expertise in business
capability modelling, value stream mapping, operating model design, and
enterprise transformation.
Technical proficiency in
solution architecture, including experience collaborating with
solution architects on integration patterns, API management,
microservices, and composable architecture.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS,
Azure, GCP), including cloud-native solution design, data integration, and
security best practices.
Experience with business
capability software catalogue tools and relevant governance.
GenAI expertise preferred: familiarity
with generative AI concepts, prompt engineering, responsible AI practices,
and integrating AI/ML capabilities into business processes.
Experience supporting large-scale
transformation initiatives, including PPS or similar operating models.
Familiarity with architecture
frameworks such as TOGAF, BIZBOK, ArchiMate, or similar.
Demonstrated ability to translate
business strategy into actionable technology and data solutions.
Excellent communication,
facilitation, and strategic thinking skills.
Demonstrated ability to work
collaboratively, navigate organisational complexity, and drive measurable
outcomes.
Bachelor’s degree in business,
finance, computer science, engineering, or technology required; MBA or
advanced degree preferred.
Information
Locations Boston, MAPosition Open to Only localsIndustry IT StaffingStatus OpenJob Age 32 Day'sCreated Date 06/26/2026No.of Positions 1Duration 6 MonthsZip Code
