RQ00723 Sr. Business Architect

RQ00723 - Sr. Business Architect

6-month contract (129 business days) - possible extension

Hybrid (2 days in office) - 661 University Ave Suite 1701 Toronto ON M5G 1M1

Must Haves:

1. Knowledge and experience with a wide range of methods techniques and tools for business architecture such as business functional modeling service lifecycle modeling business event modeling business process mapping value chain analysis and related disciplines.

2. Successfully completed business architectures in government settings or similar complex multi-project / multi-client organizations.

3. Good understanding of diverse business environments especially government environments and the business drivers within them.

4. Proven ability to identify and analyze business requirements. 5. Knowledge and experience of information technology providing the ability to integrate and identify IT-enabled opportunities to solve business pressures and needs

5. Public Sector Experience (Preferred)

Position Summary:

Public Health Ontario (PHO) is building a provincial public health Analytics Engine the capability that turns public health data into timely analytics surveillance and decision support. The Senior Business Architect will lead the design of the Engines operating model: the business architecture end-to-end processes and accountabilities (RACI) that instantiate a product-management approach to analytics.

Working with minimal direction and leading others the Senior Business Architect will model the business at the enterprise and core-business levels develop capability models and business transformation plans with senior management and establish architectural governance and controls. The role ensures the operating model supports PHO and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (OCMOH) the broader public health sector underpins the HealthMap initiative and aligns with and advances the Public Health Data Utility (PHDU).

Key Responsibilities

• Leads development of the Data & Analytics Operating Model to the process and RACI level that instantiates PHOs product-management approach for analytics.
• Maps the intake-to-delivery pipeline (intake triage prioritization delivery) and define clear roles and accountabilities across the Engine.
• Assesses capability gaps against the operating model and identify and recommend solutions to close them.
• Supports standing up the Data Science & Analytics Community of Practice with OCMOH and PHUs embedding it in the operating model.
• Ensures the operating model supports both foundational Engine work and the HealthMap initiative to start and aligns with and advances the PHDU as the platform foundation for the Engine.
• Produces operating-model and governance artefacts suitable for OCMOH formal reporting accountability and approval.
• Analyzes information pertinent to business architecture consults with appropriate contacts on specific business architecture elements and conducts focus-group workshops.
• Develops and maintains the business capabilities of the enterprise in line with the corporate strategy and contributes to business strategy and plans.
• Develops and revises business architecture artefacts as part of the Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) Federated Framework ensuring they are vertically integrated.
• Models the business at the enterprise and/or core-business levels.
• Designs capability models and related architectural solutions; maps capability functionality to internal and external resources; develops business transformation plans jointly with senior business management; and develops and maintains architectural governance and controls over implementation.
• For each step of the business transformation plan contributes to a blueprint of the enterprise that promotes a common understanding of the organization and aligns strategic objectives with tactical demands.

Key Deliverables

• Data & Analytics Operating Model business architecture end-to-end process maps and RACI.
• Product-management model for analytics instantiated through process and accountabilities.
• Capability gap assessment with recommended solutions and a transformation roadmap.
• Architectural governance and controls for the Engine with enterprise blueprint artefacts.
• Community of Practice operating design (roles cadence engagement with OCMOH and PHUs).

Required Skills

• Knowledge and experience with a wide range of methods techniques and tools for business architecture such as business functional modeling service lifecycle modeling business event modeling business process mapping value chain analysis and related disciplines.
• Successfully completed business architectures in government settings or similar complex multi-project / multi-client organizations.
• Good understanding of diverse business environments especially government environments and the business drivers within them.
• Proven ability to identify and analyze business requirements.
• Knowledge and experience of information technology providing the ability to integrate and identify IT-enabled opportunities to solve business pressures and needs.
• Business and Information Management & IT strategic and operational planning and performance-management practices especially as they apply to the public sector.
• Excellent communication facilitation negotiation consensus-building and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated commitment and proven ability with effective stakeholder management.
• Experience as a business architect who has successfully modeled the business at the enterprise and/or core-business levels for medium to large organizations.
• Experience developing enterprise architecture deliverables / artefacts (e.g. models).
• Knowledge of the Zachman Framework including business / information / application / technology / security architectures.

Desirable Skills

• Experience developing enterprise architecture deliverables based on Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture processes and practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices.
• Planning and implementation of information management strategy.
• Experience translating business requirements into technical and functional requirements.
• Proven experience and expertise developing Business Architecture for an acquired solution.
• Experience using techniques and strategies to elicit identify validate analyze model and document Business Architecture.
• Demonstrated experience participating in business systems requirements analysis and solution design activities.
• Experience completing business architectures in government or similarly complex multi-project / multi-client organizations.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

Expected Skills

• Be an advanced professional able to apply concepts practices and procedures in practice.
• Work with minimal direction and lead and train others in technical components and concepts.
• Plan lead and deliver complex deliverables that provide options for decisions within the organization.
• Bring a high level of expertise in the required skill set specialized in the technical area and provide specific advisory support as required.

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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $96.84/hr - $116.25/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $77.47/hr - $93.00/hr T4

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1