Business Architect

Overview

Location: Liverpool/Newport/Norwich/Birmingham

Terms: Permanent

Hours: Full Time/Compressed Hours

Closing Date: 19/01/2026

Would you like to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the Crown Commercial Service (CCS)? Do you thrive on turning strategic vision into tangible operational improvements? Are you passionate about leveraging innovation to achieve significant strategic goals? We are looking for innovative and strategically minded Business Architects to join our newly established Business Architecture function.

This critical and exciting opportunity requires strategic vision to harness innovation and align business strategy to drive operational improvements that deliver our strategic goals. You will collaborate across the organisation to model value streams, services, capabilities, and processes, building a comprehensive understanding of the current enterprise landscape and mapping strategic change.

The Digital & Data Services (DDS) directorate is at the heart of CCS's digital transformation journey, responsible for delivering modern, efficient, and user-centred digital services that support over £30bn of public sector procurement annually. We are building a world-class digital capability that will revolutionise how the public sector buys common goods and services.

In the Business Architecture and Continuous Improvement function you will be working closely with 6 permanent colleagues, and as part of a wider Strategy and Architecture domain tasked with developing the CCS Digital Strategy and Enterprise, Technology and Data Architecture.

• Apply and develop business architecture frameworks, principles, and techniques within CCS. Guide others in using appropriate business architectural tools and methods.
• Understand and apply business architectural principles, techniques, and tools to business scenarios.
• Create business architecture artefacts, including abstract representations of the organisation.
• Develop standard and scalable models to collect, aggregate, or disaggregate complex information.
• Support the definition of vision for business capabilities and value streams using various architecture and collaboration tools used within CCS.
• Identify and anticipate business impacts, issues, and activities, supporting the shaping of principles, patterns, standards, processes, plans, and policies accordingly.
• Contribute to the creation of transition plans, roadmaps, and strategic alignment, ensuring investments and initiatives align with business objectives.
• Engage with stakeholders to understand requirements and provide recommendations.
• Stay informed about external influences that may help or hinder strategic goals.
• Support process optimisation and improvement through analysis and design.

• Demonstrable experience in applying and developing Business Architecture frameworks and principles to model value streams, capabilities, services, and processes.
• Proven ability to translate strategic vision into tangible operational improvements and contribute to the creation of transition plans, roadmaps, and strategic alignment.
• Strong analytical and modelling skills to collect, aggregate, or disaggregate complex business information and support process optimisation and design.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills with the ability to gather requirements, provide recommendations, and guide others in using appropriate architectural tools and methods.

You will be assessed against the following:
Behaviours, and Technical Skills (some skills may be tested via a presentation at interview). A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided in the candidate pack.

• Competitive pension scheme
• A discretionary non-contractual performance-related bonus
• Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office locations
• Minimum 25 days annual leave (up to 30 days) excluding bank holidays

CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model allowing a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our smarter working principles support a balance between office and remote work and align with CCS values.

Candidates who are successful at sift will be contacted as soon as possible following the closing date and advised of the interview process in more detail. The sift will commence W/C 2

Oth February 2026, either at one of our offices or via video with interview times and dates to be confirmed.

Please note:

If you are unsuccessful at interview but close to the benchmark, you may be considered for a role at a lower pay band within the same job family. If you need accessibility support during the recruitment process, please contact recrui

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