As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you’re looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.
Benefits
- Company-provided healthcare
- A competitive annual leave allowance
- Flexible working options, including hybrid working arrangements
- Generous pension provisions
- Income protection
- Health and wellness benefits
- Volunteering days
- Enhanced parental leave
- Life insurance
Your Role
As a Principal Business Architect, you will lead the strategic application of business architecture across the enterprise, shaping transformation programs and aligning architecture with organizational goals. You will mentor others, establish governance structures, and drive innovation in architectural practices. This role demands a visionary thinker who can influence senior stakeholders, guide multidisciplinary teams, and embed architectural integrity into decision‑making processes.
Your Team
Business Architecture sits within the Enterprise Architecture Team. The team is responsible for enterprise data, application, technology, and business architecture. Working with business areas to understand current capabilities and future needs, you will help deliver changes to how they operate.
What you will be doing
- Defining and evolving the enterprise business architecture strategy.
- Leading business architecture efforts for large‑scale transformation programs.
- Mentoring and developing business architecture talent.
- Establishing governance structures and ensuring compliance with standards.
- Facilitating enterprise-level collaboration and strategic alignment.
- Driving innovation in problem‑solving and architectural methodologies.
- Advising senior leadership and shaping strategic partnerships.
- Championing a culture of architectural thinking and continuous improvement.
What you will bring
- A recognized expert in the field of Business Architecture with extensive experience as a business architect, preferably within financial services firms.
- Experience in defining principles, standards, and roadmaps.
- Experience using an enterprise architecture tool (Ardoq preferred) to provide business architecture insights.
- Experience working with engineering teams and business partners implementing architecture strategies.
- Experience in business architecture approaches, ideally with knowledge of BizBok.
- Proven ability to guide teams through ambiguity and transformation.
- Proficient in using ArchiMate or other modelling techniques for business strategy and motivation (exposure to technology and application layers desirable).
- Deep understanding of Operating Models, strategic planning, and organizational design.
- Advanced capability in business capability management, value‑stream mapping, and strategic portfolio alignment.
- TOGAF Practitioner and working towards CBA Level 1 certification.
- Strong business acumen in financial services, investments, and asset management.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills in building and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to influence and lead others without direct line management.
Disability Confident Scheme
Applicants who opt in to the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the minimum criteria for the role will be offered an interview. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process for all candidates who apply. By opting‑in to this scheme, applicants will be disclosing that they have a disability solely for the purpose of the Disability Confident Scheme. The scheme only guarantees an interview – it does not automatically mean that applicants interviewed will gain employment with Invesco at that time.
To apply through the Disability Confident Scheme, first ensure you have applied for the role via our external careers page. Then email EMEA‑TalentAcquisition@invesco.com confirming your wish to opt‑in, along with your contact details and the title of the role you wish to apply for.
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