## Role SummaryThe Business Enablement Architect is a senior-level individual contributor responsible for securely enabling business capabilities through intentional architecture, risk-informed design, and governance alignment. This role operates at the intersection of business strategy, technology architecture, security architecture, and delivery execution-ensuring that new and evolving solutions align with enterprise standards while accelerating value delivery.## Key Responsibilities### 1. Technology & Security Architecture Leadership - Act as the BU-aligned Solution Architect, ensuring solutions are designed with security-by-design and security-by-default principles. - Identify, assess, and articulate architectural and security risks across various domains. - Co-author secure solution designs with BU IT Delivery Architects. - Partner with InfoSec, Platform, and Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure alignment with enterprise security standards. - Provide documented security architecture input to support risk acceptance and mitigation planning.### 2. Architecture Governance (ARB / SARB) - Represent Business Enablement in Architecture Review Board sessions. - Contribute to New Technology Reviews by evaluating architectural fit and security implications. - Document decisions, conditions, and follow-up actions from ARB/SARB engagements.### 3. InfoSec Deviation Form (IDF) & Risk Documentation - Author and contribute to InfoSec Deviation Forms when solutions deviate from approved standards. - Gather necessary information for IDFs and ensure appropriate stakeholder reviews.### 4. Delivery Partnership & Enablement - Partner with delivery teams throughout execution to interpret and resolve architectural intent. - Engage vendors to validate architectural and security alignment with enterprise expectations. - Identify process improvements and ensure their delivery.### 5. Intake / Demand Shaping & Ways of Working - Help shape demand early by engaging during intake to clarify scope. - Support Agile Ways of Working: attending planning events and daily standups to monitor progress.## Measures of Success - Business initiatives progress with clear architectural intent and fewer surprises. - Security risks identified early and managed intentionally. - Delivery teams demonstrate increasing reuse of approved patterns and platforms. - Quarterly and daily commitments completed on time as promised.