Business Architect

Manulife • Boston, MA

3d • $107,450 - $199,550 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Business Architect translates business strategy into actionable capabilities, processes, and solutions that enable execution at scale. Partnering with leaders across business and technology, this role helps bridge the gap between strategy and delivery by defining target‑state designs, aligning stakeholders, and supporting enterprise‑wide transformation initiatives. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys navigating complexity, influencing across functions, and shaping how organizations operate to deliver meaningful outcomes.

Requirements

• Significant experience in business architecture, business analysis, or product‑focused roles within complex organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into executable designs and delivery outcomes.
• Strong understanding of agile principles and scaled delivery environments.
• Experience working closely with both business and technology stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in financial services, retirement, or other regulated industries
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BizBok)
• Exposure to emerging technologies or digital transformation initiatives

Responsibilities

• Strategy → Execution Translate business strategies into target‑state capability, process, and solution designs.
• Define, maintain, and evolve enterprise capability models that inform investment and delivery decisions.
• Identify gaps across people, process, technology, and information that impact execution.
• Architecture & Design Create end‑to-end service blueprints, experience flows, application, integration, and data models.
• Articulate future‑state visions using clear, accessible diagrams and artifacts.
• Partner with enterprise and domain architects to ensure alignment across business and technology domains.
• Collaboration & Influence Work closely with functional leaders, product owners, and technology partners to align priorities and outcomes.
• Serve as a liaison across architecture, delivery, governance, and program teams.
• Collaborate with procurement, product, and architecture partners on vendor strategy, including SOWs and RFPs.
• Leadership & Enablement Coach and mentor business analysts and team members on complex or escalated initiatives.
• Contribute to training materials and knowledge‑sharing efforts to support transformation adoption.
• Act as a change leader supporting enterprise and business‑unit initiatives.

Benefits

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.
• Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.
• Manulife/John Hancock offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans.
• We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
• Our generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed