Business Architect

Position Overview

 

In this strategic role, you will play a pivotal part in driving business transformation by leveraging your expertise in Business Architecture. You will be responsible for informing strategic decision-making and analyzing proposed initiatives. This analysis will involve assessing impacts (people, process, data), identifying decision points, outlining target state architecture, and pinpointing capability gaps.

Position Details

Work Environment:

At Duluth Trading Company, we fundamentally believe in strong in-person interactions as our culture thrives when we learn, create, and collaborate with each other.  We also believe that the future of work at Duluth includes flexibility.

We are headquartered in the Madison, WI area, but this job may be performed remotely anywhere within the United States. If you happen to live near and enjoy coming into the office, we will welcome you too!

 

What You’ll Do: 

• Optimize Initiative Selection:
  • Utilizing the Business Architecture Knowledgebase, you'll identify overlapping capabilities, redundancies, and synergy opportunities across initiatives.
  • You'll present these findings to business leaders, helping them understand trade-offs and make faster, more informed decisions.
  • You’ll partner with business stakeholders to create and present compelling initiative briefs.
• Drive Business Alignment:
  • You'll contribute to quarterly sequencing sessions, ensuring initiatives align with overall strategy.
  • You’ll translate approved initiatives into Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and help establish a robust reporting plan for tracking progress.
• Bridge the Gap Between Business and Technology:
  • You’ll work closely with technical architects and engineers to ensure solutions align with the target state architecture defined during planning.
• Maintain Duluth’s Business Architecture Knowledgebase:
  • You'll be responsible for meticulous upkeep of the Knowledgebase, including enterprise capability mapping and linkages between value streams, processes, capabilities, and systems.
• Optimize the Business Landscape:
  • As a strategic thinker, you'll identify opportunities for cost savings, process improvements, technology consolidation, and leveraging existing capabilities in innovative ways.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, information technology, or a related field. A master's degree is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, or a similar strategic role.
• Proven track record of success in analyzing business needs, translating them into actionable plans, and driving successful business transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of business architecture principles (BIZBOK). Business Architecture certification is a plus.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture principles and frameworks (TOGAF, Zachmann, etc) is a plus
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and persuade stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficiency in business architecture modeling tools and knowledge of relevant architecture principles.

Duluth Headquarters Benefits and Perks

As we continue to grow Duluth Trading Company and its house of brands, the perks have perked up, too. We’ve boosted an already impressive benefits package to include: unlimited paid time-off, 12-week full-pay parental leave, paid holiday time for the important observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, flexible schedules and more! Why’d we go all out? Because our pursuit of a better way means that when it comes to great talent, better perks are a given.

 

Compensation: $94,000 to $110,000/Year

 

Compensation is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc.

 

The responsibilities outlined in this position description are a guideline for the general duties of the position and are not exhaustive of all duties inherent in the job. Duluth Trading Company is an equal opportunity employer.

 

About Duluth Trading Company

Started in 1989, Duluth Trading Company exists to enable hard-wor