ION Group

Role Summary / Overview &nbsp;We are currently partnered with financial services firms on industry-leading architectural transformation.  We need smart, progressive business architects able to directly engage with senior stakeholders to drive modern best-of-breed architecture to support their business.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our business architects have great communication skills, a deep understanding of driving and communicating strategy, product roadmap. They can clearly describe complex business concepts to client stakeholders and are willing and able to both delve into detailed solution specifics and operate at the higher business-enterprise architecture level.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our clients will rely on your expert judgement for modern and best-in-class application, data and technology solutions so a strong track record of effectively collaborating with project teams and partnering with clients, especially in the Financial Services Industry, Solutions Consulting, or start-up environments, is paramount.&nbsp;\n Key Responsibilities:<ul><li>Conduct research to develop a deep understanding of industry and technology trends.&nbsp;</li><li>Engage stakeholders, including leading workshops to understand requirements and constraints&nbsp;</li><li>Perform business strategy and capability modelling: Data modelling &amp; requirements analysis, understand criticality of data elements, privacy, and strategic use of data - Identify gaps between the requirements and the current state&nbsp;</li><li>Undertake target state analysis and definition, including: Where and how the client should implement cloud environments / implications for data compliance or external regulations etc.; Understand how applications, data stores, and systems support requirements and communicate their business value; Explore the use of cloud technologies to either augment existing business capabilities or provide new functionality&nbsp;</li><li>Align business &amp; tech objectives with actual business outcomes: Describe the benefits (e.g. modernization, agility, scale); Describe cost optimizations that can be achieved&nbsp;</li><li>Develop an understanding of the investment and portfolio management at the client as it pertains to the cloud&nbsp;</li></ul> Experience:<ul><li>Proven experience as a business architect&nbsp;</li><li>Deep and broad knowledge of cloud offerings, and the various advantages to each (certifications preferred)&nbsp;</li><li>Hands on experience working on migration of on-premise to cloud and best practices&nbsp;</li><li>Demonstrated ability to interpret and implement roadmap plans and enterprise-level architecture.&nbsp;</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand and represent business objectives and requirements and convert them into solution designs.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience identifying complexity across domains/functions and formulating appropriate technical solutions toward achieving business objectives&nbsp;</li><li>Experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and other constraints&nbsp;</li><li>Foundation of technical expertise in engineering, architecture, solution design&nbsp;</li></ul> \nLab49 is a specialist strategy, design, and technology consulting company dedicated to the financial services industry. We were founded in 2002 to fill a need in the Financial Technology marketplace for high-end execution and reliable delivery of technology projects.&nbsp;We have office hubs in Midtown Manhattan, Washington DC, London, Budapest, New Delhi and Sydney. Our Hybrid Work Model&nbsp;At Lab49, we embrace a hybrid work model, offering you the flexibility to work from the office or remotely. We expect our Lab49ers to occasionally travel to New York City to meet with the team members and the clients. We believe that both the flexibility and in person connection to each other and our clients build a collaborative culture and the opportunity to accelerate growth and innovation. Lab49/ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lab49/ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.&nbsp;&nbsp;Lab49/ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.