Overview As a Business Architect in Ford's Enterprise Architecture team, you connect complex IT solutions with business value streams to enable safer, smarter mobility. You'll bridge gaps between product owners, architects, and business leads, ensuring architecture aligns with enterprise standards. You'll drive governance, transparency, and cross-functional collaboration across Finance, Purchasing and parts logistics. This role offers the chance to influence large-scale ERP initiatives and shape future state roadmaps in a global, hybrid environment. Join Ford to help transform how technology propels mobility and customer experience.
Compensation / Benefits- Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days
- Paid parental leave and new parent ramp-up programs
- Tuition assistance
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
- Paid time off and holidays
Responsibilities- Act as a Strategic Translator to bridge communication between Product Owners, Technical Architects, and Business Leads for aligned roadmaps.
- Facilitate blueprinting and joint sessions to define future-state models and system integrations.
- Serve as a Trusted Advisor with cross-organizational relationships to influence portfolio planning and integration.
- Develop and deliver training materials to disseminate architecture standards and methodologies.
- Establish and implement architecture processes and standards to ensure data integrity and consistency.
- Perform gap analyses and lead Architecture Governance reviews to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
- Collaborate with Portfolio Architects to standardize business capability models and process maps.
- Manage architectural deliverables within Jira, balancing governance with agile delivery.
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT or related field
- 5+ years of information technology experience
- 2+ years as a Business Architect or Business Analyst with experience presenting to business and technical stakeholders
- 2+ years in strategy planning, requirements management, and conceptual business modeling (Current vs. Future State)
- 2+ years of experience with enterprise architecture tools (e.g., YouDesign, Miro, Signavio, LeanIX, Microsoft Visio or similar)
- 2+ years of analytical experience with Excel for data analysis and reporting
- strong communication
- stakeholder management
- collaboration
- enterprise architecture
- architecture governance
- portfolio alignment
