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Division: Enterprise Architecture
This position will be posted for a minimum of five calendar days internally. All internal applicants are required to inform your current supervisor/manager prior to applying. Internal applicants are required to be in "good standing" in your current role, which is defined as a performance rating of “met all objectives” or higher. You cannot be on a current performance improvement plan or written warning for any reason and must have been in your current role for a minimum of 6 months, unless otherwise approved for an early transfer by your current leader and the People Department.
Your opportunity
Reporting to the Head of Business Architecture, the Associate Business Architect will support efforts to establish and maintain a consistent reference model of our business with stakeholders across the firm such that we can clearly map our operating model (business process, people/organization, technology, data, services and governance).
The role will be to support the Head of Business Architecture with tasks relating to the management of data relating to the firm’s business architecture framework, and the way in which business architecture is applied on change initiatives across the firm.
Ongoing activities might include:
- Maintaining current state assessments using the business architecture framework;
- Performing a supporting role in projects and other change initiatives where the application of business architecture forms a necessary part of the scope;
- Developing innovative dashboards and decision support tools for senior executives and leadership teams;
- Supporting key change initiatives, including merger and acquisition (M&A) integration activities;
- Performing analysis to support the identification of organization improvement using business architecture frameworks, methodologies and techniques;
- Canvassing stakeholder views/opinions from a broad range of internal teams, including operations, sales, client account management, investments, financial crime compliance and legal;
- Identifying trends and insights from data relating to the firm's business architecture;
- Providing support to the rest of the team and firm in designing target operating models and associated implementation roadmaps, ensuring they are aligned to strategy and key business objectives;
- Performing analysis to support the identification of common cross-organisational needs and capture synergies;
- Creating and amendment of team management artefacts, including team procedures; controls; internal reporting templates and processes; terms of reference; toolsets; record management;
- Performing document management - maintaining operating model documentation in a well-structured channel in architecture tools and document stores as required;
- Carrying out other duties as assigned.
What to expect when you join our firm
- Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
- Generous Holiday policies
- Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
- Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
- Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
- Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
- Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
Must have skills
- Some Experience of documenting operating models – either in a business architecture role or as a business analyst/equivalent
- Good analytical skills and knowledge of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Understanding of how business and enterprise architecture toolsets operate
- Good communication and presentation skills - ability to clearly communicate verbally or non-verbally with colleagues
- Strong team ethic - ability to work with others to achieve a common goal
- Problem-solving - being able to identify and analyze a problem and creatively pose a solution
- Wanting to stay curious, ask questions and learn new skills
- Good organization skills - time management, estimating, planning
- Positive attitude - being calm under stress, learning from mistakes and building relationships
- Strong work ethic - having discipline, integrity, professionalism, and punctuality
- Ability to effectively prioritize and juggle those priorities as required
Nice to have skills
- Aligned Project Certification beneficial
- Experience with Microsoft Visio and/or other process capture tools
- Background in financial services (ideally asset management)
Supervisory responsibilities
- No
Potential for growth
- Mentoring
- Leadership development programs
- Regular training
- Career development services
- Continuing education courses
Compensation information
The base salary range for this position is $75k to $85k. This range is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different. This position will be open through November 30, 2026.
Colorado law requires an estimated closing date for job postings. Please don't be discouraged from applying if you see this date has passed.
You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.
At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we’re happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at recruiter@janushenderson.com
Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance.
Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.
Recruiter: Lauren Noakes
People Business Partner: Tanya Temchenko
Hiring Manager: Iain Windle
Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employee’s job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).
You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and political activities. Applicants’ past political contributions or activity may impact applicants’ eligibility for this position.
You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.
Nearest Major Market: Denver
City: Denver
Division: Enterprise Architecture
This position will be posted for a minimum of five calendar days internally. All internal applicants are required to inform your current supervisor/manager prior to applying. Internal applicants are required to be in "good standing" in your current role, which is defined as a performance rating of “met all objectives” or higher. You cannot be on a current performance improvement plan or written warning for any reason and must have been in your current role for a minimum of 6 months, unless otherwise approved for an early transfer by your current leader and the People Department.
Your opportunity
Reporting to the Head of Business Architecture, the Associate Business Architect will support efforts to establish and maintain a consistent reference model of our business with stakeholders across the firm such that we can clearly map our operating model (business process, people/organization, technology, data, services and governance).
The role will be to support the Head of Business Architecture with tasks relating to the management of data relating to the firm’s business architecture framework, and the way in which business architecture is applied on change initiatives across the firm.
Ongoing activities might include:
- Maintaining current state assessments using the business architecture framework;
- Performing a supporting role in projects and other change initiatives where the application of business architecture forms a necessary part of the scope;
- Developing innovative dashboards and decision support tools for senior executives and leadership teams;
- Supporting key change initiatives, including merger and acquisition (M&A) integration activities;
- Performing analysis to support the identification of organization improvement using business architecture frameworks, methodologies and techniques;
- Canvassing stakeholder views/opinions from a broad range of internal teams, including operations, sales, client account management, investments, financial crime compliance and legal;
- Identifying trends and insights from data relating to the firm's business architecture;
- Providing support to the rest of the team and firm in designing target operating models and associated implementation roadmaps, ensuring they are aligned to strategy and key business objectives;
- Performing analysis to support the identification of common cross-organisational needs and capture synergies;
- Creating and amendment of team management artefacts, including team procedures; controls; internal reporting templates and processes; terms of reference; toolsets; record management;
- Performing document management - maintaining operating model documentation in a well-structured channel in architecture tools and document stores as required;
- Carrying out other duties as assigned.
What to expect when you join our firm
- Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
- Generous Holiday policies
- Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
- Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
- Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
- Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
- Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
Must have skills
- Some Experience of documenting operating models – either in a business architecture role or as a business analyst/equivalent
- Good analytical skills and knowledge of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Understanding of how business and enterprise architecture toolsets operate
- Good communication and presentation skills - ability to clearly communicate verbally or non-verbally with colleagues
- Strong team ethic - ability to work with others to achieve a common goal
- Problem-solving - being able to identify and analyze a problem and creatively pose a solution
- Wanting to stay curious, ask questions and learn new skills
- Good organization skills - time management, estimating, planning
- Positive attitude - being calm under stress, learning from mistakes and building relationships
- Strong work ethic - having discipline, integrity, professionalism, and punctuality
- Ability to effectively prioritize and juggle those priorities as required
Nice to have skills
- Aligned Project Certification beneficial
- Experience with Microsoft Visio and/or other process capture tools
- Background in financial services (ideally asset management)
Supervisory responsibilities
- No
Potential for growth
- Mentoring
- Leadership development programs
- Regular training
- Career development services
- Continuing education courses
Compensation information
The base salary range for this position is $75k to $85k. This range is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different. This position will be open through November 30, 2026.
Colorado law requires an estimated closing date for job postings. Please don't be discouraged from applying if you see this date has passed.
You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.
At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we’re happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at recruiter@janushenderson.com
Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance.
Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.
Recruiter: Lauren Noakes
People Business Partner: Tanya Temchenko
Hiring Manager: Iain Windle
Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employee’s job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).
You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and political activities. Applicants’ past political contributions or activity may impact applicants’ eligibility for this position.
You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.
Nearest Major Market: Denver
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Business Architect Jobs
Frame your degree for specialty occupation
Business Architect positions require a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. If your degree is in a broader area like business administration, document the coursework and job duties that establish a direct connection, gaps here trigger RFEs.
Target companies with LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to find employers with verified LCA filing history for Business Architect and adjacent roles. This filters out companies that say they're open to sponsorship but have never filed, saving you weeks in the offer process.
Verify prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Look up the prevailing wage for Business Architect in your target metro using the OFLC Wage Search before salary talks. The LCA must certify your offered wage meets or exceeds the DOL level, so knowing the floor prevents offer letters that can't be certified.
Distinguish your role from general management
USCIS scrutinizes Business Architect petitions where duties overlap with general business management, which isn't a specialty occupation. Your offer letter and job description must emphasize systems design, enterprise frameworks, and technical architecture, not broad organizational leadership.
Align your start date with H-1B cap timing
H-1B cap petitions can only start employment on October 1 after the lottery. Build your offer negotiation around that date, and confirm whether your employer can support cap-exempt filing through a qualifying institution if an earlier start is required.
Get your PERM documentation employer-ready
If you're on OPT and planning for a green card, raise the EB-2 or EB-3 PERM timeline early. Business Architect roles with five or more years of specialized experience can support an EB-2 advanced degree filing, but PERM labor certification takes time to initiate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Business Architect role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases, provided the employer requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field such as computer science, information systems, or enterprise architecture. USCIS looks at whether the degree is a standard minimum for entry into the role, not just a preference. Vague job postings that accept any bachelor's degree in any field can undermine the petition, so the offer letter needs to be specific about degree requirements.
Which visa types realistically cover Business Architect sponsorship?
The H-1B is the primary path for most nationalities. Australian citizens can use the E-3 visa, which has a separate cap and no lottery, making it considerably more predictable. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under TN visa if the role maps to an eligible USMCA profession. For longer-term options, EB-2 and EB-3 green card categories apply depending on degree level and experience, each requiring PERM labor certification.
What degree background do employers expect for Business Architect visa sponsorship?
Most employers sponsoring Business Architects require a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, business administration with a technology concentration, or enterprise architecture. O*NET classifies the occupation at a graduate-level job zone, so advanced degrees strengthen both the specialty occupation argument and your candidacy. If your degree is in an unrelated field, years of progressive specialized experience may partially compensate, but it complicates the petition.
How do I find Business Architect jobs where employers are willing to sponsor visas?
Browse Migrate Mate to find Business Architect roles at employers with verified sponsorship history. Sponsorship willingness varies widely by company size and industry, and many postings that say 'sponsorship available' have never actually filed. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with real LCA filing records, so you can focus your applications where sponsorship is a documented practice.
Can a Business Architect on OPT extend work authorization while waiting for H-1B?
Yes, if your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as computer science or information systems and your employer is E-Verify enrolled, you can apply for a 24-month STEM OPT extension. This bridges the gap between OPT expiration and an H-1B start date. If your degree field isn't STEM-designated, the standard 12-month OPT period applies, which may not align with the H-1B cap timeline depending on when you graduate.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Business Architect jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.