Enterprise Process Architect

Are you ready to architect change on a global scale? At Imperial Brands, we don’t just embrace innovation—we lead with it. We’re searching for a bold, strategic, and forward-thinking Enterprise Process Architect to join us in Bristol, one of our key global hubs. This is your chance to play a pivotal role in designing the blueprint for how our business operates—driving clarity, consistency, and transformation across our 25,000-strong international workforce.

In this high-impact role, you’ll collaborate with senior leaders, Centres of Excellence, and strategic programmes to build and govern our process framework and architecture. You’ll also spearhead the rollout of SAP Signavio, shaping new ways of working and leading a team of experts and consultants to bring your vision to life.

Ready to make your mark? Join us and help shape the processes that power a global business. Apply now and be part of a company where your ideas drive real impact.

Principle Accountabilities

• Architect the Process Framework: Design and build a comprehensive process architecture that brings structure and clarity to how Imperial Brands documents, categorises, and manages business processes across the organisation.
• Collaborate and Align: Partner with stakeholders across functions to understand business needs, ensuring the process architecture is aligned, relevant, and scalable. Lead engagements between Imperial and SAP Signavio to support evolving demand.
• Analyse and Optimise: Review existing process documentation and models to identify patterns, gaps, and opportunities. Use these insights to inform and evolve the architecture, ensuring it remains fit for purpose.
• Establish Standards and Governance: Define naming conventions, hierarchies, and categories for processes. Create guidelines for maintaining and updating the framework, resolving duplication, and ensuring consistency across the business.
• Integrate and Enable: Work closely with technology teams to embed the architecture into platforms like LeanIX and SAP Solution Manager. Design new ways of working around SAP Signavio, including rules, principles, and user guidance.
• Monitor, Innovate, and Lead: Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of the framework, staying ahead of BPM trends and best practices. Present cases for innovation and lead teams of SMEs and consultants to deliver impactful change.

Skills and Experience Required

• Expertise in Business Process Management: A strong grasp of BPM principles, methodologies, and tools—paired with hands-on experience in analysing complex processes and identifying dependencies that drive smarter business outcomes.
• Taxonomy & Process Design Know-How: Proven ability to design and manage taxonomies, with a sharp eye for detail and accuracy in naming conventions, categorisation, and hierarchical structuring.
• Technical Fluency in Process Modelling: Comfortable working with industry-standard notations like BPMN and UML, and familiar with BPM platforms, workflow engines, and automation tools.
• Analytical & Problem-Solving Strengths: Naturally curious and data-driven, with excellent analytical skills to uncover insights, resolve issues, and continuously improve process architecture.
• Collaborative Communication: A confident communicator who thrives in cross-functional environments—able to engage stakeholders, translate technical concepts, and drive alignment across teams.
• Agile & Future-Focused: Skilled in managing multiple projects and deadlines, with a growth mindset that keeps you ahead of emerging trends in BPM and process design.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at [email protected] to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.