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• About African Safari GroupAfrican Safari Group (ASG) is a leading luxury safari operator specialising in tailor-made travel experiences across Southern Africa, East Africa, and South Africa. As we continue to scale, technology plays a critical role in enabling operational excellence, exceptional customer experiences, and sustainable business growth.
• We are seeking an experienced **Business Technology Architect** to bridge the gap between business strategy and technology execution. This role will be responsible for designing and implementing technology solutions that improve business processes, integrate systems, and support the company's long-term digital transformation.
• The RoleAs the Business Technology Architect, you will work closely with executive leadership and department heads to understand business challenges, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop scalable technology solutions that align with the company's strategic objectives.
• You will serve as the link between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring that technology investments deliver measurable business value.
• Key Responsibilities
• - Develop and maintain the company's technology architecture roadmap.
• - Analyse business processes and identify opportunities for automation and optimisation.
• - Design scalable technology solutions that support business growth.
• - Evaluate existing systems and recommend improvements or replacements where necessary.
• - Lead systems integration initiatives across CRM, finance, marketing, operations, and other business platforms.
• - Work closely with software developers, vendors, and third-party technology partners.
• - Ensure data flows efficiently between business systems through APIs and integrations.
• - Collaborate with stakeholders to gather business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• - Provide technical leadership during digital transformation projects.
• - Develop architecture documentation, process maps, and technical standards.
• - Identify emerging technologies that could improve operational efficiency.
• - Support technology governance, security, scalability, and best practices.
• - Assist with vendor evaluations and technology selection.
• - Ensure solutions are aligned with business objectives, budgets, and timelines.

Business Technology Architect

• Act as the architectural SME and coach for an embedded business domain, bridging strategic objectives with executable solution designs.
• Design resilient integration patterns - focusing on APIs, event-driven architectures, and cloud middleware - to connect upstream and downstream systems cleanly.
• Translate enterprise guardrails into practical delivery models, balancing rapid execution with long-term architectural health.
• Partner closely with Finance, Technology, Security, and Data teams to convert functional requirements into clear, implementable technical designs.
• Help shape data migration, security, and governance strategies to ensure auditability, data quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Support delivery teams through design, build, test, and deployment phases, resolving architectural risks and ensuring continuous alignment.

Integration Architect

• Research the latest architectural materials, technologies, products, and systems in response to project requirements and design team enquiries
• Develop innovative and globally informed solutions to architectural challenges
• Assess and communicate the technical characteristics, limitations, and opportunities of products and systems
• Provide informed guidance and recommendations to project teams
• Conduct focused research on architectural topics and trends
• Synthesize complex information into clear actionable insights for project teams
• Undertake detailed research aligned to project briefs and design requirements
• Investigate project-specific topics including materials and product solutions, regional and cultural context, vernacular architecture, design guidelines and regulations, international precedents and case studies, architectural systems and technologies
• Leverage approved AI tools including Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude to enhance research efficiency and output
• Critically evaluate, verify, and cross-check AI-generated information for accuracy and relevance before distribution
• Continuously explore emerging AI technologies and how they can strengthen architectural research practices
• Stay informed on global architectural trends, publications, innovations, and industry developments
• Act as a knowledge hub for design and technical innovation within the practice
• Curate architectural samples, products, materials, and technical information for inclusion in the SAOTA-ARRCC library
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of products and systems housed within the library
• Help establish and maintain a network of SAOTA-approved manufacturers, suppliers, and specialists in strategic regions around the world
• Evaluate products and systems based on quality, suitability, technical performance, and alignment with the SAOTA-ARRCC design aesthetic
• Represent the Resource Centre and SAOTA-ARRCC professionally in all external interactions

Architectural Researcher

• Showcase knowledge of modelling software, research skills, creativity, customer focus, hand-drafting abilities, and teamwork
• Assist the project team in generating clear technical drawings of projects
• Understand design intent and goals for successful implementation
• Assist with research, data compiling, and documentation at all phases of design, including feasibility, concept design, schematic design, design development, and construction documents
• Provide graphic support for project teams in preparing for presentations by generating diagrams, renderings, and other design drawings
• Provide meaningful support for all levels of project technical challenges
• Assist in producing all documentation relating to the design, including Drawings, 3D Models, Images & and all other documentation relating to the design and according to the project brief
• Implement for the successful execution of project deliverables, drawing on deep knowledge of office systems and technology
• With assistance, liaison with External Consultants, Contractor/Site, Architects of Record as well as with the Client

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