diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/blob_container.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/blob_container.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fbceccb26824e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/blob_container.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2018-2024 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "openvino/runtime/shared_buffer.hpp"
+
+namespace intel_npu {
+
+class BlobContainer {
+public:
+    virtual void* get_ptr() = 0;
+
+    virtual size_t size() const = 0;
+
+    virtual bool release_from_memory() = 0;
+
+    virtual ~BlobContainer() = default;
+};
+
+class BlobContainerVector : public BlobContainer {
+public:
+    BlobContainerVector(std::vector<uint8_t> blob) : _ownershipBlob(std::move(blob)) {}
+
+    void* get_ptr() override {
+        return reinterpret_cast<void*>(_ownershipBlob.data());
+    }
+
+    size_t size() const override {
+        return _ownershipBlob.size();
+    }
+
+    bool release_from_memory() override {
+        _ownershipBlob.clear();
+        _ownershipBlob.shrink_to_fit();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+private:
+    std::vector<uint8_t> _ownershipBlob;
+};
+
+class BlobContainerAlignedBuffer : public BlobContainer {
+public:
+    BlobContainerAlignedBuffer(const std::shared_ptr<ov::AlignedBuffer>& blobSO, size_t offset)
+        : _ownershipBlob(blobSO),
+          _offset(offset) {}
+
+    void* get_ptr() override {
+        return _ownershipBlob->get_ptr(_offset);
+    }
+
+    size_t size() const override {
+        return _ownershipBlob->size();
+    }
+
+    bool release_from_memory() override {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+private:
+    std::shared_ptr<ov::AlignedBuffer> _ownershipBlob;
+    size_t _offset;
+};
+
+}  // namespace intel_npu
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/igraph.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/igraph.hpp
index 80e2374fe76353..5d15c73419423c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/igraph.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/igraph.hpp
@@ -8,83 +8,21 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "intel_npu/common/blob_container.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/network_metadata.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_init.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_utils.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_wrappers.hpp"
 #include "openvino/runtime/profiling_info.hpp"
-#include "openvino/runtime/shared_buffer.hpp"
 
 namespace intel_npu {
 
-class BlobContainer {
-public:
-    virtual void* get_ptr() {
-        OPENVINO_THROW("const BlobContainer::get_ptr() method is not implemented!");
-    }
-
-    virtual size_t size() const {
-        OPENVINO_THROW("BlobContainer::size() method is not implemented!");
-    }
-
-    virtual bool release_from_memory() {
-        OPENVINO_THROW("BlobContainer::release_from_memory() method is not implemented!");
-    }
-
-    virtual ~BlobContainer() = default;
-};
-
-class BlobContainerVector : public BlobContainer {
-public:
-    BlobContainerVector(std::vector<uint8_t> blob) : _ownershipBlob(std::move(blob)) {}
-
-    void* get_ptr() override {
-        return reinterpret_cast<void*>(_ownershipBlob.data());
-    }
-
-    size_t size() const override {
-        return _ownershipBlob.size();
-    }
-
-    bool release_from_memory() override {
-        _ownershipBlob.clear();
-        _ownershipBlob.shrink_to_fit();
-        return true;
-    }
-
-private:
-    std::vector<uint8_t> _ownershipBlob;
-};
-
-class BlobContainerAlignedBuffer : public BlobContainer {
-public:
-    BlobContainerAlignedBuffer(const std::shared_ptr<ov::AlignedBuffer>& blobSO, size_t offset)
-        : _ownershipBlob(blobSO),
-          _offset(offset) {}
-
-    void* get_ptr() override {
-        return _ownershipBlob->get_ptr(_offset);
-    }
-
-    size_t size() const override {
-        return _ownershipBlob->size();
-    }
-
-    bool release_from_memory() override {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-private:
-    std::shared_ptr<ov::AlignedBuffer> _ownershipBlob;
-    size_t _offset;
-};
-
 class IGraph : public std::enable_shared_from_this<IGraph> {
 public:
     IGraph(ze_graph_handle_t handle,
            NetworkMetadata metadata,
            const Config& config,
-           std::optional<std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer>> blobPtr);
+           std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer> blobPtr);
 
     virtual size_t export_blob(std::ostream& stream) const = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/src/igraph.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/src/igraph.cpp
index d7673f4bf08449..351e90bedaa68c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/src/igraph.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/src/igraph.cpp
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@ namespace intel_npu {
 IGraph::IGraph(ze_graph_handle_t handle,
                NetworkMetadata metadata,
                const Config& config,
-               std::optional<std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer>> blobPtr)
+               std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer> blobPtr)
     : _handle(handle),
       _metadata(std::move(metadata)),
-      _logger("IGraph", config.get<LOG_LEVEL>()) {
-    if (blobPtr.has_value()) {
-        _blobPtr = std::move(*blobPtr);
-    }
-}
+      _blobPtr(std::move(blobPtr)),
+      _logger("IGraph", config.get<LOG_LEVEL>()) {}
 
 const NetworkMetadata& IGraph::get_metadata() const {
     return _metadata;
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_graph.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_graph.hpp
index a9e9dedf9052a0..2c845227e8aac7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_graph.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_graph.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class DriverGraph final : public IGraph {
                 ze_graph_handle_t graphHandle,
                 NetworkMetadata metadata,
                 const Config& config,
-                std::optional<std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer>> blob);
+                std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer> blob);
 
     size_t export_blob(std::ostream& stream) const override;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp
index d6ba89472663a2..88f2da0c3f1266 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ZeGraphExtWrappers {
                                      const std::string& buildFlags,
                                      const uint32_t& flags) const;
 
-    ze_graph_handle_t getGraphHandle(const uint8_t* data, size_t size) const;
+    ze_graph_handle_t getGraphHandle(const uint8_t& data, size_t size) const;
 
     NetworkMetadata getNetworkMeta(ze_graph_handle_t graphHandle) const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_compiler_adapter.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_compiler_adapter.cpp
index d44b3eb93bc4b8..b6bd5857548976 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_compiler_adapter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_compiler_adapter.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<IGraph> DriverCompilerAdapter::compile(const std::shared_ptr<con
                                          graphHandle,
                                          std::move(networkMeta),
                                          config,
-                                         std::nullopt);
+                                         nullptr);
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<IGraph> DriverCompilerAdapter::parse(std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer> blobPtr,
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<IGraph> DriverCompilerAdapter::parse(std::unique_ptr<BlobContain
 
     _logger.debug("parse start");
     ze_graph_handle_t graphHandle =
-        _zeGraphExt->getGraphHandle(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(blobPtr->get_ptr()), blobPtr->size());
+        _zeGraphExt->getGraphHandle(*reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(blobPtr->get_ptr()), blobPtr->size());
     _logger.debug("parse end");
 
     OV_ITT_TASK_NEXT(PARSE_BLOB, "getNetworkMeta");
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<IGraph> DriverCompilerAdapter::parse(std::unique_ptr<BlobContain
                                          graphHandle,
                                          std::move(networkMeta),
                                          config,
-                                         std::optional<std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer>>(std::move(blobPtr)));
+                                         std::move(blobPtr));
 }
 
 ov::SupportedOpsMap DriverCompilerAdapter::query(const std::shared_ptr<const ov::Model>& model,
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_graph.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_graph.cpp
index 282ceede5a8889..f34c72ad015cf5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_graph.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_graph.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ DriverGraph::DriverGraph(const std::shared_ptr<ZeGraphExtWrappers>& zeGraphExt,
                          ze_graph_handle_t graphHandle,
                          NetworkMetadata metadata,
                          const Config& config,
-                         std::optional<std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer>> blob)
-    : IGraph(graphHandle, std::move(metadata), config, std::move(blob)),
+                         std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer> blobPtr)
+    : IGraph(graphHandle, std::move(metadata), config, std::move(blobPtr)),
       _zeGraphExt(zeGraphExt),
       _zeroInitStruct(zeroInitStruct),
       _logger("DriverGraph", config.get<LOG_LEVEL>()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_compiler_adapter.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_compiler_adapter.cpp
index 186691e62f76e7..c1b76efeeaf5f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_compiler_adapter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_compiler_adapter.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<IGraph> PluginCompilerAdapter::compile(const std::shared_ptr<con
         // Depending on the config, we may get an error when trying to get the graph handle from the compiled network
         try {
             graphHandle =
-                _zeGraphExt->getGraphHandle(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(blobPtr->get_ptr()), blobPtr->size());
+                _zeGraphExt->getGraphHandle(*reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(blobPtr->get_ptr()), blobPtr->size());
         } catch (...) {
             _logger.info("Failed to obtain the level zero graph handle. Inference requests for this model are not "
                          "allowed. Only exports are available");
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<IGraph> PluginCompilerAdapter::parse(std::unique_ptr<BlobContain
 
     if (_zeGraphExt) {
         graphHandle =
-            _zeGraphExt->getGraphHandle(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(blobPtr->get_ptr()), blobPtr->size());
+            _zeGraphExt->getGraphHandle(*reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(blobPtr->get_ptr()), blobPtr->size());
     }
 
     return std::make_shared<PluginGraph>(_zeGraphExt,
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_graph.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_graph.cpp
index 4587a79626977d..a54d14c0462587 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_graph.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_graph.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ PluginGraph::PluginGraph(const std::shared_ptr<ZeGraphExtWrappers>& zeGraphExt,
                          NetworkMetadata metadata,
                          std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer> blobPtr,
                          const Config& config)
-    : IGraph(graphHandle,
-             std::move(metadata),
-             config,
-             std::optional<std::unique_ptr<BlobContainer>>(std::move(blobPtr))),
+    : IGraph(graphHandle, std::move(metadata), config, std::move(blobPtr)),
       _zeGraphExt(zeGraphExt),
       _zeroInitStruct(zeroInitStruct),
       _compiler(compiler),
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.cpp
index 5efb973351c55f..2f80fc10b9e675 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.cpp
@@ -363,15 +363,15 @@ ze_graph_handle_t ZeGraphExtWrappers::getGraphHandle(std::pair<size_t, std::shar
     return graphHandle;
 }
 
-ze_graph_handle_t ZeGraphExtWrappers::getGraphHandle(const uint8_t* blobData, size_t blobSize) const {
+ze_graph_handle_t ZeGraphExtWrappers::getGraphHandle(const uint8_t& blobData, size_t blobSize) const {
     ze_graph_handle_t graphHandle;
 
-    if (blobData == nullptr || blobSize == 0) {
+    if (blobSize == 0) {
         OPENVINO_THROW("Empty blob");
     }
 
     ze_graph_desc_t desc =
-        {ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_GRAPH_DESC_PROPERTIES, nullptr, ZE_GRAPH_FORMAT_NATIVE, blobSize, blobData, nullptr};
+        {ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_GRAPH_DESC_PROPERTIES, nullptr, ZE_GRAPH_FORMAT_NATIVE, blobSize, &blobData, nullptr};
 
     _logger.debug("getGraphHandle - perform pfnCreate");
     auto result = _zeroInitStruct->getGraphDdiTable().pfnCreate(_zeroInitStruct->getContext(),