AI Capability Lead & Business Systems Engineer

AbbVie Inc.; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in Mettawa, IL, seeks a Senior Business Systems Engineer, AI Capability Lead for MHI to provide technology leadership, solution shaping, and decision support across Medical Affairs and Health Impact. You will own the MHI AI technology roadmap and translate business needs into AI capabilities, evaluating build vs buy and aligning with AbbVie standards.

The role requires collaboration with BRMs, architects, platform owners, and delivery teams to ensure scalable, compliant AI solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in business systems engineering or related IT roles.
• Ability to translate complex business problems into technology capabilities and roadmaps.
• Experience shaping scalable AI-enabled solutions and working with enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the integrated MHI AI technology roadmap and align with broader AbbVie AI strategies.
• Engage stakeholders, identify risks, dependencies, and reuse opportunities across teams.
• Evaluate build/buy options and ensure compliance with enterprise standards and security.
• Provide guidance on AI applicability, platform options, and delivery feasibility.

Skills

Generative AI

AI strategy

Architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Roadmap development

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 8 years

Master's Degree + 7 years

PhD + 3 years

Tools

AI platforms

Enterprise integration

Security frameworks

Job description

Senior Business Systems Engineer, AI Capability Lead - MHI

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 124500
• Salary Max: 236500
• Workday Global Grade: 19
• Travel: Yes, 5% of the Time
• Compensation: USD 124,500 - USD 236,500 - yearly

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

This Senior Business Systems Engineer, AI Capability Lead will provide independent technology leadership, solution shaping, and technical decision support for Medical Affairs and Health Impact (MHI) and relatedbusiness areas,serving as theprimaryMHI Business Technology Solutions (BTS) technology point of coordination forAI-related capabilities and initiatives.This role will translatebusiness problems and opportunities into technology capabilities, solution options, feasibility considerations, and scalable approaches thatleverageAbbVie enterprise platforms, standards, and reusable services.

This role will ownandmaintainthe integrated MHI AI technology roadmapas a technology planning artifact,connecting active and planned AI initiatives to longer-term MHI capabilities and broader AbbVie and IR AI strategiesin partnership with BRMs, architects, platform teams, engineering teams,andIR development organizations.

Responsibilities:

• Engage MHIbusinessstakeholders, BRMs, BTS colleagues, and technicalteamsto understand businessdrivers,systemneeds, and AI opportunities.
• Identifyprocessimprovements,reuseopportunities, andkeytechnology, data, architecture, security, privacy, compliance, and delivery risks.
• Own andmaintainthe integrated MHI AI technology roadmapas a planning artifact.Consolidate visibility across planned and active MHI AI initiatives; identify dependencies, overlaps, gaps, reuse opportunities, architecturalconsiderations, and sequencingimplications; connect individual initiatives to longer-term MHI capabilities; andalignthe roadmap withBRM-ledprioritiesandbroader AbbVie and IR AI strategies, platforms, and roadmaps.
• Shape scalable AI-enabled solutions by translating business problems and opportunities into technology options, requirements, feasibility considerations, and roadmap recommendations. Evaluatebuild, buy, reuse, and enterpriseplatformoptions in collaboration with architects, platform owners, security, privacy, compliance, and delivery teams.
• Ensureappropriatealignmentwith AbbVie enterprise architecture frameworks, approved AI platforms and solution patterns, engineering and development standards, dataandintegration standards, security and privacy requirements, responsible AI expectations,compliance requirements,and reusableservices. Promoteenterprise adoption to avoid unnecessary local, isolated, or duplicative solutions.
• Serve as a primary MHI BTS interface with internal IR development teams, enterprise architects, platform teams, engineering teams, and technical SMEs for AI-related work. Engage technical teams early during opportunity and solution shaping;surfacestechnical dependencies; supportssolutionalignment; and escalates significant architecture, technology, data, responsible AI, security, privacy, compliance, or delivery risks throughappropriate governanceand delivery channels.
• Provide technology insight and practical guidance to MHI stakeholders and BTS colleaguesregardingwhere AI isappropriate, what options exist, and how proposed approaches should align with AbbVie platforms, standards, and scalable enterpriseservices.Monitor relevant emerging AI technologies and translate them into practical MHI opportunities where applicable.
• Has defined authority and responsibility for technology analysis, recommendation quality, roadmap inputs, feasibility assessments, and risk visibility. Help define technology objectives with architects, platform owners, and delivery teams; recommend solution direction; informtechnical and architectural decisions; constructively questionproposed approaches when appropriate;and isaccountable for the accuracy and quality of information used to support business justification,prioritization,and deliverydecisions.
• Bachelor's Degree with 8 years’ experience; OR Master's Degree with 7 years’ experience; OR PhD with 3 years’ experience.
• Respective years of relevant experience in either business systems engineering, technology capability leadership, enterprise platforms, solution delivery, or related information technology roles.
• Experience in exercising significant latitude and independent judgment in solution shaping, technical problem solving, feasibility assessment, risk identification, and recommendation of scalable technology approaches.
• Work checked through consultation, alignment, and agreement with BRMs, business stakeholders, architects, platform owners, delivery teams, and other senior technical stakeholders rather than formal review by superiors.
• Demonstratedability to translate complex business problems into technology capabilities, solution options, architecture considerations, functional requirements, and delivery approaches while preserving theappropriate boundarybetween BRM business relationship accountability and BSE technology capability leadership.
• Working knowledge of generative AI, large language models, AI agents and agentic workflows, machine learning concepts, retrieval-augmented generation, prompt engineering, model evaluation, AI-enabled workflow automation, data requirements and data readiness for AI, APIs, enterprise integration, responsible AI, AI security, privacy, compliance, and enterprise AI platforms and reusable AI services, sufficient to evaluate solution fit, engage technical experts, and understand implementation implications.
• Demonstratedability to work effectively with enterprise architects, development teams, platform teams, engineering teams, security, privacy, data, and compliance SMEs to evaluate solution options,constructively questionrecommendations whenappropriate, understand architectural implications, and translate between business and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to develop andmaintaina technology roadmap,identifydependencies and capability gaps, promote enterprise reuse and scalability, and connect active initiatives to longer-term business technology capabilities without requiring deep model development,AI engineering, productionsoftware engineering, or data scienceexpertise.

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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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