Director, Data and AI Architecture

AbbVie; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 182,000 - 346,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a senior technology leader to develop strategies that align with business goals and influence multiple domains. The role shapes a 2-3 year plan with senior leadership and drives delivery of comprehensive technology solutions.

You will partner with technology and domain leaders, manage budgets and resources, and lead a team of senior managers and directors across functions while upholding AbbVie’s leadership standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education with 12+ years experience; advanced degree preferred.
• Proven ability to connect team goals to AbbVie-wide objectives and drive engagement.
• Ability to coach, motivate and inspire large teams across matrixed structures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across all levels, including C-Suite.
• Experience directing teams of 15+ across managers, employees, matrixed and external partners.
• Strong ability to translate problems for diverse audiences.
• Thought leadership across multiple technology/business domains.
• Experience managing a budget of at least $15 million.
• Experience in technology operation, strategy, planning and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and guide a 2-3 year technology strategy across multiple business and technology domains.
• Identify and implement process and technology improvements.
• Lead and develop senior managers and directors across domains.
• Make decisions impacting financial, employee, and public relations posture of AbbVie.
• Shape resource management strategy and organizational structure across domains.
• Build collaborative relationships with senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate AbbVie leadership attributes and enterprise mindset.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

People management

Budget management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Masters degree

Job description

• Compensation: USD 182,000 - USD 346,000 - yearly

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Provide leadership to develop technology strategies that support business goals. This role will have impact and influence over more than one technology and/or business domain.
Objectives: Build a collaborative partnership with technology and functional domain senior leadership. Develop and guide delivery of comprehensive technology solutions that address prioritized business problems and innovation needs. Objectives are defined in collaboration with senior domain leadership and results assess from a 2-3 year perspective.

Responsibilities:

• Strategy & Influence: Works across multiple business and technology to make significant contributions to development of a 2-3 year strategy. Develops, adapts and executes strategies to achieve key objectives.
• Process Improvement & Optimization: Makes significant contributions to identifying overall process and/or technology improvements.
• People Management: Responsible for managing a team(s) of senior managers and directors within multiple business and/or technology domains.
• Impact: Make decisions that have an effect on financial, employee and/or public relations posture of Abbvie.
• Resource Management: Responsible for making significant contributions to the development resource management strategy and organizational structure of multiple business and/or technology domain.
• Liaison & Relationship Building: Builds collaborative relationships and effectively interacts frequently with business and or technology senior leadership and vice presidents. Interactions focus on top priority project and influencing strategic decisions. Interacts well with diverse groups across business and technology functions and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Culture: Consistently demonstrate Abbvie's Ways of Working and Leadership Attributes including an enterprise mindset and people leadership. Effectively manages performance, provides timely feedback, appropriately rewards and recognizes valuable achievement, develops talent, and creates a succession pipeline. Understand and execute AbbVie's vision, goals and strategies.
  This role has accountability for the performance and results strategically important functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and 12+ years of experience. Masters degree and work experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Effectively connects employee and BTS functional goals to business and/or overall AbbVie goals.
• Proven ability to drive outstanding employee performance and engagement through developing, coaching, motivating, energizing and inspiring team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing teams of at least 15 people with a resource mix of managers, employees, matrixed teams, virtual teams, contractors and managed service providers.
• Ability to communicate problems in terms that are understandable to all levels of the organization, including C-Suite.
• Thought leader within multiple technology and or business domains.
• Experience managing a budget of at least $15 million.
• Experience in technology operation, strategy, planning and implementation and/or relevant business domain preferred.

Additional Information

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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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