Senior Director of Data & AI Architecture

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an IT Director, Data and AI Architecture to define and lead Abbott's enterprise data architecture vision. You will architect scalable, secure, and AI-ready data platforms, enabling advanced analytics and AI use cases across the organization.

This role serves as Abbott's principal technical authority for enterprise data strategy and modern data engineering, guiding standards, roadmaps, and implementation across the data landscape.

Qualifications

• Define reference architectures and implementation standards for Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Data Services.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture reviews for major data and analytics initiatives.
• Define enterprise information architecture and data product standards.
• Review and challenge designs for scalability, resiliency, and cost optimization.
• Partner with engineering teams to accelerate delivery of strategic data initiatives.
• Chair architecture review boards and provide final recommendations.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Technical advisory

Cloud data platforms

Data governance

Mentoring architects

Enterprise data strategy

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Services

Delta Lake

Apache Iceberg

Data Mesh

Job description

Abbott is seeking an IT Director, Data and AI Architecture to define and lead Abbott's enterprise data architecture vision. You will architect scalable, secure, and AI-ready data platforms, enabling advanced analytics and AI use cases across the organization.

This role serves as Abbott's principal technical authority for enterprise data strategy and modern data engineering, guiding standards, roadmaps, and implementation across the data landscape.