Systems Engineer, Technology – AI & Business Systems

AbbVie Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a technology leader to support External Innovation teams within the CBSO and BTS M&A. You will design and deliver AI-enabled solutions that translate business challenges into practical technical outcomes, blending practical AI expertise with systems analysis and stakeholder management.

You will work across architecture, security, privacy, and platform teams to turn prototypes into secure, maintainable solutions, applying governance and responsible AI practices while guiding

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of experience or Master’s degree plus 4 years of experience.
• AI Solution Delivery: Hands-on design, coding, testing, and demonstration of AI-enabled solutions including generative AI and related capabilities.
• Applied AI Knowledge: Generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, responsible AI.
• Technical Toolkit: Proficiency in Python or another modern language, cloud platforms, containers, APIs, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Consulting & Technical Experience: Translate ambiguous business requirements into user stories, functional and technical requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Value Translation: Explain value, limitations, and implementation considerations to stakeholders.
• Delivery Methods: Understanding of SDLC, Agile practices, and modern product delivery approaches.
• Problem Solving & Communication: Learn quickly, solve ambiguous problems, and communicate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Opportunity Discovery: Identify AI opportunities with CBSO External Innovation and BTS M&A teams.
• AI Prototyping: Build and demonstrate AI prototypes using approved code and enterprise data.
• Technical Compliance: Apply AbbVie standards for secure software delivery and responsible AI.
• Stakeholder Management: Build relationships and communicate risks and progress.
• Requirements Ownership: Define and manage business, functional, and technical requirements.
• Business Analysis: Translate needs into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Delivery Leadership: Lead AI initiatives from discovery through delivery and adoption.
• Risk & Change Management: Manage risks and stakeholder communications.
• Production Readiness: Partner with architecture, security, privacy, and platform teams for production readiness.

Skills

AI Solution Delivery

Applied AI Knowledge

Technical Toolkit

Consulting & Technical Experience

Value Translation

Delivery Methods

Problem Solving & Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree + 5 years experience

Master’s Degree + 4 years experience

Tools

Python

Cloud platforms

Containers

APIs

Job description

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, Xand YouTube.

Job Description

Help meet the technology needs of External Innovation teams within the Corporate Business & Strategy Office (CBSO). As part of the BTS Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team, you will be dedicated to supporting these teams’ technology needs.

Design and deliver technology and AI-enabled solutions to complex business challenges. In this role, you will bring equal strength in practical AI expertise and business systems analysis, supported by technology consulting and relationship management skills. You will partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand their challenges and translate their needs into technical requirements.

As a technical expert, you will independently design, develop, integrate, test, and validate complex solutions. You will apply your expertise to translate emerging technologies into practical business outcomes.

You will bring knowledge of AI technologies, including generative AI, large language models (LLMs), machine learning concepts, AI governance, and responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Opportunity Discovery: Partner with CBSO External Innovation stakeholders and BTS M&A teams to identify business problems, assess where AI adds value, and prioritize high-impact opportunities.
• AI Prototyping: Build and demonstrate AI prototypes using approved code, AI services, automation tools, application programming interfaces, and enterprise data.
• Technical Compliance: Apply AbbVie standards for secure software delivery, responsible AI, privacy, data protection, change management, and the software development lifecycle.
• Stakeholder Management: Build trusted relationships across business and technology teams, influence decisions, and communicate recommendations, risks, and progress to technical and executive audiences.
• Requirements Ownership: Define and manage business, functional, and technical requirements.
• Business Analysis: Translate business needs into user stories, process flows, requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Delivery Leadership: Lead AI initiatives from discovery through delivery and adoption, including priorities, release outcomes, dependencies, risks, testing, and acceptance.
• Risk & Change Management: Manage delivery risks, issues, changes, and stakeholder communications.
• Production Readiness: Partner with architecture, engineering, security, privacy, and platform teams to turn successful prototypes into secure, maintainable solutions.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related discipline plus 5years of experience; or a Master’s Degree plus 4 years of experience.
• AI Solution Delivery: Hands-on experience designing, coding, testing, and demonstrating AI-enabled solutions, including generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation, workflow automation, intelligent agents, or similar capabilities.
• Applied AI Knowledge: Practical knowledge of generative AI, large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, AI copilots, agentic AI, machine learning fundamentals, responsible AI, data quality, privacy, security, implementation risks, and limitations.
• Technical Toolkit: Proficiency in Python or another modern programming language, with familiarity using cloud platforms, containers, application programming interfaces, and enterprise integration patterns to build and troubleshoot working solutions.
• Consulting & Technical Experience: Ability to gather ambiguous business requirements and translate them into clear user stories, functional requirements, technical requirements, and acceptance criteria. Hands-on experience designing, prototyping, testing, or implementing AI-enabled or other technology solutions.
• Value Translation: Experience turning a business problem into a working solution and explaining its value, limitations, and implementation considerations to stakeholders.
• Delivery Methods: Understanding of software development lifecycle methods, Agile practices, and modern product delivery approaches.
• Problem Solving & Communication: Ability to learn quickly, solve ambiguous technical problems, collaborate across teams, and explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred:

• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, manufacturing, or regulated industry experience.
• Experience supporting technology adoption, organizational change, or emerging technology initiatives.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• 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 thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,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 short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretionunlessanduntilpaidandmay bemodifiedat the Company’ssoleandabsolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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