Technology Architect I

About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on Twitter , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and LinkedIn .

Job Responsibilities:

• Implement architectural solutions for Finance Systems applications supporting Travel & Expense, Treasury, Real Estate, Fleet, and other corporate functions.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and leverage emerging technologies to deliver functionalities in line with business strategies and needs.
• Leading teams consisting of cross functional groups within the AbbVie BTS organization to establish technical strategies and the tactical plans to be positioned for the current and future needs of the business.
• Evaluate and recommend architecture based on technology trends, business needs, best practices, and industry standards.
• Conduct evaluation, feasibility assessment, and give technical advice to the adoption or integration of new architectural solutions and their impact to the business.
• Provide architectural solutioning and support to vendors, developers, and other technical architects to enable solutions that meet business strategies.
• Conduct periodic evaluation of existing architecture and seek out opportunities for continuous improvement of architectural solutions that are nimble to fast paced business environment.
• Research & evaluate alternative architectural solutions and recommend the most efficient, agile, impactful, nimble, and cost-effective solution.
• Accountable for the accuracy of the fit of the proposed solution to the business needs and the information upon which the business justification and prioritization and for communicating the business need and drivers to development groups to assure the implementation phase can fulfill the business need.
• Conceive, design, engineer, and implement architectural solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes.
• Investigate problems and resolve key project hurdles and assumptions by effectively utilizing available information and technical expertise.
• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies, including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance, data security, and the software development lifecycle.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education with 12 years of experience or Master's Degree or equivalent education with 10 years of experience.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is a Plus.
• Requires in-depth knowledge of the systems development life cycle, client area's functions and systems, and systems application program development technological alternatives.
• Ability to function effectively in an environment with multiple and fluctuating priorities.
• Proven implementation of creative technology solutions that advanced the business.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with tact and diplomacy.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Hands on experience in design, architecture, and integration of solutions for a larger enterprise applications.

Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
No
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
M
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.