Director, Data & AI Architect, Operations and Finance

AbbVie

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$160,500–$305,000 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Sep 23, 2126

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This role $233k
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This role pays less than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $205,150–$284,962 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $233k versus about $245k for comparable roles.

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About AbbVie

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions in immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care. Its products include Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq.

AbbVie currently has 238 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Director, Data & AI Architect, Operations and Finance

The Director, Data & AI Architect, Operations and Finance leads the architecture strategy for the Operations and Finance portfolio, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and business transformation goals. This leader defines the multi-year roadmap, establishes operating models, and manages a high-performing bench of senior architects to build organizational capability. Day-to-day responsibilities include defining patterns for semantic services, knowledge graphs, and retrieval services while overseeing MLOps, agentic orchestration, and responsible AI standards. The role requires expertise in cloud-native, lakehouse, event-driven, microservices, and API-first architectures, with specific experience in GenAI applications. Preferred skills include familiarity with SAP platforms like S/4HANA and Datasphere, as well as UI/UX patterns for agent-assisted experiences. This position solves complex business needs by translating them into scalable, secure technology solutions within a regulated industry environment requiring strict security and compliance.

What you'll do

  • Define and lead the multi-year Data & AI architecture roadmap for Operations and Finance.
  • Establish the target operating model including governance, decision rights, and reusable technology patterns.
  • Lead and develop a high-performing bench of senior architects and a community of practice.
  • Evaluate strategic vendors and oversee complex proof-of-concept efforts for data and AI tools.
  • Define architecture patterns for consuming enterprise data products, knowledge graphs, and retrieval services.
  • Manage financial stewardship by shaping multi-year investment plans and ensuring cost discipline.
  • Establish standards for MLOps, agentic orchestration, and responsible AI guardrails.
  • Define runtime standards for scalability, performance, monitoring, and disaster recovery of applications.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s plus 10 years, Master’s plus 9 years, or PhD plus 5 years of relevant experience.
  • Proven experience defining roadmaps, target architecture, and modernization investment strategies.
  • Experience leading architecture teams, mentoring architects, and scaling architecture practices.
  • Deep expertise in cloud-native, lakehouse, event-driven, microservices, API-first, and GenAI application architectures.
  • Experience establishing architecture governance, review boards, standards, and operating models.
  • Strong ability to influence executives by connecting technology decisions to business value and risk.
  • Experience with SAP platforms and integrated Data & AI solutions (preferred).
  • Knowledge of UI/UX patterns for Data & AI applications and experience in regulated industries (preferred).

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