Software Domain Architect

Company Description

Abb Vie'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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit

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Responsible for managing the Data, Solutions, Business, and Technology architectures and tying them to Abb Vie’s Enterprise Architecture and other related architectures. For large projects with multiple systems, the architect aligns technology solutions with business strategies, collaborating with senior management and technical experts across disciplines. This strategic leadership role in Operations and Finance

IT enables innovative technologies and quality solution architecture leveraged across Abb Vie’s enterprise and manufacturing sites.

• Review customer architecture strategy to ensure adequacy and alignment with business process requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend architecture changes based on technology and business trends; specify architectural approaches and standards.
• Lead architectural governance efforts, methodology contributions, and architecture reviews to maintain strategic perspective and alignment.
• Provide consultancy support to clients, Senior Technical Specialists, and other technical architects on enabling technologies, ensuring performance and scalability.
• Conduct investigation, research, and provide technical advice on adoption/integration of new technologies and business impact.
• Identify and resolve cross-area problems/issues; anticipate and evaluate impacts of solutions across multiple organizational areas.
• Lead and coordinate hardware, network, and database architects in multi-system application design and implementation.
• Apply industry-standard problem-solving tools and techniques relevant to specialization.
• Suggest alternative approaches and participate in goal/objective determination for projects.
• Foster development of a common vision; provide clear direction on roles, responsibilities, and priorities.
• Address difficult strategic issues for organizational betterment, standing firm when necessary.
• Thoroughly understand requirements impacting customers; identify reusable solutions and industry-standard processes.
• Contribute to IT investment business cases; understand Abb Vie business processes and cross-group system design impacts.
• Serve as subject matter expert for QMS platforms including Track Wise, Veeva Vault QMS, Salesforce; drive end-to-end design and governance of quality solutions.
• Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with global regulatory standards (FDA, GxP, etc.).
• Mentor solution delivery teams and drive technical excellence.

• Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of related work experience with deep understanding of IT, business systems, application development, and data management. Degree in Computer Science or related discipline preferred; advanced degree a plus.
• 8+ years of IT roles (including technical, application development, business systems, data management).
• 3+ years managing projects with exposure to varied technologies/applications.
• Experience with Agile, Dev Ops, modern delivery methodologies.
• In-depth domain expertise in Quality/Compliance, pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences preferred.
• Strong experience with Track Wise, Veeva Vault QMS, Salesforce, and QMS platforms.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

• Certifications in enterprise architecture (TOGAF, AWS, Salesforce) or QMS platforms.

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately…