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Systems Engineer, Technology – AI & Business Systems

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abbvieGreat Lakes (IL)

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$ 84500 - 162000

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AbbVie Technology And AI ExpertAbbVie'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. 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 5 years 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: 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 pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.htmlUS & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.htmlRecruitment Fraud AlertAbbVie will never request sensitive personal information (such as bank account details, social security numbers, or payment of any kind) during the recruitment process. If you suspect you have received a fraudulent offer or communication claiming to be from AbbVie, please do not respond, open any attachments, or click on any hyperlinks. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of AbbVie, please contact us immediately. Protect yourself by verifying job offers and communications. Your safety is important to us. Yes, 5% of the Time
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Compensation: Currency__USDWhere We WorkRole is primarily site- or office-based but can occasionally be performed remotely. Employees who are site/office-based and can occasionally perform their role virtually work both in the office and remotely*, following the policies and regulations in place at their location. US Employees must be in the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Three days in the office is the minimum; some individuals or teams may require more in-office days due to meetings, business/project needs or their role.

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