AbbVie · 22 hours ago
Principal Business Systems Consultant - AI Platforms
North Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $261K/yr
8+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions for serious health issues. They are seeking a Principal Business Systems Consultant to lead automation initiatives focusing on AI document generation solutions, collaborating with data scientists and engineers to enhance AI platform capabilities.
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Responsibilities
Works with senior business unit clients to understand specific business processes, business drivers, and business strategy across multiple functions; Personally, or through indirect team management identifies, prioritizes and communicates resulting needs and opportunities for business process improvement that can be enabled via technology; Uses technical consulting skills and expertise to translate business requirements to BTS and functional requirements to the domain
Proactively investigates and understands capabilities of existing systems and technologies already in use across the business area and similar and interconnected business areas in AbbVie; Investigates emerging internal and external technologies and actively connects these capabilities to proactively address business needs. Directly interacts with Functional Sr Directors/Directors and their senior staff
Defines needed human and technology capabilities contributing to and helping to build necessary training. Mentors, Identifies, communicates, and actively participates in opportunities to improve process and/or technology. These may include business process outsourcing, application development or adopting business process management (BPM) practices
Accountable for the creation and further refinement of project requirements and for BTO Demand initiation and coordination. Anticipates risks project/program risks, defines mitigation plans and works with teams to implement. Working with business partners and BTO management, responsible for resolving changes to scope, issues and risks that will affect multiple and/or large-scale projects/programs
Simultaneously considers objectives of multiple functions. Measure performance to ensure the project is progressing as compared to original plan and budget. Accountable for the accuracy of the fit of the proposed business process improvements and the technical solution to the business needs and the information upon which the business justification and prioritization decisions are made. Understand and execute AbbVie's vision, goals and strategies and use this understanding to broker services
As an individual contributor adeptly navigate cross-functional and highly matrixed teams through indirect authority. Has defined authority and responsibility for a significant area of work, including technical, financial and quality aspects. and delegates assignments across multiple and/or large-scale projects/programs. Accountable for actions and decisions taken by self and project teams
Anticipates and responds to current and emerging business needs and evaluates alternative IT solutions using standard information systems methodologies and best practices. Determines necessary resources to ensure program and business needs are addressed through proactive priority management with business leaders. Manages, motivates and mentor cross-functional and enterprise project teams. Works with governance bodies to ensure alignment
Proactively seeks out strategic business opportunities for the application of new or existing IT capabilities (across multiple business areas) with high-level business unit executives providing key opinion-leading clients with comprehensive strategic analyses and insights to help them discover strategic uses of IT products and services. Experience managing a project/program budget of at least $1 million
Builds collaborative relationships and effectively interacts frequently with business and/or technology senior leaders. Act as a senior liaison and business process expert to IT organizations to ensure successful implementation. Serves as a source of information to the service organizations on the business drivers, processes and organization structure and dynamics of multiple business areas. Subject matter expert in their technology and/or functional domain
Interact well with diverse groups within function and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators. Consistently demonstrate AbbVie's Ways of Working and Leadership Attributes including an enterprise mindset and people leadership. Serves as a mentor to develop and recognize talent. Ability to communicate problems in terms that are understandable to BTS Leadership and end users at all levels
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree with 9 years' experience; Master's Degree with 8 years' experience; PhD with 4 years' experience
Demonstrable knowledge, experience and capabilities in financial planning and evaluation, business plan development, investment modeling, portfolio planning, and Request, Project and Program methodologies and lifecycles, e.g. SDLC
AI Product Management experience
Proven experience managing and/or delivering AI use cases, with a focus on generative AI solutions
Demonstrated experience in software requirements definition and workshops for eliciting requirements from stakeholders
Proven experience of software development best practices with proficiency in Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence)
Strong technical background with the ability to understand and discuss technical concepts
Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred
Strong understanding of large language models and generative AI technologies
Technical writing experience is a plus
Experience working in the Life Sciences industry and/or GXP validated systems
Tools and skills you will use in this role: SDLC Operations, Technical Writing Skills, Agile Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft M365 Suite, Strong Presentation Skills
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Short-term incentive programs
Long-term incentive programs
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
Vice President, Global Strategy and Pipeline, Allergan Aesthetics
Recent News
2025-12-31
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