Abbott · 23 hours ago
Director, Senior Enterprise Architect
Alameda, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$197K/yr - $395K/yr
12+ years expAbbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. They are seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead the design and evolution of their complex technology ecosystem, ensuring scalability and innovation across all domains. The role involves defining technology strategies, fostering a culture of innovation, and guiding teams in delivering high-value use cases from prototype to production.
BiotechnologyEmergency MedicineGeneticsHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedicalMedical DeviceNutritionPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Define multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with corporate and divisional objectives
Serve as a trusted adviser to senior executives, translating complex technology into clear business value
Demonstrate high emotional intelligence (EQ) in leadership
Balance historical industry experience with a forward-looking approach to transformation and innovation
Guide business cases, investment decisions, and portfolio execution
Develop and steward the enterprise architecture blueprint to support business agility, performance, and security across domains
Establish enterprise standards for secure coding, clean architecture, automated testing, and CI/CD at scale
Oversee the design and delivery of high-volume, mission-critical applications and APIs
Lead build-vs-buy assessments, technical due-diligence reviews, and system-integration patterns
Promote microservices, event-driven design, and cloud-native best practices
Guide solution design and delivery to ensure alignment with enterprise goals
Identify and prioritize pragmatic use cases for AI/ML, IoT, data products, and automation, guiding pilots through to scaled delivery
Execute an innovation funnel of prototypes and proofs of concept, evaluating technical feasibility and business value
Partner with universities, startups, and vendors to accelerate experimentation and co-innovation
Monitor industry trends—including cloud, DevSecOps, AI/ML, edge, and quantum—and convert insights into actionable capabilities
Recruit, coach, and retain a high-performing, diverse global team of engineers, architects, and data specialists
Foster a culture of learning, collaboration, and inclusion, and build architecture awareness and digital fluency across the enterprise
Ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards at both enterprise and product levels
Architect digital quality systems for complaint handling, post-market surveillance, and process automation
Deliver secure, compliant solutions in regulated environments
Architect and modernize MES, PLM, ERP, and supply chain systems
Enable unified data strategy, real-time observability, and AI/ML integration
Support scalable growth and operational continuity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
12+ years of technology leadership, including 5+ years overseeing software engineering and architecture teams
Proven delivery of large scale, highly available systems using microservices, event streaming, and public cloud services (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
Working knowledge of modern programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, C#), AI/ML platforms, data engineering pipelines, and DevSecOps practices
Demonstrated ability to align technology roadmaps with business objectives
Track record of fostering experimentation, rapid prototyping, and continuous improvement; familiar with design thinking or lean startup frameworks
Strong knowledge of SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, APIs, microservices, and predictive analytics
Familiarity with EA tools, ITIL frameworks, agile methodologies, and financial modeling
Effective leadership and consulting skills with strong stakeholder management
Ability to translate complex strategies into actionable roadmaps
Excellent communication and presentation skills across technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Experience in a product/software-based environment is considered beneficial
Company
Abbott
Abbott is a healthcare company that produces diagnostic kits, medical devices, nutritional products, and branded generic medicines.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.79M2011-03-15Post Ipo Debt· $0.1M
2009-03-16Post Ipo Debt· $6.69M
1980-12-12IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Ford
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mike Peterson
Senior Vice President
Recent News
2026-01-07
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