About AbbVie AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott. AbbVie combines the focus and passion of a leading-edge biotech with the expertise and capabilities of a long-established pharmaceutical leader to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world’s most complex and serious diseases. In 2013, AbbVie will employ approximately 21,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. Primary Job Function Facilitates the advancement of an enterprise strategy and architecture for AbbVie’s High Performance Computing capabilities, including alignment of network, compute, storage and containerization strategies. The role provides enterprise architecture leadership for AbbVie’s High Performance Computing strategy, ensuring alignment with Business Technology partners, key business stakeholders and major industry partners. They will participate in the development and guide the delivery of comprehensive technology solutions that address prioritized business problems and innovation needs. The role will drive execution with infrastructure peer organizations for new technology solutions necessary to deliver public and private cloud High Performance Computing capabilities. Core Job Responsibilities Demonstrate high performance compute thought leadership to inform compute, storage, containerization, and network architectures and represent Infrastructure, Architecture, and Innovation (IAI) to local and global Business Technology Organization (BTO) stakeholders and business leadership Partner with Information Research (IR) Scientific Computing, Commercial, and Manufacturing Operations teams on the planning, creation, and execution of AbbVie’s High Performance Computing roadmap. Partner with IAI teams to contribute to the development and execution and on-going operational delivery of compute, network, & storage technology roadmaps to advance key business functions. In partnership with the Vendor Management Organization (VMO) and in alignment with ARB/AbbVie Architecture roadmaps, build a competitive technology supplier landscape to maintain continuous and reliable delivery of AbbVie’s next generation technology pipeline in support of key business functions. Drive and influence partner HPC solution and strategy development by collaborating with supplier technical teams to develop and new compute, network, containerization, & storage proof of concepts and reference architectures that support solution architecture within BTOs. Keep abreast and advise the Abbvie technology community on emerging trends in HPC and heterogenous / non-traditional compute and related fields. Responsible for IAI compliance with applicable corporate, divisional, local policies and procedures. Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, or related discipline. Master’s Degree preferred At least 10 years of experience in a variety of IT roles including technical, business systems, and data management. Proficiency in HPC, network, storage, and containerization technologies, solutions and/or applications in Life Sciences including genomics, transcriptomics, in support of activities like digital pathology and measurement of xenografts and genealogies. Knowledge of bioinformatics, cheminformatics or other tehnical/scientific compute workflows, applications, and data management to support benchmarks and implementations. Self-starter and creative thinker that can train engineers, create collateral, and interact with stakeholders Innovative and willing to learn in a fast-paced environment Action-oriented and able to work independently with clear priorities in a matrix organization Willingness to travel up to 25% Significant Work Activities Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Travel Yes, 25 % of the Time Job Type Experienced Schedule Full-time Job Level Code M Equal Employment Opportunity At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.