Director, Enterprise Architecture and Process Integration

Company: Abbott Laboratories
Location: Waukegan
Posted on: January 8, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. WHAT YOU’LL DO: Enterprise architect enabling business imperatives and growth through strategic technology partnerships. This role is responsible for establishing the architectural vision, strategy, and IT roadmap for Abbott. The focus is on ensuring technological consistency, optimizing costs, and enhancing productivity. By collaborating closely with business and IT leaders, the Director ensures that IT solutions align with business objectives, promoting a cohesive approach to achieving strategic goals. As a high-performance leader in the BTS ERP Group, partner across BTS with teams that drive Cyber, Digital, Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Privacy, Quality & Compliance and Regional IT governance, and Global Process Owners to architect best-in-class process adoptions. Define the architectural and deployment path for ECC to S/4 migration for all active SAP ECC systems to SAP S/4 HANA. Provide functional solution architecture for functional areas namely Finance (RTR), Commercial (OTC), Procurement (STP/PTP), Supply Chain (SCM/QM/Mfg.), Global Trade & Compliance, and Analytics/BI. Share and drive ideas with executive leadership at DVP level and up. Build and maintain an “Abbott first” focused team, leveraging global talent, to deliver architectural solutions for success. Inspire and guide architecture, solution delivery, and IT service teams to develop a service-driven culture that fosters high productivity. Establish a community of architectural excellence within BTS, embedding architectural thinking as a core way of working. Contribute to the development and implementation of global standards, principles, and reference models for application, data, security, and infrastructure architecture. The Director of Enterprise Architecture operates with a high degree of autonomy while following a structured accountability framework. This role also entails influencing the organization's architecture strategy and engaging with senior management to align governance and business objectives. Strong problem-solving skills and the capability to leverage both established and emerging technologies are essential for success in this position. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or a technical field and 15 years of applicable work experience; OR an advanced degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a technical field and 12 years of applicable work experience. Strong track record for architectural leadership in SAP ERP and Cloud space. Assess current-state architecture and design the complete future-state solution, defining integrated strategies for tenants, data, integration, and analytics by leveraging SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, SAP BTP, SAC, Joule, and AI/ML capabilities. Deep understanding of cross-functional business processes including commercial, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, legal, procurement, and supply chain. Deep understanding of present-state SAP architecture and the future vision with RISE and Cloud-based solutions. Leadership in IT delivery methodologies, tools, and governance when dealing with large ERP platforms. Strong organizational and change management awareness. Motivational communicator and driver of ideas, based on facts and data. Expertise in Supplier management with suppliers such as SAP, OpenText, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and Alibaba. Strong executive presence and strategic mindset. This position requires work with cross-functional teams, cross-divisional teams, global teams, and the different SAP “pods” such as Symphony, MedDev, Catalyst, and RMDX. Professional training and certification (e.g., SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework featured by LeanIX EAM, SAP Certified Professional-Enterprise Architect, and TOGAF. The base pay for this position is $149,300.00 – $298,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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