Solution Architect – Master Data (SAP)

AbbVie'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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

The Master Data Governance Solution Architect role will be responsible for architecture and solution implementation across key master data domains. Responsible for providing strategic leadership and technical expertise in designing and architecting Master Data Governance solutions that meet the complex business needs of the organization. This role will drive standardization, reusability, ensure compliance, and provide insight for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture and design of Master Data Governance (MDG) solutions, including defining system landscapes, data models, governance workflows, and integration points with other SAP  modules and non-sap systems.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their master data requirements, pain points, objectives, and translate them into scalable and sustainable MDG architectures and designs.
• Engage with business stakeholders to understand their needs, ensure accurate planning and analysis by integrating business knowledge with technical solutions.
• Responsible for defining Business Requirements, leading the Business Blueprint & Design process, configuration, assistance with testing, requirements gathering and ultimately setup a fully functional development, test, and production environments
•  Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) in master data management, metadata management, data quality, active governance, passive governance and data catalog operations.
• Develop Proof-of-Concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions.
• Lead user acceptance test planning, execution, and completion of the project on time.
•  Identifies and quantifies risk, makes recommendations for risk mitigation and contingency plans. Escalate anticipated risk to management promptly and properly.
•  Provide expert guidance on master data governance strategies, data governance frameworks, and data management principles, help establish effective governance structures and policies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, developers, and system administrators, to ensure the successful implementation and integration master data solutions.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to resolve queries, provide training requirements, and recommend changes and enhancements to the system

• Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years’ experience or Master’s Degree with 7 years’ experience
• 7 years of progressive professional experience with data management leveraging SAP MDG, Syniti Knowledge Platform (SKP) or Data Stewardship Platform (DSP)
• Deep understanding of SAP Master Data business processes and critical data elements (e.g., tables, fields, structure)
• Basic understanding of programming languages (e.g., SQL, Syntax)
• Full lifecycle (blueprint to support) experience for large scale acquisition or implementation in an SAP environment
• Solid knowledge and experience with SAP material, customer, financial, and vendor domains
• Advanced ability to plan and lead workshops to elicit requirements analysis across global, cross-functional technical and non-technical teams

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• 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. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

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