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.